Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that: (i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom. (b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to or for the benefit of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan. (i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance. (d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S. (e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than: (i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive; (ii) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or (iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State. (f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA. (g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6. (h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn), Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn), Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to or for the benefit of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation It has not offered, sold or otherwise made available to each member State of and will not offer, sell or otherwise make available any Securities to any retail investor in the European Economic Area (each, a “Relevant Member StateEEA”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that it has not made and will not make an offer . For the purposes of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:this Section 6(e):
(i) to any legal entity which a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “MiFID II”); (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive 2002/92/EC (as amended, “IMD”), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;. Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (the “PRIIPs Regulation”) for offering or selling the Securities or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Securities or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPS Regulation.
(ii) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securitiesoffer” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means includes the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, .
(iii) the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn), Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn), Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to or for the benefit of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(c) (i) It and each such affiliate has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell sell, directly or indirectly, in Hong Kong, Kong by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” persons whose ordinary business it is to buy or sell shares or debentures, whether as defined principal or agent, or in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; the Companies Ordinance (Chap. 32) of Hong Kong and (ii) it and each such affiliate has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong directly or elsewhereindirectly, any advertisement, invitation or document advertisement relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Securities in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or to be disposed of in Hong Kong only to “professional investors” persons whose business involves the acquisition, disposal or holding of securities, whether as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinanceprincipal or as agent.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity entities which is a qualified investor as defined are authorized or regulated to operate in the Prospectus Directivefinancial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;
(ii) to any legal entity which has two or more of (A) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (B) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (C) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts;
(iii) to fewer than 150 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, ) subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iiiiv) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn), Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn), Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to or for the benefit of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(c) (i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments theretoEC, including by Directive 2010/73/EU)as amended or superseded, and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary It acknowledges that the Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, and each Underwriterit represents, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents warrants and agrees that it has not circulated offered or distributed sold any Securities or caused the Securities to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase and will not offer or sell any Securities or cause the Securities to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, and has not circulated or distributed, nor will it circulate or distribute distribute, the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons any person in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under (as defined in Section 274 4A of the Securities and Futures Act, Act (Chapter 289 of Singapore Singapore) (as modified or amended from time to time, the “SFA”)) pursuant to Section 274 of the SFA, (ii) to a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA) pursuant to Section 275(1)) of the SFA, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A)) of the SFA, and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, 275 of the SFA, SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or (iv) as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions Each Underwriter represents and agrees, on behalf of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it itself and each such affiliate of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, that it has not offered, sold or delivered advertised and it and they will not offer, sell or deliveradvertise, directly or indirectly, any of Securities to the Securities public in, into or from Switzerland and that it has not distributed, or otherwise made available, and will not distribute the Final Prospectusor otherwise make available, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering or marketing material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, Securities to the best of its or their knowledge public in Switzerland. “Public” shall have the meaning as per articles 652a and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales 1156 of the Securities set forth in this Section 6Swiss Code of Obligations.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn), Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn), Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (including the Financial Services Act 2012) (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to or for the benefit of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(c) (i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 100, or, if the Relevant Member State has implemented the relevant provisions of the 2010 PD Amending Directive, 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EUthe 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member StateState and the expression “2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn), Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn), Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC Canada that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; Canada and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it or them in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to to, or for the benefit of of, any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(c) (i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State state of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that ) it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC Canada or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EUthe 2010 PD Amending Directive), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member StateState and the expression “2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, Securities or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC Canada except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC Canada to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC Canada shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC Canada that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Canada), Underwriting Agreement (Canada), Underwriting Agreement (Canada)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to or for the benefit of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(c) (i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn), Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(ia) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it each such affiliate has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 and Markets Axx 0000, as amended, (the “FSMA”) with respect to anything done by it or them in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it It and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and it and they will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to or for the benefit residents of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others any persons for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, indirectly in Japan or to any resident of Japan Japan, except pursuant to an any exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments Securities and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant applicable laws and regulations of Japan.
(i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(gc) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through and (fb) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(hd) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through to (gc) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f5(e), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn), Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn)
Selling Restrictions. (1) Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated the Province that it and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it each such affiliate has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 and Markets Act 2000 (the "FSMA") with respect to anything done by it or them in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b2) The Securities have not been Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and will not be registered under each of its affiliates that participates in the Financial Instruments initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (agrees with the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and Province that it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and it and they will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in or to residents of Japan or to or for the benefit of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others persons for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, indirectly in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, of the Financial Instruments Securities and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any the other relevant laws of Japan.
