Registration of the Restricted Stock. (a) In the event the Holder's employment with the Company is terminated under Section 4(e) or (f) of the Employment Agreement, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC, within ninety (90) days of the date of termination of the Holder's employment with the Company (the "Target Filing Date"), a Registration Statement under the Act to permit the public sale of the Restricted Stock purchased hereby, and to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter. The Holder shall furnish such information as may be reasonably requested by the Company in order to include such Restricted Stock in such Registration Statement. If the Holder decides not to include all of his Restricted Stock in any Registration Statement thereafter filed by the Company, the Holder shall nevertheless continue to have the right to include any Restricted Stock in any subsequent Registration Statement or Registration Statements as may be filed by the Company with respect to offerings of its securities, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. In the event that any registration pursuant to this Section 7.2(a) is terminated or withdrawn, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC, within 180 days thereafter, a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to permit the public sale of the Restricted Stock purchased hereby. (b) In the event that any registration pursuant to Section 7.2(a) shall be, in whole or in part, an underwritten public offering of Common Stock on behalf of the Company, all Selling Stockholders proposing to distribute their Restricted Stock through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Company. If the managing underwriter thereof advises the Company in writing that in its opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number that can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a price range acceptable to the Company, the Company shall include in such registration: (i) first, the securities the Company proposes to sell, and (ii) second, the Restricted Stock and any other registrable securities eligible and requested to be included in such registration to the extent that the number of shares to be registered under this clause (ii) will not, in the opinion of the managing underwriter, adversely affect the offering of the securities pursuant to clause (i). In such a case, shares shall be registered pro rata among the holders of such Restricted Stock and registrable securities on the basis of the number of shares eligible for registration that are owned by all such holders and requested to be included in such registration. (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company's obligations in Sections 7.2(a) and (b) above shall extend only to the inclusion of the Restricted Stock in a
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Samples: Employment Agreement (National Health Partners Inc), Employment Agreement (National Health Partners Inc), Employment Agreement (National Health Partners Inc)
Registration of the Restricted Stock. (a) In the event the Holder's employment with the Company is terminated under Section 4(e) or (f) of the Employment Agreement, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC, within ninety (90) 180 days of the date of termination of the Holder's employment with the Company (the "Target Filing Date"), a Registration Statement under the Act to permit the public sale of the Restricted Stock purchased hereby, and to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter. The Holder shall furnish such information as may be reasonably requested by the Company in order to include such Restricted Stock in such Registration Statement. If the Holder decides not to include all of his Restricted Stock in any Registration Statement thereafter filed by the Company, the Holder shall nevertheless continue to have the right to include any Restricted Stock in any subsequent Registration Statement or Registration Statements as may be filed by the Company with respect to offerings of its securities, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. In the event that any registration pursuant to this Section 7.2(a) is terminated or withdrawn, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC, within 180 days thereafter, a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to permit the public sale of the Restricted Stock purchased hereby.
(b) In the event that any registration pursuant to Section 7.2(a) shall be, in whole or in part, an underwritten public offering of Common Stock on behalf of the Company, all Selling Stockholders proposing to distribute their Restricted Stock through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Company. If the managing underwriter thereof advises the Company in writing that in its opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number that can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a price range acceptable to the Company, the Company shall include in such registration: (i) first, the securities the Company proposes to sell, and (ii) second, the Restricted Stock and any other registrable securities eligible and requested to be included in such registration to the extent that the number of shares to be registered under this clause (ii) will not, in the opinion of the managing underwriter, adversely affect the offering of the securities pursuant to clause (i). In such a case, shares shall be registered pro rata among the holders of such Restricted Stock and registrable securities on the basis of the number of shares eligible for registration that are owned by all such holders and requested to be included in such registration.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company's obligations in Sections 7.2(a) and (b) above shall extend only to the inclusion of the Restricted Stock in a
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Samples: Option to Acquire Shares (National Health Partners Inc), Option to Acquire Shares (National Health Partners Inc), Option to Acquire Shares (National Health Partners Inc)
Registration of the Restricted Stock. a. As soon as practicable, but in any event within sixty (a60) In days following the event the Holder's employment with the Company is terminated under Section 4(e) or (f) date of the Employment AgreementClosing, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC, within ninety (90) days of the date of termination of the Holder's employment with the Company (the "Target Filing Date"), SEC a Registration Statement under covering the Act to permit the public sale resale of all of the Restricted Stock. The Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Restricted Stock purchased herebyon Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on Form S-1 or another appropriate form in accordance herewith) and shall contain a “Plan of Distribution” in form and substance agreed upon by the parties hereto and customary for transactions of this type. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such the Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as soon as reasonably practicable thereafterpossible, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the earlier of the date when (i) all the Restricted Stock covered by the Registration Statement has been sold pursuant thereto or (ii) the Restricted Stock may be immediately publicly sold without restriction compliance with the requirements of Rule 144(c)(1) of the Securities Act as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent and Seller (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Holder Company’s obligation under this Section is subject to Seller providing the Company with such information regarding Seller and its ownership of shares of the Restricted Stock as the Company determines necessary to include in the Registration Statement.
b. In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:
i. Not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the filing of the Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish to Seller copies of all such documents proposed to be filed which documents will be subject to the review of Seller and one counsel to Seller. The Company shall furnish not file the Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which Seller or counsel to Seller shall reasonably object in good faith.
