Accuracy of Descriptions The statements made in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including in each case, the documents incorporated by reference therein) under the captions “Description of Common Shares,” “Description of Preferred Shares” and “Certain Provisions of New York Law and Our Certificate of Incorporation,” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Company’s common shares, under the caption “Description of the Notes,” insofar as it purports to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities, and under the captions “Prospectus Supplement Summary— Company Overview; -- Distribution Policy; - Restrictions Relating to Our Common Shares; - Emerging Growth Company Status and The Offering,” “Risk Factors,” “Dividends and Distribution Policy,” “Description of Common Shares,” “Certain Provisions of New York Law and our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws,” and “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” insofar as such statements constitute summaries of the terms of statutes, rules or regulations, legal matters or governmental proceedings or agreements, contracts and other documents, are accurate and fair summaries of the terms of such statutes, rules or regulations, legal matters or governmental proceedings or agreements, contracts and other documents in all material respects. All agreements between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any other party expressly referenced in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable, enforceable against the Company or such Subsidiaries, as applicable, as appropriate, in accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles and, with respect to equitable relief, the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity) and, with respect to any indemnification provisions contained therein, except as rights under those provisions may be limited by applicable law or policies underlying such law. The Company’s operating policies, investment guidelines and other policies described in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and Prospectus accurately reflect in all material respects the current intentions of the Company with respect to the operation of its business, and no material deviation from such guidelines or policies is currently contemplated.
Accuracy of Descriptions and Exhibits The information in the Pre-Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences” and the information in the Annual Report under the captions “Business—Gas Utility—Regulatory Matters,” “Legal Proceedings,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Estimates—Regulatory Accounting” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Regulatory Matters,” and in Item 13 thereof under the caption “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence,” in each case to the extent that it constitutes matters of law, summaries of legal matters, summaries of provisions of the Company’s Organizational Documents or any other instruments or agreements, summaries of legal proceedings, or legal conclusions, is correct in all material respects; all descriptions in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus of any other Company Documents are accurate in all material respects; and there are no franchises, contracts, indentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, loan or credit agreements, bonds, notes, debentures, evidences of indebtedness, leases or other instruments, agreements or documents required to be described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the Pre-Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein that have not been so described and filed as required.