DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
$23,000,000 SERIES B SECURED INVESTOR CERTIFICATES
AMERICAN CHURCH MORTGAGE COMPANY (THE "COMPANY")
AMERICAN INVESTORS GROUP, INC. (THE "UNDERWRITER")
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS
3
Section 1.01 Defined Terms
3
Section 1.02 Accounting Terms
5
ARTICLE II. APPOINTMENT OF UNDERWRITER AND
RELATED AGREEMENTS
5
Section 2.01 Appointment; Exclusivity
5
Section 2.02 Compensation to Underwriter
5
Section 2.03 Brokers and Dealers
6
Section 2.04 Underwriter's Unrelated Activities
6
Section 2.05 Best Efforts; Independent
Contractor
6
ARTICLE III. SERVICES; STANDARD OF CARE
7
Section 3.01 Services
7
Section 3.02 Reports to the Company
7
ARTICLE IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS OF
THE COMPANY
8
Section 4.01 Representations, Warranties and
Agreements of the Company 8
Section 4.02 Covenants of the Company
13
ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS OF
UNDERWRITER; CONDITIONS 15
Section 5.01 Representations and Warranties of
Underwriter
15
Section 5.02 Covenants of Underwriter
16
ARTICLE VI. CONDITIONS
17
Section 6.01 Conditions of The
Underwriter's Obligations
17
ARTICLE VII. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION
18
Section 7.01 Company's Indemnification of
Underwriter
18
Section 7.02 Underwriter's Indemnification of
the Company
19
Section 7.03 Notice of Indemnification Claim
20
Section 7.04 Contribution
20
Section 7.05 Notice of Contribution Claim
21
Section 7.06 Reimbursement
21
Section 7.07 Arbitration
22
ARTICLE VIII. TERM AND TERMINATION
22
Section 8.01 Effective Date of this Agreement
22
Section 8.02 Termination Prior to Initial
Closing Date
22
Section 8.03 Notice of Termination
23
Section 8.04 Termination After Effective Date
23
ARTICLE IX. MISCELLANEOUS
24
Section 9.01 Survival
24
Section 9.02 Notices
24
Section 9.03 Successors and Assigns; Transfer
24
Section 9.04 Cumulative Remedies
25
Section 9.05 Attorneys' Fees
25
Section 9.06 Entire Agreement
25
Section 9.07 Choice of Law
25
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Section 9.08 Confidentiality
25
Section 9.09 Rights to Investor Lists
25
Section 9.10 Waiver: Subsequent Modification
25
Section 9.11 Severability
26
Section 9.12 Joint Preparation
26
Section 9.13 Captions
26
Section 9.14 Counterparts
26
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DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
THIS
DISTRIBUTION
AGREEMENT is entered
into as of this _____ day of June,
2004, by and between American Church
Mortgage Company, a
Minnesota
corporation
(the "Company"), and American Investors
Group, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, as
underwriter (the "Underwriter").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the
Company proposes to register and publicly offer and sell up to
$23,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
Series B Secured Investor Certificates
of the Company (the "Certificates");
WHEREAS,
the Company desires to appoint the Underwriter to act as the
Company's exclusive selling agent in
connection with the offer, sale and renewal
of the Certificates on a best effort basis, and the Underwriter desires to
accept such appointment, all as provided
for by the terms of this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE,
in consideration of the above and for other good and
valuable consideration, receipt of which is acknowledged,
and in
consideration
of the mutual promises, covenants, representations and warranties
hereinafter
set forth, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I.
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01
Defined Terms. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following
terms have the respective meanings set forth below.
The definitions of such
terms are applicable to the singular as well as to the plural
forms of such
terms.
(a) Advisor. Church Loan Advisors, Inc., or any successor or
subsequent
advisor of the Company's business activities.
(b) Agreement. This Distribution Agreement, including any exhibits or
attachments hereto,
as originally executed, and as amended or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms
hereof.
(c) Certificate Holder. The purchaser
of any Certificate or any subsequent
transferee or other holder thereof.
(d) Certificates. Up to $23,000,000
aggregate principal amount of Series B
Secured Investor
Certificates of the Company with substantially the
same terms as are
described in the
Prospectus, up to
$3,000,000 of
such amount to be
reserved for rollover renewals of the Series A
Secured Investor
Certificates
previously registered
pursuant to the
Company's registration
statement on Form S-11
(Reg. No. 333-75863)
declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission
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on or about April 30,
2002, which come due during this year, and
which, if renewed,
will have maturities ranging from two (2) to three
(3) years, and any additional principal amount of Certificates
as may
be registered
from time to time pursuant to the Registration
Statement.
(e) Commission or SEC. The Securities and Exchange Commission.
(f) Company. American Church Mortgage Company, or its successors in
interest.
(g) Effective Date. The date and time
the Registration Statement is or was
declared effective by the Commission.
(h) Exchange Act. The Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(i) Governmental Rule. Any law, rule,
regulation, ordinance,
order, code,
interpretation, judgment, decree, policy, decision or guideline by
any
governmental authority.
(j) Indenture. That certain Indenture
dated on or about ________, 2004, by
and between
the Company and the Trustee with respect to the
Certificates.
(k) NASD. The National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc.
(l) Offering. The offer and sale of the
Certificates
in accordance with
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Registration
Statement.
(m) Preliminary Prospectus. Any preliminary prospectus included in the
Registration Statement
prior to the time it becomes or became
effective under the
Securities Act,
including the respective copies
thereof filed with the Commission.
(n) Prospectus. The prospectus included in the
Registration Statement
at
the time it is or was
declared effective by
the Commission,
except
that if any prospectus
provided to the Underwriter by the Company for
use in connection with the offering of the Certificates differs from
the prospectus as
filed with the
Commission, the term
"Prospectus"
shall refer to such differing prospectus from and after the time
such
prospectus
is first provided to the Underwriter by the Company for
such use, including
the respective copies thereof filed with the
Commission.
(o) Registration Statement. That certain Registration
Statement on Form
S-11 (File No.
333-________)
of the Company with respect to the
Certificates filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the Securities Act of
1933, as amended and declared effective on the
date hereof, including
the respective
copies thereof filed
with the
Commission.
(p) Rules and Regulations.
The rules and
regulations under the Securities
Act.
(q) Securities Act. The Securities Act
of 1933, as amended.
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(r) Trustee. The Herring National
Bank, or its successors or assigns.
(s) Underwriter. American Investors Group, Inc., a
Minnesota corporation,
or its successors in interest.
Section 1.02 Accounting Terms. Unless otherwise specified in this
Agreement, all accounting terms used in
this Agreement shall be interpreted, all
accounting determinations under this
Agreement shall be made, and all financial
statements required to be delivered by any person
pursuant to this
Agreement
shall be prepared, in accordance with generally
accepted accounting
principles
as in effect from time to time applied on a consistent basis. To the extent
generally accepted accounting practices do not apply to certain reports or
accounting practices of the Underwriter,
the parties will
mutually agree on the
accounting practices and assumptions.
ARTICLE II.
APPOINTMENT OF UNDERWRITER AND RELATED AGREEMENTS
Section 2.01
Appointment;
Exclusivity. Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, the Company appoints the
Underwriter as its exclusive agent to
sell the Certificates upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. The
Underwriter agrees to use its best efforts as
such agent to procure
purchasers
for the Certificates until the later of the termination
of the Offering or the
sale of all offered Certificates. The Company agrees to direct to the
Underwriter all inquiries it receives with
respect to the Certificates.
Section 2.02
Compensation to Underwriter.
(a) Underwriter's Commissions. In consideration of the agreement of
the
Underwriter to provide its services of the Underwriter as set forth
in
this Agreement,
the Company
will pay the
Underwriter
a commission
based on the gross
proceeds received on
the sale and renewal of each
Certificate, both in accordance with the schedule set forth as
Exhibit
A hereto.
(b) Underwriter's Expenses. Whether or not this Agreement becomes
effective or
is terminated or cancelled or the sale of the
Certificates hereunder
is consummated,
and regardless of the
reason
for or cause of any such termination, cancellation, or failure to
consummate, the Company will pay or cause to be paid:
(i) all expenses of
the Underwriter
incurred in connection
with the
offer and sale of the
Certificates,
including, but not
limited
to, designing,
printing and mailing all offering and advertising
materials;
advertisements in
newspapers, on the
radio, on the
internet and through direct mail; operating a toll-free
telephone
number, and
assisting the Company with creating a web site,
including any
costs of a web
developer or other third party
consultants;
(ii) all fees and expenses (including, without limitation, fees and
expenses of
the Company's auditors and legal counsel) in
connection with the preparation, printing, filing, and delivery
of the Registration Statement
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(including the financial statements therein and all amendments,
schedules, and
exhibits thereto),
each Preliminary
Prospectus,
the Prospectus, and any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto;
(iii)all fees
and expenses incurred in connection with the
qualification of the
Securities
for offer and sale under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of the states and other
jurisdictions
which the Underwriter may designate;
(iv) all expenses
in connection with the preparation, printing,
filing, and delivery of materials to be sent to Holders;
(v) all fees and expenses of the Trustee i connection with the
Certificates; and
(vi) all costs
and expenses incident to the performance of the
Company's obligations hereunder with respect to the Offering
that
are not otherwise specifically described herein.
(c) Non-Accountable Expenses. To compensate the
Underwriter for its other
expenses incurred in connection with the Offering, the Company agrees
to pay the Underwriter a non-accountable expense allowance of up to
$120,000, payable as follows;
(i) $20,000 upon the
sale of $1,000,000 of Certificates; and
(ii) the balance
($100,000) payable
ratably based on the principal
amount of Certificates sold thereafter.
Section
2.03 Brokers and Dealers. The Underwriter may, in its sole
discretion and at no additional
obligation to the
Company, use the
services of
other brokers or dealers who are members of the NASD in
connection
with the
offer and sale of the Certificates. The Underwriter may enter into
agreements
with any such broker or dealers to act as sub-agents for the sale of the
Certificates and pay any portion of the
Underwriter's
compensation hereunder to
such brokers or dealers.
Section 2.04
Underwriter's
Unrelated Activities.
The Underwriter may sell
other securities in offerings
similar to the
Offering for other issuers during
the course of the Offering. The Underwriter
shall have the right to advertise or
otherwise disclose to unrelated
prospective
issuers, at its own expense, its
relationship with the Company, the services it provides in
connection with the
Certificates and the amount of money that
it raised through the Offering.
Section
2.05 Best Efforts; Independent Contractor. Anything in this
Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the Underwriter shall have no
obligation to sell any minimum principal amount of Certificates or to
purchase
Certificates for its own account, for resale or for any other
purpose. All
actions taken by the Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement shall be in the
capacity of an independent contractor, all sales of Certificates
conducted by
the Underwriter shall be solely for the account
and at the risk of the Company,
and in no event shall the Underwriter have any obligations with regard to or
under the Certificates.
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ARTICLE III.
SERVICES; STANDARD OF CARE
Section
3.01 Services. The services to be provided to the
Company by the
Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement
shall include the following:
(a) Corporate Finance. The Underwriter shall advise the
Company regarding
the structure of the
Certificates and
provide sample document forms.
Throughout the Offering, the Underwriter shall assist the Company in
determining
appropriate
Certificate interest
rates based on current
market conditions and the Company's capital goals.
(b) Marketing. The Underwriter shall
develop and execute a direct response
marketing strategy for the Certificates designed to meet the
Company's
capital goals in a timely manner. The Underwriter shall manage the
process of creating,
producing and placing any newspaper, radio,
Internet and direct mail advertisements. The Underwriter shall also
oversee designing and printing all marketing materials,
in accordance
with applicable SEC and NASD rules and regulations.