(A) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Restricted Stock for the Effectiveness Period; (B) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act; and (C) respond as promptly as practicable to any comments received from the SEC with respect to the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and, as promptly as reasonably possible provide Seller true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the SEC relating to the Registration Statement.
iii. Notify Seller as promptly as practicable (and, in the case of (A)(1) below, not less than three (3) Business Days prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than two (2) Business Days following the day (A)(1) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement is proposed to be filed; (2) when the SEC notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of such Registration Statement and whenever the SEC comments in writing on such Registration Statement (the Company shall provide true and complete copies thereof and all written responses thereto to Seller); and (3) with respect to the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (B) of any request by the SEC or any other Federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; (C) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement covering any or all of the Restricted Stock or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (D) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Restricted Stock for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose; and (E) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in the Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to the Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
iv. Use its commercially reasonable efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (A) any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or (B) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Restricted Stock for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.
v. Furnish to Seller, without charge, at least one conformed copy of the final Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the SEC.
vi. Promptly deliver to Seller, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto as Seller may reasonably request. The Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by Seller in connection with the offering and sale of the Restricted Stock covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.
vii. Prior to any public offering of Restricted Stock, use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify such Restricted Stock for offer and sale under the securities laws of all jurisdictions within the United States reasonably requested by Seller, and to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Restricted Stock covered by the Registration Statement; provided, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
viii. Cooperate with Seller to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Restricted Stock to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to the Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Restricted Stock to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Persons may request.
ix. Use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Restricted Stock covered by a Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange, interdealer quotation system or other market on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed.
x. Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by clause (b)(iii)(C) or (D), as promptly as practicable, take all such action as is necessary to cause the removal of any such stop order or any such suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification.
xi. Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by clause (b)(iii)(E), as promptly as reasonably possible, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, neither the Registration Statement nor such Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
xii. Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC.
c. All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with the provisions of Section 2 of this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Restricted Stock are sold pursuant to the Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings required to be made with The Nasdaq National Market or other applicable securities exchange, and (B) in compliance with applicable state securities laws), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Restricted Stock and of printing prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is reasonably requested by the holders of a majority of the Restricted Stock included in the Registration Statement), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Section 2. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Section 2 (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Restricted Stock on any securities exchange as required hereunder.
d. With a view to making available to the holders of Restricted Stock the benefits of Rule 144 (or its successor rule) under the Securities Act and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit such holders to sell Restricted Stock to the public without registration, the Company covenants and agrees to: (i) make and keep adequate current public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, until the earlier of (A) such date as all of the Restricted Stock may be resold to the public without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (B) such date as all of the Restricted Stock shall have been resold; and (ii) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required to be so filed pursuant to Rule 144(c) under the Securities Act in order to permit the holders of the Restricted Stock to be entitled to transfer the Restricted Stock without registration pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, and (C) such other information as may be reasonably requested by the Company in order to include avail such holder of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such Restricted Stock in such Registration Statementwithout registration. If [NTD: Regarding deletion – the Holder decides not to include all cover of his Restricted Stock in any Registration Statement thereafter filed by the Company, the Holder shall nevertheless continue to have the right to include any Restricted Stock in any subsequent Registration Statement or Registration Statements as may be filed by the Company with respect to offerings of its securities, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. In the event that any registration pursuant to Periodic Filings already makes this Section 7.2(a) is terminated or withdrawn, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC, within 180 days thereafter, a Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to permit the public sale of the Restricted Stock purchased hereby.
(b) In the event that any registration pursuant to Section 7.2(a) shall be, in whole or in part, an underwritten public offering of Common Stock on behalf of the Company, all Selling Stockholders proposing to distribute their Restricted Stock through such underwriting shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting by the Company. If the managing underwriter thereof advises the Company in writing that in its opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number that can be sold in an orderly manner in such offering within a price range acceptable to the Company, the Company shall include in such registration: (i) first, the securities the Company proposes to sell, and (ii) second, the Restricted Stock and any other registrable securities eligible and requested to be included in such registration to the extent that the number of shares to be registered under this clause (ii) will not, in the opinion of the managing underwriter, adversely affect the offering of the securities pursuant to clause (i). In such a case, shares shall be registered pro rata among the holders of such Restricted Stock and registrable securities on the basis of the number of shares eligible for registration that are owned by all such holders and requested to be included in such registration.
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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Smart Sand, Inc.), Registration Rights Agreement (Smart Sand, Inc.)