(3) Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with the Province that (i) It it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell sell, directly or indirectly, in Hong Kong, Kong by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” persons whose ordinary business it is to buy or sell shares or debentures, whether as defined principal or agent, or in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong and (ii) it and each such affiliate has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong directly or elsewhereindirectly, any advertisement, invitation or document advertisement relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Securities in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or to be disposed of in Hong Kong only to “professional investors” as defined in persons whose business involves the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered acquisition, disposal or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements holding of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchasesecurities, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; principal or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFAagent.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Fiscal Agency Agreement (Province of British Columbia)
Selling Restrictions. (a) Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated the Province that it and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it each such affiliate has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx and Markets Axx 0000 (the “FSMA”) with respect to anything done by it or them in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with the Province that the Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments Securities and Exchange Law of Japan (Law NoJapan. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and Each Underwriter has agreed that it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, sold and will not offer or sellsell any Security, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to to, or for the benefit of, any resident of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any a resident of Japan Japan, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments Securities and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws applicable laws, regulations and ministerial guidelines of Japan.
(ic) It Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with the Province that it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (ai) to persons whose ordinary business is to buy or sell shares or debentures (whether as principal or agent); or (ii) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (biii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that the Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to or for the benefit of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(c) (i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 100, or, if the Relevant Member State has implemented the relevant provisions of the 2010 PD Amending Directive, 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, ) subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e)provision, the expression an “offer of the SecuritiesSecurities to the public” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EUthe 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member StateState and the expression “2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC Canada that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (including the Financial Services Act 2012) (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; Canada and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it or them in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to to, or for the benefit of of, any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(c) (i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State state of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented with effect from and agreed including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 100, or, if the Relevant Member State has implemented the relevant provisions of the 2010 PD Amending Directive, 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC Canada or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EUthe 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member StateState and the expression “2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, Securities or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC Canada except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC Canada to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC Canada shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC Canada that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Canada)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to or for the benefit of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(i) It and each such affiliate has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell sell, directly or indirectly, in Hong Kong, Kong by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” persons whose ordinary business it is to buy or sell shares or debentures, whether as defined principal or agent, or in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; the Companies Ordinance (Chap. 32) of Hong Kong and (ii) it and each such affiliate has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong directly or elsewhereindirectly, any advertisement, invitation or document advertisement relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Securities in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or to be disposed of in Hong Kong only to “professional investors” persons whose business involves the acquisition, disposal or holding of securities, whether as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinanceprincipal or as agent.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity entities which is a qualified investor as defined are authorized or regulated to operate in the Prospectus Directivefinancial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;
(ii) to any legal entity which has two or more of (A) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (B) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (C) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts;
(iii) to fewer than 150 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, ) subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iiiiv) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to or for the benefit of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(c) (i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 100, or, if the Relevant Member State has implemented the relevant provisions of the 2010 PD Amending Directive, 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, ) subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e)provision, the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EUthe 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member StateState and the expression “2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC CMHC that:
(ia) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it each such affiliate has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services and Xxxxxx Xxx 0000 0000, as amended (the "FSMA"), with respect to anything done by it or them in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been been, and will not be be, registered under the Financial Instruments Securities and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE LAW") and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to to, or for the benefit of of, any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments Securities and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant applicable laws and regulations of Japan.
(i) It and each such affiliate has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell sell, directly or indirectly, in Hong Kong, Kong by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” persons whose ordinary business it is to buy or sell shares or debentures, whether as defined principal or agent, or in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; the Companies Ordinance (Chap. 32) of Hong Kong and (ii) it and each such affiliate has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong directly or elsewhereindirectly, any advertisement, invitation or document advertisement relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Securities in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or to be disposed of in Hong Kong only to “professional investors” persons whose business involves the acquisition, disposal or holding of securities, whether as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinanceprincipal or as agent.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through to (fd) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC CMHC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, the Representatives agree with CMHC to cause each Underwriter agrees with EDC selling group member to agree to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(hf) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through to (ge) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f5(e), EDC CMHC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC CMHC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Canada Mortgage & Housing Corp)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (including the Financial Services Act 2012) (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to or for the benefit of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(c) (i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 100, or, if the Relevant Member State has implemented the relevant provisions of the 2010 PD Amending Directive, 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e)provision, the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EUthe 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member StateState and the expression “2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(ia) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it each such affiliate has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000 0000, as amended, (the “FSMA”) with respect to anything done by it or them in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it It and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and it and they will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to or for the benefit residents of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others any persons for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, indirectly in Japan or to any resident of Japan Japan, except pursuant to an any exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments Securities and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant applicable laws and regulations of Japan.
