No Price Stabilization or Manipulation; Compliance with Regulation M. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Shares or of any “reference security” (as defined in Rule 100 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act (“Regulation M”)) with respect to the Common Shares, whether to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares or otherwise, and has taken no action which would directly or indirectly violate Regulation M.

Regulation M Compliance. The Company has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, # taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares, # sold, bid for, purchased, or, paid any compensation for soliciting purchases of, any of the Shares, or # paid or agreed to pay to any Person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company.