• | should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff of the Commission (the “Staff”), acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the above-referenced Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the above-referenced Registration Statement; |
• | the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the above-referenced Registration Statement effective, does not relieve the undersigned Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and |
• | the undersigned Registrant may not assert Staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |