nor will the Company or any Affiliate of the Company or any person acting on any of their behalf take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in, or that has
constituted or that would reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(xxiii) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order,
registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency, Japanese or foreign, is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale
of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder and under the Indenture or for the due execution, delivery or performance of the Indenture by the Company, except (A) such as have already been made or
obtained, (B) such as may be required under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or securities laws of any state of the United States or under the laws of any jurisdiction outside Japan and the United States and (C) qualification of
the Indenture under the 1939 Act.
(xxiv) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries
possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, Governmental Licenses) issued by the appropriate Japanese national or local or any foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to
conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure so to possess would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all
such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of
such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any
notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xxv) Investment Company Act. The Company is not required, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein
contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Prospectus will not be required, to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(xxvi) Environmental Laws. Except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(A) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any Japanese national or local or any foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation
thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or
subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum
products, asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, Hazardous Materials) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively,
Environmental Laws), (B) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, (C) there are no
pending or threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of
its subsidiaries and (D) there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private
party or governmental body or agency, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws.
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