ARTICLE 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Borrower and the Lender to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loan, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Lender that:
3.1 Financial Condition. The audited statements of financial position of the Borrower as at December 31 of the two previous fiscal year ends, and the related statements of comprehensive income and of cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, reported on by and accompanied by an unqualified report from an independent auditor, present fairly in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower as at such date, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the respective fiscal years then ended. All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applied consistently throughout the periods involved (except as approved by the aforementioned firm of accountants and disclosed therein).
3.2 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries
(a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization,
(b) has the corporate (or other entity) power and authority, and the legal right, to own and operate its Property, to lease the Property it operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged,
(c) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.3 No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowings hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof will not violate any Requirement of Law or any Contractual Obligation of the Borrower will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of their respective properties or revenues pursuant to any Requirement of Law or any such Contractual Obligation (other than the Liens created by the Security Documents). No Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.4 No Material Litigation. No litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened by or against the Borrower or against any of their respective properties or revenues (a) with respect to any of the Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or (b) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.5 No Default. The Borrower is not in default under or with respect to any of its Contractual Obligations in any respect that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
3.6 Taxes. The Borrower has filed or caused to be filed all federal, state and other material tax returns that are required to be filed and has paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns or on any assessments made against it or any of its Property and all other material taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its Property by any Governmental Authority (other than any the amount or validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with IFRS have been provided on the books of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be); and no tax Lien has been filed, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such tax, fee or other charge (other than any the amount or validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with IFRS have been provided on the books of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be).
3.7 Investment Company Act; Other Regulations. No Loan Party is an "investment company", or a company "controlled" by an "investment company", within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. No Loan Party is subject to regulation under any Requirement of Law (other than Regulation X of the Board) which limits its ability to incur Indebtedness.
3.8 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loan shall be used to finance capital expenditures and general working capital needs and for the general corporate purposes of the Borrower and not intended for use at a subsidiary, if applicable.
3.9 Accuracy of Information, etc. No statement or information contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Confidential Information Memorandum (once prepared) or any other document, certificate or statement furnished to the Lender, by or on behalf of any Loan Party for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, when taken as a whole, contained as of the date such statement, information, document or certificate was so furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading. The projections and pro forma financial information contained in the materials referenced above are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lender that such financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount. There is no fact known to any Loan Party that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been expressly disclosed herein, in the other Loan Documents, in the Confidential Information Memorandum (once prepared) or in any other documents, certificates and statements furnished to the Agents and the Lender for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents.