Obligations of the Company with Respect to Registration Statements. In connection with the Registration Statement and the Registrable Securities to be sold thereunder (the “Covered Securities”), the Company agrees to: (a) furnish to Holder such number of copies of the Registration Statement, each amendment, post-effective amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus) in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as Holder may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Covered Securities owned by Holder; the Company consents to the use of the Prospectus for the Registration Statement, including each preliminary Prospectus, by Holder in connection with the offering and sale of Covered Securities; (b) use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify, or obtain exemption from registration or qualification for, such Covered Securities under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as Holder reasonably requests, keep each such registration or qualification or exemption effective during the period the Registration Statement is required to be kept effective, and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable Holder to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Covered Securities, provided that the Company will not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this subparagraph, (ii) subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be subject to taxation but for this subparagraph, or (iii) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be subject to service of process but for this subparagraph (except as may be required by the Securities Act); (c) cause all such Covered Securities to be listed and qualified for trading on each securities exchange, or qualified for quotation on each automatic quotation system, on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed and qualified for trading or quotation; (d) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all such Covered Securities not later than the effective date of the Registration Statement applicable thereto, and thereafter maintain such a transfer agent and registrar; and otherwise cooperate with the sellers to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Covered Securities to be sold and not bearing any Securities Act legends; (e) otherwise use its best efforts to comply with the Securities Act and all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder; (f) promptly notify Holder in writing (i) of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and of any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, (ii) of the issuance by the Commission or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any part thereof, or of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related Prospectus or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, or (iii) if the Company receives any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for offer or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; in the event the Company shall give notice as to the occurrence of any event described in this Section 2.2(f) (ii) and 2.2 (f)(iii), the Company shall extend the period during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained effective by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to the date the Company delivers notice that disposition may be made; (g) in the event of the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any part thereof, or of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related Prospectus or suspending the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, the Company will use its best efforts to promptly obtain the withdrawal of such order; (h) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Covered Securities to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities, including the National Association of Securities Dealers, as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company to enable the Holder to consummate the disposition of such Covered Securities; (i) promptly notify Holder, at any time when a Prospectus relating to Covered Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement (as then in effect) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus and any preliminary Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading when such Prospectus was delivered; the Company will, as soon as practicable, prepare and furnish to Holder a supplement or amendment to such Prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Covered Securities, such Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; in the event the Company shall give notice as to the occurrence of any event described in this Section 2.2(i) the Company shall extend the period during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained effective by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to the date the Company delivers notice that disposition may be made; (j) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection with the Registration Statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of securities covered by the Registration Statement; (k) to the extent permitted by the professional standards governing the accounting profession at the time, obtain cold comfort letters and updates thereof from the independent public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are, or are requested to be, included in the Registration Statement) who have certified the Company’s financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement addressed to the Holder in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by cold comfort letters; (l) make available for inspection by any Holder of such Registrable Securities, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other professional retained by any such Holder or underwriter (collectively, the “Inspectors”), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the “Records”) as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any Inspector in connection with the Registration Statement. Records which the Company determines, in good faith, to be confidential and which it notifies the Inspectors are confidential shall not be disclosed by the Inspectors unless (i) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in the Registration Statement, (ii) the release of such records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court of competent jurisdiction, or (iii) such Records have been generally made available to the public. Each Holder agrees that information obtained by it as a result of such inspections shall be deemed confidential and shall not be used by it as the basis for any market transactions in the securities of the Company or its affiliates or otherwise disclosed by it unless and until such is made generally available to the public. Each Holder further agrees that it will, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in a court of competent jurisdiction, give notice to the Company, if legally permitted to do so, and allow the Company, at its sole expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of the Records that are deemed confidential, provided the same shall not subject Holder to civil or criminal liability or penalty; and (m) use its best efforts to obtain CUSIP numbers for the Preferred Stock not later than the effective date of the Registration Statement.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Ps Business Parks Inc/Ca), Registration Rights Agreement (Ps Business Parks Inc/Ca), Registration Rights Agreement (Ps Business Parks Inc/Ca)