(c) Company Logo, Etc. During the term of this
Agreement,
Company shall
allow the Underwriter
to use the Company's
logo, corporate
colors,
trademarks, tradenames, fonts, and other aspects of corporate
identity
in advertisements and marketing materials related to the
Certificates.
(d) Securities Issuance; Registrar; Transfer Agent. Upon
delivery of each
completed subscription
agreement for Certificates to the Underwriter,
the Underwriter
shall deliver such subscription agreement to the
Advisor for acceptance
or rejection.
The Underwriter shall return
funds accompanying each rejected subscription to the person
submitting
the subscription. The
Underwriter shall pay funds, net of commissions
and expenses, to the Company in connection with accepted
subscriptions
as received.
Certificates
shall be issued by the Trustee on the
Company's behalf in book-entry form only and the Trustee shall
deliver
written book entry receipts with respect to all accepted
subscription
agreements.
(e) Investor Relations. The Underwriter shall handle all inquiries
from
prospective investors,
mail investment
kits, meet with
prospective
investors, process
subscription agreements and respond to all written
or telephonic
questions by prospective investors relating to the
Certificates.
Section 3.02
Reports to the Company. From time to time as requested by
the
Company, the Underwriter shall provide the Company with reports
and analysis
regarding the status of the offering,
the marketing
efforts and the
principal
amount of Certificates remaining available for sale under the Registration
Statement.
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ARTICLE IV.
REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Section 4.01 Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the
Company.
The Company represents and warrants to and
agrees with the Underwriter as
follows, which representations and
warranties shall be deemed to be made
continuously throughout the term of this
Agreement:
(a) The Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File N 333-75836) with
respect to the
Certificates,
including the Prospectus subject to
completion, has been
prepared by the Company in conformity with the
requirements of the
Securities Act, and
the Rules and Regulations of
the Commission thereunder and has been filed with the Commission
under
the Securities Act.
(b) As of the Effective Date, and at all times
subsequent
thereto until
the termination
of the Offering, the Registration Statement and
Prospectus, and all
amendments thereof and supplements thereto, will
comply or complied with the provisions and requirements of the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations. Neither the Commission
nor any state securities authority has issued any order
preventing or
suspending the use of
any Preliminary
Prospectus
or requiring
the
recirculation of a Preliminary Prospectus, or issued a stop order
with
respect to the
offering of the Certificates (if the Registration
Statement has been
declared effective), or instituted or, to the
Company's knowledge,
threatened the
institution of,
proceedings for
any of such purposes.
When the Registration
Statement shall become
effective and when any
post-effective
amendment thereto shall become
effective, the
Registration Statement will not or did not contain any
untrue statement of a
material fact or omit
to state a material fact
required to be stated
therein or
necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of
the circumstances
in which they were
made, not
misleading. When
the Registration Statement is or was declared
effective by the Commission and at all times subsequent
thereto until
the termination
of the offering, the Prospectus (as amended or
supplemented, if the
Company shall have filed with the Commission any
amendment thereof or
supplement thereto)
will not or did not contain
any untrue statement
of a material
fact or omit to state
a material
fact required to be
stated therein or
necessary in order to make the
statements therein,
in light of the
circumstances in which they were
made, not misleading.
(c) The Company has been duly
incorporated
and is validly
existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Minnesota,
with full power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties
and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement
and Prospectus. The Company is duly qualified to do business and is
in
good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the ownership or lease of
its properties
or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification and in
which the failure
to be qualified or in good
standing would
have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or
otherwise),
earnings, operations or business of the
Company, and no proceeding has been instituted in
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any such jurisdiction revoking, limiting or curtailing, or seeking
to
revoke, limit or curtail, such power and authority or
qualification.
(d) The Company has operated and is
operating in material
compliance with
all authorizations,
licenses,
certificates,
consents,
permits,
approvals and
orders of and from all state, federal and other
governmental
regulatory officials
and bodies
necessary to own its
properties and
to conduct its business as described in the
Registration Statement
and Prospectus, all of which are, to the
Company's knowledge,
valid and in full
force and effect. The Company
is conducting
its business in substantial compliance with all
applicable laws, rules
and regulations of the
jurisdictions in which
it is conducting
business, and the Company is not in material
violation of any
applicable
law, order, rule, regulation, writ,
injunction,
judgment or
decree of any court, government or
governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction
over the Company or over its properties.
(e) The Company is not in violation of
its articles of
incorporation
or
bylaws or in default in the performance or observance of any
obligation, agreement,
covenant or condition
contained in any
bond,
debenture, note or
other evidence of indebtedness or in any contract,
lease, indenture,
mortgage, loan agreement, joint venture or other
agreement or
instrument to which it
is a party or by which it or its
properties are bound.
(f) The Company has full requisite
power and authority to
enter into this
Agreement and
perform the
transactions
contemplated
hereby. This
Agreement has been
duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the
Company and is a
valid and binding agreement on the part of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms.
The performance
of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions herein
contemplated
will not result in a breach or
violation of any of
the terms and
provisions of,
or constitute a
default under:
(i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust loan agreement, bond,
debenture, note, agreement or other evidence of indebtedness,
any
lease, contract,
joint venture or other
agreement or instrument
to which the Company
is a party or by which
the Company or its
properties may be bound;
(ii) the articles of incorporation or bylaw of the Company: or
(iii)any applicable law, order, rule, regulation, writ, injunction,
judgment or
decree of any
court, government or governmental
agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over
the
Company or over its properties.
(g) No consent, approval, authorization or order of or
qualification with
any court,
governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having
jurisdiction over the
Company or over its
properties is required for
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by
the Company of the transactions herein contemplated, except such as
may be required under the Securities Act, the
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Exchange Act, or under state or other securities or Blue Sky laws,
all
of which requirements have been satisfied.
(h) Except as is otherwise expressly described in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus, there is neither pending nor, to
the best of
the Company's
knowledge,
threatened,
any action, suit, claim or
proceeding against the
Company or any of its
officers or any of
its
properties,
assets or rights before any court, government or
governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction
over the Company or over its officers or properties or otherwise
which
(A) might result in any material adverse change in the condition
(financial or
otherwise),
earnings, operations or business of the
Company or might
materially and
adversely affect its properties,
assets or rights, or (B) might prevent consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(i) The Certificates to be sold hereunder by the Company have been
duly
authorized for
issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when
issued and delivered
against payment
therefor in accordance with the
terms of this
Agreement, will be
duly and validly
issued and fully
paid and non-assessable and will be sold free and clear of any
pledge,
lien, security interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable interest;
and
no preemptive right, co-sale right, registration right, right of
first
refusal or other
similar right exists with respect to any of the
Certificates to be
sold hereunder by the
Company or the issuance and
sale thereof. The
Indenture has been
duly authorized,
executed and
delivered by the
Company and the Trustee and is a valid and
binding
agreement on the part of the Company, enforceable against the
Company
in accordance with its terms. The Certificates will comply as to form
with
all applicable laws.
(j) Boulay, Heutmaker, Zibell and Company, P.L.L.P. which has expressed
its opinion with respect to certain of the financial statements filed
as part of the Registration Statement, is an independent accounting
firm within
the meaning of the Securities Act and the Rules and
Regulations. The
financial statements of the Company set forth in the
Registration Statement
and Prospectus comply in all material respects
with the requirements
of the Securities Act and fairly present the
financial position and the results of operations of the Company at
the
respective dates and for the respective periods to which they apply
in
accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied throughout the periods involved; and the supporting schedules
included in the Registration Statement present fairly the
information
required to be stated
therein. The
selected and summary financial
included in the Registration Statement present fairly the
information
shown therein and have
been compiled on a basis consistent with the
audited financial
statements presented
therein. No other financial
statements or
schedules are required by the Securities Act or the
Rules and Regulations to be included in the Registration
Statement.