(i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(gc) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through and (fb) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(hd) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through to (gc) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f5(e), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.. Table of Contents
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC CMHC that:
(ia) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it each such affiliate has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 and Market Act 2000, as amended (the "FSMA"), with respect to anything done by it anythxxx xxxx xx xx xx them in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been been, and will not be be, registered under the Financial Instruments Securities and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE LAW") and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to to, or for the benefit of of, any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments Securities and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant applicable laws and regulations of Japan.
(i) It and each such affiliate has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell sell, directly or indirectly, in Hong Kong, Kong by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” persons whose ordinary business it is to buy or sell shares or debentures, whether as defined principal or agent, or in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; the Companies Ordinance (Chap. 32) of Hong Kong and (ii) it and each such affiliate has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong directly or elsewhereindirectly, any advertisement, invitation or document advertisement relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Securities in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or to be disposed of in Hong Kong only to “professional investors” persons whose business involves the acquisition, disposal or holding of securities, whether as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinanceprincipal or as agent.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through to (fd) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC CMHC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, the Representatives agree with CMHC to cause each Underwriter agrees with EDC selling group member to agree to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(hf) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through to (ge) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f5(e), EDC CMHC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC CMHC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Canada Mortgage & Housing Corp)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC Canada that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; Canada and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it or them in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to to, or for the benefit of of, any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws and of Japan.
(i) It and each such affiliate has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell sell, directly or indirectly, in Hong Kong, Kong by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” persons whose ordinary business it is to buy or sell shares or debentures, whether as defined principal or agent, or in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; the Companies Ordinance (Chap. 32) of Hong Kong and (ii) it and each such affiliate has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong directly or elsewhereindirectly, any advertisement, invitation or document advertisement relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Securities in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or to be disposed of in Hong Kong only to “professional investors” persons whose business involves the acquisition, disposal or holding of securities, whether as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinanceprincipal or as agent.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity entities which is a qualified investor as defined are authorized or regulated to operate in the Prospectus Directivefinancial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;
(ii) to any legal entity which has two or more of (A) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (B) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (C) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts;
(iii) to fewer than 150 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, ) subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iiiiv) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC Canada or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Canada)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates Underwriter agrees that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law Act of Japan (Law Act No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange LawAct”) and will be subject to the Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation of Japan (Act No. 26 of 1957, as amended) (the “Special Taxation Measures Act”). Accordingly, each of the Underwriters represents and agrees that (i) it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sellnot, directly or indirectly, offered or sold and will not, directly or indirectly, offer or sell any of the Securities Notes in Japan or to to, or for the benefit of, any resident of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein in this item (i) means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) ), or to others for reoffering re-offering or resalere-sale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan Japan, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder Act and in compliance with any other relevant laws applicable laws, regulations and governmental guidelines of Japan.
(i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued not, directly or had in its possession for the purposes of issueindirectly, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within and will not, as part of its initial distribution, directly or indirectly offer or sell the United States or its possessions or Notes to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except any resident of Japan (which term as used in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
this item (ii) to fewer than 150 natural means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or legal persons (other than qualified investors as entity organized under the laws of Japan but excluding certain financial institutions defined in Article 6, paragraph 9 of the Prospectus Directive)Special Taxation Measures Act and any other excluded category of persons, as permitted corporations or other entities under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Special Taxation Measures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any individual non-resident of Japan or non-Japanese corporation that in either case is a person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance having a special relationship with the conditions specified Company as described in Section 275Article 6, paragraph 4 of the SFA, or Special Taxation Measures Act (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision such person is hereinafter referred to as a “specially-related person of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(fCompany”), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) others for re-offering or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliverre-sale, directly or indirectly, to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan or specially-related person of the Securities or distribute Company, so as to satisfy the Final Prospectus, requirements of the Preliminary Final Prospectus, tax exemption as provided for in Article 6 of the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or Special Taxation Measures Act and any other offering material relating to the Securitiesapplicable laws, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best regulations and governmental guidelines of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6Japan.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to or for the benefit of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(c) (i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member Member State of the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus DirectiveRegulation;
(ii) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus DirectiveRegulation), as permitted under the Prospectus DirectiveRegulation, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(21(4) of the Prospectus DirectiveRegulation; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive Regulation or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 23 of the Prospectus DirectiveRegulation. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus DirectiveRegulation” means Directive 2003/71/EC Regulation (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State) 2017/1129.
(f) The Preliminary It acknowledges that the Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, and each Underwriterit represents, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents warrants and agrees that it has not circulated offered or distributed sold any Securities or caused the Securities to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase and will not offer or sell any Securities or cause the Securities to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, and has not circulated or distributed, nor will it circulate or distribute distribute, the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons any person in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under (as defined in Section 274 4A of the Securities and Futures Act, Act (Chapter 289 of Singapore Singapore) (as modified or amended from time to time, the “SFA”)) pursuant to Section 274 of the SFA, (ii) to a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA) pursuant to Section 275(1)) of the SFA, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A)) of the SFA, and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, 275 of the SFA, SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or (iv) as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions Each Underwriter represents and agrees, on behalf of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it itself and each such affiliate of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, that it has not offered, sold or delivered advertised and it and they will not offer, sell or deliveradvertise, directly or indirectly, any of Securities to the Securities public in, into or from Switzerland and that it has not distributed, or otherwise made available, and will not distribute the Final Prospectusor otherwise make available, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering or marketing material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, Securities to the best of its or their knowledge public in Switzerland. “Public” shall have the meaning as per articles 652a and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales 1156 of the Securities set forth in this Section 6Swiss Code of Obligations.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to or for the benefit of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(c) (i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions Each Underwriter represents and agrees, on behalf of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it itself and each such affiliate of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, that it has not offered, sold or delivered advertised and it and they will not offer, sell or deliveradvertise, directly or indirectly, any of Securities to the Securities public in, into or from Switzerland and that it has not distributed, or otherwise made available, and will not distribute the Final Prospectusor otherwise make available, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering or marketing material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, Securities to the best of its or their knowledge public in Switzerland. “Public” shall have the meaning as per articles 652a and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales 1156 of the Securities set forth in this Section 6Swiss Code of Obligations.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (including the Financial Services Act 2012) (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to or for the benefit of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(c) (i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 100, or, if the Relevant Member State has implemented the relevant provisions of the 2010 PD Amending Directive, 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EUthe 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member StateState and the expression “2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it or them in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been been, and will not be be, registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to to, or for the benefit of of, any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant applicable laws and regulations of Japan.
(c) (i) It and each such affiliate has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell sell, directly or indirectly, in Hong Kong, Kong by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” persons whose ordinary business it is to buy or sell shares or debentures, whether as defined principal or agent, or in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; the Companies Ordinance (Chap. 32) of Hong Kong and (ii) it and each such affiliate has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong directly or elsewhereindirectly, any advertisement, invitation or document advertisement relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Securities in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or to be disposed of in Hong Kong only to “professional investors” persons whose business involves the acquisition, disposal or holding of securities, whether as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinanceprincipal or as agent.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity entities which is a qualified investor as defined are authorized or regulated to operate in the Prospectus Directivefinancial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;
(ii) to any legal entity which has two or more of (A) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (B) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (C) an annual turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts;
(iii) to fewer than 150 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, ) subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iiiiv) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in (1) The Managers agree to comply with the initial distribution following selling restrictions with respect to the sale of the Securities, severally represents to Offered Shares and agrees covenant with EDC thatthe Company as follows:
(i) It has only communicated Each Manager will not offer and sell any Offered Shares to persons in the United Kingdom within six months after the Closing Date, except to persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or caused to be communicated disposing of investments (as principal or agent) and in circumstances which have not resulted and will only communicate or cause not result in an "offer to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage the public" in investment activity (the United Kingdom within the meaning of Section 21 the Public Offer of the Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and Regulations 1995;
(ii) it has complied and will comply Each Manager complies with all applicable provisions of the FSMA Financial Services Act of 1986 and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 Public Offer of Securities Regulations 1995; with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities Offered Shares in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom; and
(iii) Each Manager only issues and passes on, in the United Kingdom, Offer Documents or any document received by it in connection with the issue of the Offered Shares to a person who is of a kind described in Article (3) of the Financial Service Xxx 0000 (Investment Advertisements) (Exemptions) Order 1996 (as amended) or is a person to whom the document may otherwise lawfully be issued or passed on.
(b) The Securities Each Manager acknowledges that no action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction other than Germany or the United States that would constitute a public offering of the Offered Shares. Each Manager will comply with all applicable securities laws and regulations in each jurisdiction in which it purchases, offers, sells or delivers Offered Shares or has in its possession or distributes Offer Documents or any other offering material and each Manager must pay for the costs it incurs to comply with the legal obligations described above.
(c) Each Manager understands that the Offered Shares have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments Securities and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948Japan, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and represents that it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will agrees not to offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities Offered Shares in Japan or to or for the benefit of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons of any resident thereof except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an any exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither itSecurities and Exchange Law of Japan and otherwise in compliance with applicable provisions of Japanese law.
(d) The above undertakings of the Managers are several; any joint liability (gesamtschuldnerische Haftung) of the Managers in respect of the above is excluded.
(2) The Company covenants with the Managers as follows:
(a) Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged Affiliates (for the purposes of this paragraph as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) has engaged, or will engage engage, directly, or through an agent (other than the Managers) in any directed selling efforts advertising or solicitation of sales offers with respect to the Offshore Securities Offered Shares in violation any jurisdiction other than Germany and the United States of Regulation SAmerica, and all offers and sales which would result in an unapproved "public offer" of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus DirectiveShares;
(iib) to fewer than 150 natural The Company will observe all applicable laws in each jurisdiction in or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in from which the Prospectus Directive)Managers, as permitted under with the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) Company, engage in any sales or other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC efforts or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive are in possession of, or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e)distribute, the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the SecuritiesOffer Documents, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6offer.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to or for the benefit of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(c) (i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation It has not offered, sold or otherwise made available to each member State of and will not offer, sell or otherwise make available any Securities to any retail investor in the European Economic Area (each, a “Relevant Member StateEEA”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that it has not made and will not make an offer . For the purposes of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:this Section 6(e):
(i) to any legal entity which a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “MiFID II”); (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive 2002/92/EC (as amended, “IMD”), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;.
(ii) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securitiesoffer” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means includes the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, .
(iii) the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions Each Underwriter represents and agrees, on behalf of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it itself and each such affiliate of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, that it has not offered, sold or delivered advertised and it and they will not offer, sell or deliveradvertise, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securitiespublic in, in into or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances Switzerland and that willit has not distributed, to the best of its or their knowledge otherwise made available, and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In additiondistribute or otherwise make available, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.the
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (including the Financial Services Act 2012) (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to or for the benefit of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 100, or, if the Relevant Member State has implemented the relevant provisions of the 2010 PD Amending Directive, 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e)provision, the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EUthe 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member StateState and the expression “2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to or for the benefit of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(c) (i) It and each such affiliate has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell sell, directly or indirectly, in Hong Kong, Kong by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” persons whose ordinary business it is to buy or sell shares or debentures, whether as defined principal or agent, or in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; the Companies Ordinance (Chap. 32) of Hong Kong and (ii) it and each such affiliate has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong directly or elsewhereindirectly, any advertisement, invitation or document advertisement relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Securities in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or to be disposed of in Hong Kong only to “professional investors” persons whose business involves the acquisition, disposal or holding of securities, whether as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinanceprincipal or as agent.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 100, or, if the Relevant Member State has implemented the relevant provisions of the 2010 PD Amending Directive, 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, ) subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e)provision, the expression an “offer of the SecuritiesSecurities to the public” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EUthe 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member StateState and the expression “2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (fe) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(hg) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (gf) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it or them in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to or for the benefit of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(c) (i) It and each such affiliate has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell sell, directly or indirectly, in Hong Kong, Kong by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” persons whose ordinary business it is to buy or sell shares or debentures, whether as defined principal or agent, or in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; the Companies Ordinance (Chap. 32) of Hong Kong and (ii) it and each such affiliate has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong directly or elsewhereindirectly, any advertisement, invitation or document advertisement relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Securities in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or to be disposed of in Hong Kong only to “professional investors” persons whose business involves the acquisition, disposal or holding of securities, whether as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinanceprincipal or as agent.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity entities which is a qualified investor as defined are authorized or regulated to operate in the Prospectus Directivefinancial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;
(ii) to any legal entity which has two or more of (A) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (B) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (C) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts;
(iii) to fewer than 150 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, ) subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iiiiv) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC Canada that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; Canada and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it or them in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law Act of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange LawAct”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to to, or for the benefit of of, any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law Act available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws and of Japan.
(i) It and each such affiliate has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell sell, directly or indirectly, in Hong Kong, Kong by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” persons whose ordinary business it is to buy or sell shares or debentures, whether as defined principal or agent, or in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; the Companies Ordinance (Chap. 32) of Hong Kong and (ii) it and each such affiliate has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong directly or elsewhereindirectly, any advertisement, invitation or document advertisement relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Securities in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or to be disposed of in Hong Kong only to “professional investors” persons whose business involves the acquisition, disposal or holding of securities, whether as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinanceprincipal or as agent.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity entities which is a qualified investor as defined are authorized or regulated to operate in the Prospectus Directivefinancial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;
(ii) to any legal entity which has two or more of (A) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (B) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (C) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts;
(iii) to fewer than 150 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, ) subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iiiiv) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC Canada or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e)provision, the expression an “offer of the SecuritiesSecurities to the public” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, State and the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (fe) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC Canada except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC Canada to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(hg) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (gf) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC Canada shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC Canada that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Canada)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC CMHC that:
(ia) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it each such affiliate has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services and Xxxxxx Xxx 0000 0000, as amended (the "FSMA"), with respect to anything done by it or them in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been been, and will not be be, registered under the Financial Instruments Securities and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE LAW") and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to to, or for the benefit of of, any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments Securities and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant applicable laws and regulations of Japan.
(c) (i) It and each such affiliate has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell sell, directly or indirectly, in Hong Kong, Kong by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” persons whose ordinary business it is to buy or sell shares or debentures, whether as defined principal or agent, or in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; the Companies Ordinance (Chap. 32) of Hong Kong and (ii) it and each such affiliate has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong directly or elsewhereindirectly, any advertisement, invitation or document advertisement relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Securities in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or to be disposed of in Hong Kong only to “professional investors” persons whose business involves the acquisition, disposal or holding of securities, whether as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinanceprincipal or as agent.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to It and each member State of the European Economic Area (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that it has not made and such affiliate will not make an offer sell any Securities in the United States or in circumstances where registration of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted required under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent Act in excess of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member StateU.S. $409,991,920.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through to (fe) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC CMHC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, the Representatives agree with CMHC to cause each Underwriter agrees with EDC selling group member to agree to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(hg) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through to (gf) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f5(e), EDC CMHC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC CMHC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Canada Mortgage & Housing Corp)
Selling Restrictions. (a) Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated the Province that it and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it each such affiliate has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx and Markets Axx 0000 (the “FSMA”) with respect to anything done by it or them in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and will not be registered under each of its affiliates that participates in the Financial Instruments initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (agrees with the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and Province that it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and it and they will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in or to residents of Japan or to or for the benefit of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others persons for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, indirectly in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, of the Financial Instruments Securities and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any the other relevant laws of Japan.
(c) Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with the Province that (i) It it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold and will not offer to sell, directly or sell indirectly, in Hong Kong, Kong by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” persons whose ordinary business it is to buy or sell shares or debentures, whether as defined principal or agent, or in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong and (ii) it and each such affiliate has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong directly or elsewhereindirectly, any advertisement, invitation or document advertisement relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Securities in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of to persons outside of Hong Kong or to be disposed of in Hong Kong only to persons outside Hong Kong whose business involves the acquisition, disposal or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements holding of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchasesecurities, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; principal or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFAagent.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC Canada that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; Canada and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it or them in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law Act of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange LawAct”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to to, or for the benefit of of, any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law Act available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(c) (i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to the Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State state of the European Economic Area EEA which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented with effect from and agreed including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 100, or, if the Relevant Member State has implemented the relevant provisions of the 2010 PD Amending Directive, 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, ) subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC Canada or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e)provision, the expression an “offer of the SecuritiesSecurities to the public” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EUthe 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member StateState and the expression “2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, Securities or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f)provision, where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC Canada except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC Canada to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC Canada shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC Canada that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Canada)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC Canada that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000Act 2000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; Canada and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it or them in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under in Japan pursuant to Article 4, paragraph 1 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law Act of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange LawFIEA”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to to, or for the benefit of of, any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments FIEA and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other applicable laws, regulations and ministerial guidelines of Japan in effect at the relevant laws of Japantime.
