Purchaser Registration Statement. (a) Purchaser will promptly prepare and file on Form S-4 a Registration Statement (which will include the Proxy Statement) complying with all the requirements of the 1933 Act (and the rules and regulations thereunder) applicable thereto, for the purpose, among other things, of registering the Purchaser Common Stock that will be issued to the holders of Target Common Stock pursuant to the Company Merger. Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable, to qualify the Purchaser Common Stock under the Securities Laws of such jurisdictions as may be required and to keep the Registration Statement and such qualifications current and in effect for so long as is necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. As a result of the registration of the Purchaser Common Stock pursuant to the Registration Statement, such stock shall be freely tradable by the shareholders of Target except to the extent that the transfer of any shares of Purchaser Common Stock received by shareholders of Target is subject to the provisions of Rule 145 under the Securities Act or restricted under applicable Tax rules. Target and its counsel shall have reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Registration Statement being filed with the SEC and any responses filed with the SEC regarding the Registration Statement. (b) Each of the Parties will cooperate in the preparation of the Registration Statement and Proxy Statement that complies with the requirements of the Securities Laws, for the purpose of submitting this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby to the Target’s shareholders for approval. Each of the Parties will as promptly as practicable after the date hereof furnish all such data and information relating to it and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, as the other Party may reasonably request for the purpose of including such data and information in the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement. None of the information to be supplied by the Parties for inclusion in (i) the Registration Statement will, at the time the Registration Statement becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, not misleading, (ii) the Proxy Statement will, at the date it is first mailed to the Target’s shareholders and at the time of the Target shareholders’ meeting (except to the extent amended or supplemented by a subsequent communication), contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) any other document filed with any other regulatory agency in connection herewith will, at the time such document is filed, fail to comply as to form in all material respects with the provisions of applicable Law. The Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, except that no representation or warranty is made by either Party with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by the other Party for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Buckhead Community Bancorp Inc), Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Atlantic Southern Financial Group, Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Allied Bancshares Inc)
Purchaser Registration Statement. (a) Purchaser will promptly prepare and file a Registration Statement on Form S-4 a Registration Statement (which will include the Proxy Statement) complying with all the requirements of the 1933 Act (and the rules and regulations thereunder) applicable thereto, for the purpose, among other things, of registering the Purchaser Common Stock that will be issued to the holders of Target Common Stock pursuant to the Company Merger. Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts to file the Registration Statement within 60 days after the date hereof, to cause the Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable, to qualify the Purchaser Common Stock under the Securities Laws of such jurisdictions as may be required and to keep the Registration Statement and such qualifications current and in effect for so long as is necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. As a result of the registration of the Purchaser Common Stock pursuant to the Registration Statement, such stock shall be freely tradable by the shareholders of Target except to the extent that the transfer of any shares of Purchaser Common Stock received by shareholders of Target is subject to the provisions of Rule 145 under the Securities Act or restricted under applicable Tax rules. Target and its counsel shall have reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Registration Statement being filed with the SEC and any responses filed with the SEC regarding the Registration Statement. The Parties shall deliver to each other copies of all filings, correspondence, orders and any other documents to and from all Regulatory Authorities, including the SEC, and shall promptly relay to each other any oral communications to and from all such Regulatory Authorities, in connection with the Form S-4 and any documents related thereto.
(b) Each of the Parties will cooperate in the preparation of the Registration Statement and Proxy Statement that complies with the requirements of the Securities Laws, for the purpose of submitting this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby to the Target’s shareholders and to the Purchaser’s shareholders for approval. Each of the Parties will as promptly as practicable after the date hereof furnish all such data and information relating to it and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, as the other Party may reasonably request for the purpose of including such data and information in the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement. None of the information to be supplied by the Parties for inclusion in (i) the Registration Statement will, at the time the Registration Statement becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, not misleading, (ii) the Proxy Statement will, at the date it is first mailed to the Target’s shareholders and at the time of the Target shareholders’ meeting (except to the extent amended or supplemented by a subsequent communication), contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) any other document filed with any other regulatory agency in connection herewith will, at the time such document is filed, fail to comply as to form in all material respects with the provisions of applicable Law. The Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with the any applicable requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, except that no representation or warranty is made by either Party with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by the other Party for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Mid Wisconsin Financial Services Inc)