Lender’s Warranties - GMSLA Provision

GMSLA Anatomy™ →Go uptown In a Nutshell™ Clause 13: 13. Lender’s Warranties Each Party warrants on a continuing basis that when it is a Lender: (a) it has capacity and authority to perform its obligations; (b) there are no restrictions on it lending Securities or performing its obligations under this Agreement; (c) it is able to pass legal and beneficial ownership of Securities lent under this Agreement to Borrower free from encumbrances; and (d) it is acts as a principal (except under Agency Loans). view template 2010 GMSLA full text of Clause 13: 13. Lender’s Warranties Each Party hereby warrants and undertakes to the other on a continuing basis to the intent that such warranties shall survive the completion of any transaction contemplated herein that, where acting as a Lender: (a) it is duly authorised and empowered to perform its duties and obligations under this Agreement; (b) it is not restricted under the terms of its constitution or in any other manner from lending Securities in accordance with this Agreement or from otherwise performing its obligations hereunder; (c) it is absolutely entitled to pass full legal and beneficial ownership of all Securities provided by it hereunder to Borrower free from all liens, charges and encumbrances; and (d) it is acting as principal in respect of this Agreement, other than in respect of an Agency Loan. view template 2010 GMSLA: Full wikitext · Nutshell wikitext | GMLSA legal code | GMSLA Netting Pledge GMSLA: Hard copy (ISLA) · Full wikitext · Nutshell wikitext | 1995 OSLA: OSLA wikitext | OSLA in a nutshell | GMSLA/PGMSLA/OSLA clause comparison table From Our Friends On The Internet: Guide to equity finance | ISLA’s guide to securities lending for regulators and policy makers Navigation 2010 GMSLA 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27 · Schedule · Agency Annex · Addendum for Pooled Principal Agency Loans 2018 Pledge GMSLA 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27 · 28 · Schedule · Agency Annex Stock lending agreement comparison: Includes navigation for the 2000 GMSLA and the 1995 OSLA Index: Click ᐅ to expand: GMSLA Pledge GMSLA OSLA Tell me more Sign up for our newsletter — or just get in touch: for ½ a weekly 🍺 you get to consult JC. Ask about it here.

Enthusiastic minds might have noticed there are no “Representations” as such in the 2010 GMSLA. But there are Warranties, and these —except in one arcane and theoretically) important way — amount to the same thing.

(precis: A representation is a pre-contractual statement which induces your entry into a contract, the remedy for negligence about which is the avoidance of your obligations under the contract altogether; a warranty is a contractual term, the remedy for breach of which is damages under the contract.

See also

• Representations and warranties
• Representations and Warranties Anatomy