Obligations of the Company with Respect to Registration Statements. In connection with the a Registration Statement and the Registrable Securities securities to be sold thereunder (the “"Covered Securities”"), the Company agrees to:
(a) furnish to the Holder such number of copies of the Registration Statement, each amendment, post-effective amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein)thereto, the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus) in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as the Holder may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Covered Securities owned by the Holder; the Company consents to the use of the Prospectus for the Registration Statement, including each preliminary Prospectus, by the Holder in connection with the offering and sale of Covered Securities;
(b) use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify, or obtain exemption from registration or qualification for, qualify such Covered Securities under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Holder reasonably requests, keep each such registration or qualification or exemption effective during the period the Registration Statement is required to be kept effective, and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the Holder to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Covered Securities, provided that the Company will not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this subparagraph, (ii) subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be subject to taxation but for this subparagraph, or (iii) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be subject to service of process but for this subparagraph (except as may be required by the Securities Act);
(c) cause all such Covered Securities to be listed and qualified for trading on each securities exchange, or qualified for quotation on each automatic quotation system, exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed and qualified for trading or quotationtrading;
(d) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all such Covered Securities not later than the effective date of the Registration Statement applicable thereto, and thereafter maintain such a transfer agent and registrar; and otherwise cooperate with the sellers to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Covered Securities to be sold and not bearing any Securities Act legends;
(e) otherwise use its best efforts to comply with the Securities Act and all applicable rules and regulations of the CommissionSEC, and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first day of the Company’s 's first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;
(f) promptly notify Holder the holder in writing (i) of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and of any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, (ii) of the issuance by the Commission SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the a Registration Statement, or any part thereof, or of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related Prospectus or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, or (iii) if the Company receives any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for offer or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; in the event the Company shall give notice as to the occurrence of any event described in this Section 2.2(f) (ii) and 2.2 (f)(iii), the Company shall extend the period during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained effective by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to the date the Company delivers notice that disposition may be made;
(g) in the event of the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the any Registration Statement, or any part thereof, or of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related Prospectus or suspending the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, the Company will use its best efforts to promptly obtain the withdrawal of such order;
(h) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Covered Securities to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities, including the National Association of Securities Dealers, authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company to enable the Holder to consummate the disposition of such Covered Securities;
(i) promptly notify the Holder, at any time when a Prospectus relating to Covered Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in the applicable Registration Statement (as then in effect) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus and any preliminary Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading when such Prospectus was delivered; the Company will, as soon as practicable, prepare and furnish to the Holder a supplement or amendment to such Prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Covered Securities, such Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; in the event the Company shall give notice as to the occurrence of any event described in this Section 2.2(i) the Company shall extend the period during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained effective by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to the date the Company delivers notice that disposition may be made;
(j) prepare and file with the Commission SEC such amendments and supplements to the each Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection with the such Registration Statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of securities covered by the such Registration Statement;; and
(k) to the extent permitted by the professional standards governing the accounting profession at the time, obtain cold comfort letters and updates thereof from the independent public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are, or are requested to be, included in the Registration Statement) who have certified the Company’s financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement addressed to the Holder in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by cold comfort letters;
(l) make available for inspection by any Holder of such Registrable Securities, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other professional retained by any such Holder or underwriter (collectively, the “Inspectors”), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the “Records”) as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any Inspector in connection with the Registration Statement. Records which the Company determines, in good faith, to be confidential and which it notifies the Inspectors are confidential shall not be disclosed by the Inspectors unless (i) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in the Registration Statement, (ii) the release of such records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court of competent jurisdiction, or (iii) such Records have been generally made available to the public. Each Holder agrees that information obtained by it as a result of such inspections shall be deemed confidential and shall not be used by it as the basis for any market transactions in the securities of the Company or its affiliates or otherwise disclosed by it unless and until such is made generally available to the public. Each Holder further agrees that it will, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in a court of competent jurisdiction, give notice to the Company, if legally permitted to do so, and allow the Company, at its sole expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of the Records that are deemed confidential, provided the same shall not subject Holder to civil or criminal liability or penalty; and