(i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong (the “SFO”) and any rules made under that Ordinancethe SFO; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong (the “C(WUMP)O”) or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinancethe C(WUMP)O; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance SFO and any rules made under that Ordinancethe SFO.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State state of the European Economic Area (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other thanexcept that it may make an offer of the Securities in that Member State:
(i) at any time to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the “Prospectus DirectiveRegulation”);
(ii) at any time to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus DirectiveRegulation), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offerRepresentatives; or
(iii) at any time in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(21(4) of the Prospectus Directive; Regulation, provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC Canada or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive Regulation or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 23 of the Prospectus DirectiveRegulation. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the SecuritiesSecurities to the public” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary It acknowledges that the Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, and each Underwriterit represents, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents warrants and agrees that it has not circulated offered or distributed sold any Securities or caused the Securities to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase and will not offer or sell any Securities or cause the Securities to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, and has not circulated or distributed, nor will it circulate or distribute distribute, the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons any person in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under (as defined in Section 274 4A of the Securities and Futures ActAct 2001 of Singapore, Chapter 289 of Singapore as modified or amended from time to time (the “SFA”), ) pursuant to Section 274 of the SFA or (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of and in accordance with the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as conditions specified in Section 276(7) 275 of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC Canada except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC Canada to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC Canada shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC Canada that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
(i) Each Underwriter and its affiliates have policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that the offer and sale of the Securities comply with applicable Sanctions, including, without limitation, the Special Economic Measures Act (Canada) and regulations and orders made thereunder. For the purposes hereof, “Sanctions” means, at any time, economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced by the particular jurisdiction, including any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, or authority regulating financial institutions, and any other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions. Each Underwriter confirms that it is not currently the subject or the target of any orders or regulations made under the Special Economic Measures Act (Canada) and the United Nations Act (Canada).
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Canada)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC CMHC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “"FSMA”)") received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDCCMHC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it or them in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been been, and will not be be, registered under the Financial Instruments Securities and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE LAW") and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to to, or for the benefit of of, any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments Securities and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant applicable laws and regulations of Japan.
(i) It and each such affiliate has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell sell, directly or indirectly, in Hong Kong, Kong by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” persons whose ordinary business it is to buy or sell shares or debentures, whether as defined principal or agent, or in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; the Companies Ordinance (Chap. 32) of Hong Kong and (ii) it and each such affiliate has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong directly or elsewhereindirectly, any advertisement, invitation or document advertisement relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Securities in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or to be disposed of in Hong Kong only to “professional investors” persons whose business involves the acquisition, disposal or holding of securities, whether as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinanceprincipal or as agent.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”"RELEVANT MEMBER STATE"), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the "RELEVANT IMPLEMENTATION DATE") it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other thanexcept that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of the Securities to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time:
(i) to any legal entity entities which is a qualified investor as defined are authorized or regulated to operate in the Prospectus Directivefinancial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;
(ii) to any legal entity which has two or more of (1) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (2) a total balance sheet of more than E43,000,000 and (3) an annual turnover of more than E50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts;
(iii) to fewer than 150 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, ) subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iiiiv) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC result in a requirement for the publication by CMHC or any Underwriter to publish of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of the Securities” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Canada Mortgage & Housing Corp)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC CMHC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “"FSMA”)") received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDCCMHC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it or them in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been been, and will not be be, registered under the Financial Instruments Securities and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE LAW") and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to to, or for the benefit of of, any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments Securities and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant applicable laws and regulations of Japan.
(c) (i) It and each such affiliate has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell sell, directly or indirectly, in Hong Kong, Kong by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” persons whose ordinary business it is to buy or sell shares or debentures, whether as defined principal or agent, or in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; the Companies Ordinance (Chap. 32) of Hong Kong and (ii) it and each such affiliate has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong directly or elsewhereindirectly, any advertisement, invitation or document advertisement relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Securities in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or to be disposed of in Hong Kong only to “professional investors” persons whose business involves the acquisition, disposal or holding of securities, whether as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinanceprincipal or as agent.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “"Relevant Member State”"), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the "Relevant Implementation Date") it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other thanexcept that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of the Securities to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time:
(i) to any legal entity entities which is a qualified investor as defined are authorized or regulated to operate in the Prospectus Directivefinancial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;
(ii) to any legal entity which has two or more of (1) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (2) a total balance sheet of more than E43,000,000 and (3) an annual turnover of more than E50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts;
(iii) to fewer than 150 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, ) subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iiiiv) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC result in a requirement for the publication by CMHC or any Underwriter to publish of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e)provision, the expression an “"offer of the Securities” Securities to the public" in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, State and the expression “"Prospectus Directive” " means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through to (fe) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC CMHC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, the Representatives agree with CMHC to cause each Underwriter agrees with EDC selling group member to agree to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(hg) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through to (gf) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f5(e), EDC CMHC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC CMHC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Canada Mortgage & Housing Corp)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to or for the benefit of any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other than:
(i) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
(ii) to fewer than 100, or, if the Relevant Member State has implemented the relevant provisions of the 2010 PD Amending Directive, 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, ) subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or
(iii) in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive; provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this Section 6(e)provision, the expression an “offer of the SecuritiesSecurities to the public” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EUthe 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member StateState and the expression “2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU.
