Registration of Warrant Shares. (a) The Company agrees that, within fifteen (15) Business Days following the Closing Date (the “Filing Deadline”), the Company will file with the Commission (at the Company’s sole cost and expense) a registration statement registering the resale of one hundred percent (100%) of the maximum number of the Warrant Shares (the “Registration Statement”), and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as reasonably practicable after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than forty-five (45) calendar days after the Filing Deadline (the “Effectiveness Deadline”); provided, that the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to ninety (90) calendar days after the Closing Date if the Registration Statement is reviewed by, and comments thereto are provided from, the Commission; provided, further, that the Company shall have the Registration Statement declared effective within ten (10) Business Days after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the staff of the Commission that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review; provided, further, that (i) if the Effectiveness Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business and (ii) if the Commission is closed for operations due to a government shutdown, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended by the same number of Business Days that the Commission remains closed for. Upon Subscriber’s timely request, the Company shall provide a draft of the Registration Statement to the Subscriber for review at least two (2) Business Days in advance of the date of filing the Registration Statement with the Commission (the “Filing Date”), and Subscriber shall provide any comments on the Registration Statement to the Company no later than the one (1) Business Day immediately preceding the Filing Date. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Subscriber prior to the filing of the Registration Statement, the Subscriber shall not be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement; provided, that if the Commission requests that Subscriber be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement, Subscriber will have the opportunity to withdraw from the Registration Statement upon its prompt written request to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Commission prevents the Company from including any or all of the shares proposed to be registered under the Registration Statement due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act for the resale of the Warrant Shares by the applicable stockholders or otherwise, such Registration Statement shall register for resale such number of Warrant Shares which is equal to the maximum number of Warrant Shares as is permitted by the Commission. In such event, the number of Warrant Shares or other shares to be registered for each selling stockholder named in the Registration Statement shall be reduced pro rata among all such selling stockholders and as promptly as practicable after being permitted to register additional shares under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, the Company shall amend the Registration Statement or file one or more new Registration Statement(s) (such amendment or new Registration Statement shall also be deemed to be a “Registration Statement” hereunder) to register such additional Warrant Shares that were excluded due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act and cause such amendment or Registration Statement(s) to become effective as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than forty-five (45) calendar days after the filing of such Registration Statement (the “Additional Effectiveness Deadline”); provided, that the Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to ninety (90) calendar days after the filing of such Registration Statement if such Registration Statement is reviewed by, and comments thereto are provided from, the Commission; provided, further, that the Company shall have such Registration Statement declared effective within ten (10) Business Days after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the staff of the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review; provided, further, that (i) if such day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business and (ii) if the Commission is closed for operations due to a government shutdown, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended by the same number of Business Days that the Commission remains closed for. Any failure by the Company to file a Registration Statement by the Effectiveness Deadline or Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall not otherwise relieve the Company of its obligations to file or effect a Registration Statement as set forth in this Section 5. (b) The Company agrees that, except for such times as the Company is permitted hereunder to suspend the use of the prospectus forming part of a Registration Statement, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to remain effective with respect to Subscriber, including to prepare and file any post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus such that the prospectus will not include any untrue statement or 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, until the earlier of (i) two (2) years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, (ii) the date on which all of the Warrant Shares shall have been sold or (iii) on the first date on which the Subscriber can sell all of its Warrant Shares (or shares received in exchange therefor) under Rule 144 of the Securities Act without limitation as to the manner of sale or the amount of such securities that may be sold and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable) and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable. For so long as the Registration Statement shall remain effective, the Company will use reasonable best efforts to file all reports, and provide all customary and reasonable cooperation, necessary to enable Subscriber to resell Warrant Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement, qualify the Warrant Shares for listing on the applicable stock exchange on which the Company’s Common Stock is then listed and update or amend the Registration Statement as necessary to include Warrant Shares. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to, for so long as the Subscriber holds Subscribed Warrants and/or Warrant Shares, make and keep public information available (as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144) and file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Exchange Act so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements to enable the Subscriber to resell the Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144. The Subscriber agrees to disclose its beneficial ownership, as determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, of Subscribed Warrants and Warrant Shares to the Company (or its successor) upon reasonable request to assist the Company in making the determination described above. (c) The Company’s obligations to include the Warrant Shares in the Registration Statement are contingent upon Subscriber furnishing in writing to the Company a completed selling stockholder questionnaire in customary form that contains such information regarding Subscriber, the securities of the Company held by Subscriber and the intended method of disposition of the Warrant Shares as shall be reasonably requested by the Company to effect the registration of the Warrant Shares, and Subscriber shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request that are customary of a selling stockholder in similar situations, including providing that the Company shall be entitled to postpone and suspend the effectiveness or use of the Registration Statement (i) during any customary blackout or similar period or as permitted hereunder and (ii) as may be necessary in connection with the preparation and filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement following the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K; provided, that the Company shall request such information from Subscriber, including the selling stockholder questionnaire, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the anticipated Filing Date of the Registration Statement; and provided, further, under no circumstances shall Subscriber be required to sign any type of lock-up agreement. In the case of the registration effected by the Company pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, the Company shall, upon reasonable request, inform Subscriber as to the status of such registration. Subscriber shall not be entitled to use the Registration Statement for an underwritten offering of Warrant Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company may delay or postpone filing of such Registration Statement, and from time to time require Subscriber not to sell under the Registration Statement or suspend the use or effectiveness of any such Registration Statement if it determines in good faith that in order for the registration statement to not contain a material misstatement or omission, an amendment thereto would be needed, or if such filing or use would reasonably be expected to materially affect a bona fide business or financing transaction of the Company or would reasonably be expected to require premature disclosure of information that would materially adversely affect the Company (each such circumstance, a “Suspension Event”); provided, that, (w) the Company shall not so delay filing or so suspend the use of the Registration Statement for a period of more than sixty (60) consecutive days or more than two (2) times in any three hundred sixty (360) day period, and (x) the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to make such registration statement available for the sale by the Subscriber of such securities as soon as practicable thereafter. (d) Upon receipt of any written notice from the Company (which notice shall not contain any material non-public information regarding the Company and which notice shall not be subject to any duty of confidentiality) of the happening of (i) an issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose, which notice shall be given no later than three (3) Business Days from the date of such event, (ii) any Suspension Event during the period that the Registration Statement is effective, which notice shall be given no later than three (3) Business Days from the date of such Suspension Event, or (iii) or if as a result of a Suspension Event the Registration Statement or related prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits 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 (in the case of the prospectus) not misleading, the Subscriber agrees that (1) it will immediately discontinue offers and sales of the Warrant Shares under the Registration Statement (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, sales conducted pursuant to Rule 144, if available at such time) until the Subscriber receives copies of a supplemental or amended prospectus (which the Company agrees to promptly prepare) that corrects the misstatement(s) or omission(s) referred to above and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective or unless otherwise notified by the Company that it may resume such offers and sales, and (2) it will maintain the confidentiality of any information included in such written notice delivered by the Company unless otherwise required by law, subpoena or regulatory request or requirement. If so directed by the Company, the Subscriber will deliver to the Company or, in the Subscriber’s sole discretion destroy, all copies of the prospectus covering the Warrant Shares in the Subscriber’s possession; provided, however, that this obligation to deliver or destroy all copies of the prospectus covering the Warrant Shares shall not apply (w) to the extent the Subscriber is required to retain a copy of such prospectus (A) in order to comply with applicable legal, regulatory, self-regulatory or professional requirements or (B) in accordance with a bona fide pre-existing document retention policy or (x) to copies stored electronically on archival servers as a result of automatic data back-up. (e) Subscriber may deliver written notice (an “Opt-Out Notice”) to the Company requesting that Subscriber not receive notices from the Company otherwise required by this Section 5; provided, however, that Subscriber may later revoke any such Opt-Out Notice in writing. Following receipt of an Opt-Out Notice from Subscriber (unless subsequently revoked), (i) the Company shall not deliver any such notices to Subscriber and Subscriber shall no longer be entitled to the rights associated with any such notice and (ii) each time prior to Subscriber’s intended use of an effective Registration Statement, Subscriber will notify the Company in writing at least two (2) Business Days in advance of such intended use, and if a notice of a Suspension Event was previously delivered (or would have been delivered but for the provisions of this Section 5(e)) and the related suspension period remains in effect, the Company will so notify Subscriber, within one (1) Business Day of Subscriber’s notification to the Company, by delivering to Subscriber a copy of such previous notice of Suspension Event, and thereafter will provide Subscriber with the related notice of the conclusion of such Suspension Event promptly following its availability. (f) For purposes of this Section 5 of this Subscription Agreement, (i) “Warrant Shares” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the Warrant Shares (as defined in the recitals to this Subscription Agreement) and any other equity security issued or issuable with respect to the Warrant Shares by way of share split, dividend, distribution, recapitalization, merger, exchange, or replacement, and (ii) “Subscriber” shall include any affiliate of the Subscriber to which the rights under this Section 5 shall have been duly assigned.
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Samples: Subscription Agreement (Graf Acquisition Corp. IV), Subscription Agreement (Graf Acquisition Corp. IV), Subscription Agreement (Graf Acquisition Corp. IV)
Registration of Warrant Shares. (a) The Company agrees thatshall:
(i) prepare and, within fifteen on or prior to thirty (1530) Business Days following days after the Closing Date (the “Filing Deadline”)date hereof, the Company will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (at the Company’s sole cost and expense"SEC") a registration statement registering Registration Statement on Form S-3 or any successor form promulgated by the resale SEC in respect of one hundred percent (100%) of the maximum number of all the Warrant Shares on an appropriate form for a secondary offering to be made on a continuous basis by the Company pursuant to Rule 415 (the “"Shelf Registration Statement”"); and
(ii) subject to Section 12 hereof, and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have cause the Shelf Registration Statement declared to become effective as soon as reasonably practicable after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than forty-five (45) calendar days after the Filing Deadline (the “Effectiveness Deadline”); provided, that the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to ninety (90) calendar days after the Closing Date if the Registration Statement is reviewed by, and comments thereto are provided from, the Commission; provided, further, that the Company shall have the Registration Statement declared effective within ten (10) Business Days after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the staff of the Commission that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review; provided, further, that (i) if the Effectiveness Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended such filing. In addition to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business and (ii) if the Commission is closed for operations due to a government shutdown, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended by the same number of Business Days that the Commission remains closed for. Upon Subscriber’s timely requestWarrant Shares, the Company shall provide a draft may include in the Shelf Registration Statement shares of Common Stock held by any holder of equity securities of the Registration Statement to the Subscriber Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for review at least two (2) Business Days in advance of the date of filing the Registration Statement such equity securities, which holder is entitled by written agreement with the Commission (the “Filing Date”), and Subscriber shall provide any comments on the Registration Statement Company to the Company no later than the one (1) Business Day immediately preceding the Filing Date. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Subscriber prior to the filing of the Registration Statement, the Subscriber shall not be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement; provided, that if the Commission requests that Subscriber be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement, Subscriber will have the opportunity to withdraw from the Registration Statement upon its prompt written request to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Commission prevents the Company from including any some or all of the shares proposed to be registered under the Registration Statement due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act for the resale of the Warrant Shares by the applicable stockholders or otherwise, such Registration Statement shall register for resale such number of Warrant Shares which is equal to the maximum number of Warrant Shares as is permitted by the Commission. In such event, the number of Warrant Shares or other shares to be registered for each selling stockholder named securities included in the Registration Statement shall be reduced pro rata among all such selling stockholders and as promptly as practicable after being permitted to register additional shares under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, the Company shall amend the Registration Statement or file one or more new Registration Statement(s) (such amendment or new Registration Statement shall also be deemed to be a “Shelf Registration Statement” hereunder) to register such additional Warrant Shares that were excluded due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act and cause such amendment or Registration Statement(s) to become effective as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than forty-five (45) calendar days after the filing of such Registration Statement (the “Additional Effectiveness Deadline”); provided, that the Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to ninety (90) calendar days after the filing of such Registration Statement if such Registration Statement is reviewed by, and comments thereto are provided from, the Commission; provided, further, that the Company shall have such Registration Statement declared effective within ten (10) Business Days after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the staff of the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review; provided, further, that (i) if such day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business and (ii) if the Commission is closed for operations due to a government shutdown, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended by the same number of Business Days that the Commission remains closed for. Any failure by the Company to file a Registration Statement by the Effectiveness Deadline or Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall not otherwise relieve the Company of its obligations to file or effect a Registration Statement as set forth in this Section 5.
(b) The Company agrees that, except for such times as the Company is permitted hereunder to suspend the use of the prospectus forming part of a Registration Statement, the Company will shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such keep the Shelf Registration Statement to remain continuously effective with respect to Subscriber, including to prepare and file any post-effective amendment to at all times until such Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus such that the prospectus will not include any untrue statement or 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, until date as is the earlier of of: (i) two (2) years from the effective date on which all of the Registration StatementWarrant Shares have been sold, (ii) the date on which all of the Warrant Shares shall have been may be immediately sold to the public without registration conditions or limitations, whether pursuant to Rule 144 or otherwise, and (iii) the date which is the one year anniversary of the date hereof; provided that such one-year period shall be extended by the number of days during which a Blackout Period (as defined herein) or a Holdback Period (as defined herein) is in effect or invoked. (The period of time commencing on the first date the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective and ending on which the Subscriber can sell all of its Warrant Shares (or shares received in exchange therefor) under Rule 144 earliest of the Securities Act without limitation foregoing dates shall be referred to as the "Registration Period"). Such best efforts shall include, but not be limited to, promptly responding to all comments received from the manner staff of sale the SEC. Should the Company receive notification from the SEC that the Shelf Registration Statement will receive no action or no review from the amount SEC, subject to Section 12 hereof, the Company shall cause such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective within seven (7) business days of such securities that may be sold and without the requirement for the Company SEC notification. Subject to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2)Section 12 hereof, if applicable) and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain amend and supplement the withdrawal of any order suspending prospectus contained in the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable. For so long as (the "Prospectus") in order to permit such Prospectus to be lawfully delivered until the end of the Registration Statement shall remain effectivePeriod.
(c) In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company will use reasonable best efforts shall:
(i) mail to file each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Shelf Registration Statement;
(ii) otherwise comply in all reportsmaterial respects with all applicable federal securities laws, rules and provide all customary and reasonable cooperationregulations.
(d) Upon the occurrence of a Blackout Event (as defined herein) or the triggering of a Holdback Period, necessary the Company shall notify Holder of such occurrence in accordance with Section 25. Upon such notice being provided Xxxxxx agrees not to enable Subscriber to resell sell any Warrant Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement, qualify the Warrant Shares for listing on the applicable stock exchange on which the Company’s Common Stock is then listed and update or amend the Shelf Registration Statement as necessary to include Warrant Shares. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to, for so long as the Subscriber holds Subscribed Warrants and/or Warrant Shares, make and keep public information available (as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144) and file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of until the Company under has notified Holder that the Exchange Act so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements to enable the Subscriber to resell the Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144. The Subscriber agrees to disclose its beneficial ownershipBlackout Period or Holdback Period, as determined applicable, is no longer in accordance with Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, of Subscribed Warrants and Warrant Shares to the Company (or its successor) upon reasonable request to assist the Company in making the determination described aboveeffect.