(k) Subsequent to the respective dates
as of which information is given in
the Registration
Statement and Prospectus, except as is otherwise
disclosed in the Registration Statement or Prospectus,
there has not
been:
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(i) any change in the
capital stock or lon term debt (including any
capitalized
lease obligation)
or material increase in the
short-term debt of the Company;
(ii) any material
adverse change, or any development involving a
material adverse change, in or affecting the condition
(financial
or otherwise),
earnings,
operations,
business
or business
prospects, management,
financial position, stockholders' equity,
results of operations or general condition of the Company;
(iii)any transaction
entered into by the
Company that is material to
the Company;
(iv) any obligation,
direct or contingent,
incurred by the
Company,
except obligations
incurred in the
ordinary course of
business
that, in the aggregate, are not material; or
(v) any loss or damage
(whether or not
insured) to the
property of
the Company which reasonably could be expected to have a
material
adverse effect
on the condition (financial or otherwise),
earnings, operations or business of the Company.
(l) Except as is otherwise expressly disclosed in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus:
(i) the Company has
good and marketable title to all of the property,
real and personal,
and assets described in the Registration
Statement or
Prospectus as being
owned by it, free and clear of
any and all pledges,
liens, security
interests,
encumbrances,
equities, charges or
claims, other than such as would not have a
material
adverse
effect
on the condition (financial or
otherwise), earnings, operations or business of the Company;
(ii) the agreements to
which the Company is a party described in the
Registration Statement
and Prospectus are valid agreements,
enforceable by the Company except as the enforcement thereof may
be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or
other similar laws relating to or affecting
creditors' rights
generally or by
judicial limitations
on the
right of specific performance; and
(iii)the Company has valid and enforceable leases for all properties
described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus as
leased
by it, except
as the enforcement thereof may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar laws
relating to or
affecting creditors'
rights
generally or by
judicial limitations on the right of specific
performance. Except as
set forth in the
Registration
Statement
and Prospectus, the Company owns or leases all such properties
as
are necessary to its operations as now conducted.
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(m) The Company was organized and has been operated to qualify
as a real
estate
investment trust under Section 856 of the Internal Revenue Code
and, to the knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred that
would
cause the Company to fail to so qualify.
(n) The Company has timely filed (or
has timely requested
an extension of
time to file) all necessary federal and state income and franchise
tax
returns and has paid all taxes shown thereon as due; there is no tax
deficiency that has
been or, to the best of the Company's knowledge,
could be asserted
against the Company that might have a material
adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
operations, business
or properties of the Company, and all tax
liabilities are adequately provided for in the books of the
Company.
(o) The Company owns, or possesses adequate rights to use, all patents,
patent rights,
inventions,
trade secrets, know-how, technology,
service marks,
trade names,
copyrights,
trademarks and
proprietary
rights or information
which are necessary for the conduct of its
present or
intended business as described in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus. The expiration of any patents, patent
rights,
trade secrets,
trademarks, service
marks, trade names or
copyrights
would not have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial
or otherwise), earnings, operations or business of the Company and
the
Company has not received any notice of, and has no
knowledge of, any
infringement of or
conflict with the
asserted rights of
others with
respect to any patent,
patent rights, inventions, trade secrets,
know-how, technology,
trademarks,
service marks, trade names or
copyrights that,
singly or in the
aggregate,
if the subject of an
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, might have a material
adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings,
operations, business or business prospects of the Company.
(p) The Company has not taken and will
not take, directly or
indirectly,
any action
(and does not know of any action by its directors,
officers, members or
others) which has constituted or is designed to,
or which might reasonably be expected to, cause or result in
stabilization or
manipulation,
as defined in the Exchange Act or
otherwise, of the
price of any security of the Company to facilitate
the sale or resale of the Certificates. The Company has not
distributed and will
not distribute
prior to the
completion of the
distribution of the Certificates, any offering material in
connection
with the offering and sale of the Certificates other than any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement
and
other materials, if any, permitted by the Securities Act.
(q) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide
reasonable
assurance that transactions are
executed in
accordance
with
management's
general
or specific
authorizations and
transactions
are re