(f) The Preliminary Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and each Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents and agrees that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, of the SFA, or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities (as defined in Section 239(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Export Development Canada/Cn)
Selling Restrictions. Each Underwriter, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, severally represents to and agrees with EDC Canada that:
(i) It has only communicated or caused to be communicated and 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 Financial Services and Markets Xxx 0000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to EDC; Canada and (ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA and the Financial Services Xxx 0000 with respect to anything done by it or them in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
(b) The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) (the “Financial Instruments and Exchange Law”) and it and each such affiliate has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities in Japan or to to, or for the benefit of of, any person resident in Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan) or to others for reoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any resident of Japan except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law available thereunder and in compliance with any other relevant laws of Japan.
(c) (i) It has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell in Hong Kong, by means of any document, any Securities other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong (the “SFO”) and any rules made under that Ordinancethe SFO; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong (the “C(WUMP)O”) or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinancethe C(WUMP)O; and (ii) it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Securities, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance SFO and any rules made under that Ordinancethe SFO.
(d) The Offshore Securities have not been and will not be registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or its possessions or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Accordingly, neither it, nor any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offshore Securities in violation of Regulation S, and all offers and sales of the Offshore Securities by it, any of its affiliates or any persons acting on its or their behalf have occurred or will occur in offshore transactions, as such term is defined in Regulation S.
(e) In relation to each member Member State of the European Economic Area (“EEA”) and the United Kingdom (“UK”) (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Underwriter has represented and agreed that it has not made and will not make an offer of the Securities which are the subject of the offering contemplated by the Final Prospectus to the public in that Relevant Member State other thanexcept that it may make an offer of the Securities in that Relevant State:
(i) at any time to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus DirectiveRegulation;
(ii) at any time to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus DirectiveRegulation), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offerRepresentatives; or
(iii) at any time in any other applicable circumstances falling within Article 3(21(4) of the Prospectus Directive; Regulation, provided that no such offer of the Securities shall require EDC Canada or any Underwriter to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive Regulation or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 16 23 of the Prospectus DirectiveRegulation. For the purposes of this Section 6(e), the expression an “offer of Securities to the Securitiespublic” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including by Directive 2010/73/EU), and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
(f) The Preliminary It acknowledges that the Final Prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, and each Underwriterit represents, on behalf of itself and each of its affiliates that participates in the initial distribution of the Securities, represents warrants and agrees that it has not circulated offered or distributed sold any Securities or caused the Securities to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase and will not offer or sell any Securities or cause the Securities to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, and has not circulated or distributed, nor will it circulate or distribute distribute, the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Securities, nor has it offered or sold the Securities, or made the Securities the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons any person in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 (as defined in section 4A of the Securities and Futures Act, Act (Chapter 289 of Singapore Singapore) as modified or amended from time to time, (the “SFA”)) pursuant to Section 274 of the SFA, (ii) to a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA) pursuant to Section 275(1)) of the SFA, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A)) of the SFA, and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275, 275 of the SFA, SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. For the purposes of this Section 6(f), where the Securities are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is: (A) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (B) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, securities and securities-based derivative products (each term as defined in Section 239(12(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the bonds Securities pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: (i) to an institutional investor or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFAperson, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; (iii) where the transfer is by operation of law; or (iv) as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA; or (v) as specified in Regulation 37A of the Securities and Futures (Offers of Investments) (Securities and Securities-based Derivative Contracts) Regulations 2018.
(g) In addition to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (f) above, it and each such affiliate has not offered, sold or delivered and it and they will not offer, sell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or distribute the Final Prospectus, the Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, any “Free Writing Prospectus,” the Basic Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances that will, to the best of its or their knowledge and belief, result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and which will not impose any obligations on EDC Canada except as contained in this Agreement. In addition, each Underwriter agrees with EDC Canada to comply with the restrictions on offers and sales of the Securities set forth in this Section 6.
(h) Without prejudice to the provisions of Sections 6(a) through (g) above, and except for the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the applicable securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate pursuant to Section 5(f), EDC Canada shall not have any responsibility for, and each Underwriter severally agrees with EDC Canada that each such Underwriter and its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization required by them for the offer, sale or delivery by them of any of the Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which they are subject or in or from which they make such offer, sale or delivery of any of the Securities.
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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Canada)