(m) use its best efforts to obtain CUSIP numbers for the Preferred Stock not later than the effective date of the Registration Statement.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Ps Business Parks Inc/Ca)
Obligations of the Company with Respect to Registration Statements. In connection with the Registration Statement and the Registrable Securities to be sold thereunder (the “Covered Securities”), the Company agrees to:
(a) furnish to Holder such number of copies of the Registration Statement, each amendment, post-effective amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus) in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as Holder may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Covered Securities owned by Holder; the Company consents to the use of the Prospectus for the Registration Statement, including each preliminary Prospectus, by Holder in connection with the offering and sale of Covered Securities;
(b) use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify, or obtain exemption from registration or qualification for, such Covered Securities under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as Holder reasonably requests, keep each such registration or qualification or exemption effective during the period the Registration Statement is required to be kept effective, and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable Holder to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Covered Securities, provided that the Company will not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this subparagraph, (ii) subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be subject to taxation but for this subparagraph, or (iii) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be subject to service of process but for this subparagraph (except as may be required by the Securities Act);
(c) cause all such Covered Securities to be listed and qualified for trading on each securities exchange, or qualified for quotation on each automatic quotation system, on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed and qualified for trading or quotation;
(d) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all such Covered Securities not later than the effective date of the Registration Statement applicable thereto, and thereafter maintain such a transfer agent and registrar; and otherwise cooperate with the sellers to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Covered Securities to be sold and not bearing any Securities Act legends;
(e) otherwise use its best efforts to comply with the Securities Act and all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a1 l(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;
(f) promptly notify Holder in writing (i) of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and of any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, (ii) of the issuance by the Commission or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any part thereof, or of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related Prospectus or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, or (iii) if the Company receives any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for offer or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; in the event the Company shall give notice as to the occurrence of any event described in this Section 2.2(f) (ii2.2(f)(ii) and 2.2 (f)(iii2.2(f)(iii), the Company shall extend the period during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained effective by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to the date the Company delivers notice that disposition may be made;
(g) in the event of the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any part thereof, or of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related Prospectus or suspending the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, the Company will use its best efforts to promptly obtain the withdrawal of such order;
(h) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Covered Securities to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities, including the National Association of Securities Dealers, as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company to enable the Holder to consummate the disposition of such Covered Securities;
(i) promptly notify Holder, at any time when a Prospectus relating to Covered Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement (as then in effect) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus and any preliminary Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading when such Prospectus was delivered; the Company will, as soon as practicable, prepare and furnish to Holder a supplement or amendment to such Prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Covered Securities, such Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; in the event the Company shall give notice as to the occurrence of any event described in this Section 2.2(i2.2(1) the Company shall extend the period during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained effective by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to the date the Company delivers notice that disposition may be made;
(j) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection with the Registration Statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of securities covered by the Registration Statement;
(k) to the extent permitted by the professional standards governing the accounting profession at the time, obtain cold comfort letters and updates thereof from the independent public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are, or are requested to be, included in the Registration Statement) who have certified the Company’s financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement addressed to the Holder in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by cold comfort letters;
(l) make available for inspection by any Holder of such Registrable Securities, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other professional retained by any such Holder or underwriter (collectively, the “Inspectors”), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the “Records”) as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any Inspector in connection with the Registration Statement. Records which the Company determines, in good faith, to be confidential and which it notifies the Inspectors are confidential shall not be disclosed by the Inspectors unless (i) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in the Registration Statement, (ii) the release of such records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court of competent jurisdiction, or (iii) such Records have been generally made available to the public. Each Holder agrees that information obtained by it as a result of such inspections shall be deemed confidential and shall not be used by it as the basis for any market transactions in the securities of the Company or its affiliates or otherwise disclosed by it unless and until such is made generally available to the public. Each Holder further agrees that it will, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in a court of competent jurisdiction, give notice to the Company, if legally permitted to do so, and allow the Company, at its sole expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of the Records that are deemed confidential, provided the same shall not subject Holder to civil or criminal liability or penalty; and
(m) use its best efforts to obtain CUSIP numbers for the Preferred Stock not later than the effective date of the Registration Statement.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Ps Business Parks Inc/Ca)