(ce) The Company’s obligations Subject to include Section 12 hereof, the Warrant Shares in Company shall promptly supplement and amend the Shelf Registration Statement are contingent upon Subscriber furnishing in writing to if required by the Company Securities Act or if reasonably requested by the Holders of a completed selling stockholder questionnaire in customary form that contains such information regarding Subscriber, the securities of the Company held by Subscriber and the intended method of disposition majority of the Warrant Shares as shall be reasonably requested then transferable pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement.
(f) Each Holder agrees to notify the Company promptly, but in any event within three (3) business days, after the date on which all Warrant Shares owned by such Holder have been sold by such Holder so that the Company may comply with its obligation to terminate the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with Item 512 of Regulation S-K.
(g) The Company hereby represents and warrants that it meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3 for registration of the sale by the Company to effect the registration Holders of the Warrant Shares, and Subscriber shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request that are customary of a selling stockholder in similar situations, including providing that the Company shall be entitled to postpone and suspend the effectiveness or use of the Registration Statement (i) during any customary blackout or similar period or as permitted hereunder and (ii) as may be necessary in connection with the preparation and filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement following the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K; provided, that the Company shall request such information from Subscriber, including the selling stockholder questionnaire, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the anticipated Filing Date of the Registration Statement; and provided, further, under no circumstances shall Subscriber be file all reports required to sign any type of lock-up agreement. In the case of the registration effected be filed by the Company pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, with the Company shall, upon reasonable request, inform Subscriber SEC in a timely manner so as to the status of maintain such registration. Subscriber shall not be entitled to use the Registration Statement eligibility for an underwritten offering of Warrant Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company may delay or postpone filing of such Registration Statement, and from time to time require Subscriber not to sell under the Registration Statement or suspend the use or effectiveness of any such Registration Statement if it determines in good faith that in order for the registration statement to not contain a material misstatement or omission, an amendment thereto would be needed, or if such filing or use would reasonably be expected to materially affect a bona fide business or financing transaction of the Company or would reasonably be expected to require premature disclosure of information that would materially adversely affect the Company (each such circumstance, a “Suspension Event”); provided, that, (w) the Company shall not so delay filing or so suspend the use of the Registration Statement for a period of more than sixty (60) consecutive days or more than two (2) times in any three hundred sixty (360) day period, and (x) the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to make such registration statement available for the sale by the Subscriber of such securities as soon as practicable thereafterForm S-3.
(d) Upon receipt of any written notice from the Company (which notice shall not contain any material non-public information regarding the Company and which notice shall not be subject to any duty of confidentiality) of the happening of (i) an issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose, which notice shall be given no later than three (3) Business Days from the date of such event, (ii) any Suspension Event during the period that the Registration Statement is effective, which notice shall be given no later than three (3) Business Days from the date of such Suspension Event, or (iii) or if as a result of a Suspension Event the Registration Statement or related prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits 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 (in the case of the prospectus) not misleading, the Subscriber agrees that (1) it will immediately discontinue offers and sales of the Warrant Shares under the Registration Statement (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, sales conducted pursuant to Rule 144, if available at such time) until the Subscriber receives copies of a supplemental or amended prospectus (which the Company agrees to promptly prepare) that corrects the misstatement(s) or omission(s) referred to above and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective or unless otherwise notified by the Company that it may resume such offers and sales, and (2) it will maintain the confidentiality of any information included in such written notice delivered by the Company unless otherwise required by law, subpoena or regulatory request or requirement. If so directed by the Company, the Subscriber will deliver to the Company or, in the Subscriber’s sole discretion destroy, all copies of the prospectus covering the Warrant Shares in the Subscriber’s possession; provided, however, that this obligation to deliver or destroy all copies of the prospectus covering the Warrant Shares shall not apply (w) to the extent the Subscriber is required to retain a copy of such prospectus (A) in order to comply with applicable legal, regulatory, self-regulatory or professional requirements or (B) in accordance with a bona fide pre-existing document retention policy or (x) to copies stored electronically on archival servers as a result of automatic data back-up.
(e) Subscriber may deliver written notice (an “Opt-Out Notice”) to the Company requesting that Subscriber not receive notices from the Company otherwise required by this Section 5; provided, however, that Subscriber may later revoke any such Opt-Out Notice in writing. Following receipt of an Opt-Out Notice from Subscriber (unless subsequently revoked), (i) the Company shall not deliver any such notices to Subscriber and Subscriber shall no longer be entitled to the rights associated with any such notice and (ii) each time prior to Subscriber’s intended use of an effective Registration Statement, Subscriber will notify the Company in writing at least two (2) Business Days in advance of such intended use, and if a notice of a Suspension Event was previously delivered (or would have been delivered but for the provisions of this Section 5(e)) and the related suspension period remains in effect, the Company will so notify Subscriber, within one (1) Business Day of Subscriber’s notification to the Company, by delivering to Subscriber a copy of such previous notice of Suspension Event, and thereafter will provide Subscriber with the related notice of the conclusion of such Suspension Event promptly following its availability.
(f) For purposes of this Section 5 of this Subscription Agreement, (i) “Warrant Shares” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the Warrant Shares (as defined in the recitals to this Subscription Agreement) and any other equity security issued or issuable with respect to the Warrant Shares by way of share split, dividend, distribution, recapitalization, merger, exchange, or replacement, and (ii) “Subscriber” shall include any affiliate of the Subscriber to which the rights under this Section 5 shall have been duly assigned.
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Registration of Warrant Shares. (a) The Company agrees thatshall, within fifteen thirty (1530) Business Days days following the Closing Date date of this Agreement (such date, the “Filing Deadline”), the Company will file with the Commission (at the Company’s sole cost and expense) a registration statement registering (or an amendment to an existing registration statement) to register (or to maintain the resale of one hundred percent (100%registration of) of the maximum number of the Warrant Shares (the “Registration Statement”), and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as reasonably practicable after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than forty-five (45) calendar days after the Filing Deadline (the “Effectiveness Deadline”); provided, that the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to ninety (90) calendar days after the Closing Date if the Registration Statement is reviewed by, and comments thereto are provided from, the Commission; provided, further, that the Company shall have the Registration Statement declared effective within ten (10) Business Days after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the staff of the Commission that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review; provided, further, that (i) if the Effectiveness Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business and (ii) if the Commission is closed for operations due to a government shutdown, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended by the same number of Business Days that the Commission remains closed for. Upon Subscriber’s timely request, the Company shall provide a draft of the Registration Statement to the Subscriber for review at least two (2) Business Days in advance of the date of filing the Registration Statement with the Commission (the “Filing Date”), and Subscriber shall provide any comments on the Registration Statement to the Company no later than the one (1) Business Day immediately preceding the Filing Date. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Subscriber prior to the filing of the Registration Statement, the Subscriber shall not be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement; provided, that if the Commission requests that Subscriber be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement, Subscriber will have the opportunity to withdraw from the Registration Statement upon its prompt written request to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Commission prevents the Company from including any or all of the shares proposed to be registered under the Registration Statement due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act for the resale of the Warrant Shares by the applicable stockholders current holders of the Warrants on such form as the Company is eligible to use for such registration, and shall use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective by the Commission within sixty (60) days of the filing thereof (the “Effectiveness Deadline”). The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep such registration statement effective at all times and available for use by the holders of the Warrants until the earlier of the time at which: (i) none of the holders of the Warrants as of the date of this Agreement holds any Warrants or otherwise, such Registration Statement shall register Warrant Shares; (ii) the Warrants have expired; or (iii) all of the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale under Rule 144 without limitation thereunder on volume or manner of sale (assuming the cashless exercise of the Warrants).
(b) If the registration statement referenced in Section 4.2(a) (or an amendment to an existing registration statement as contemplated by Section 4.2(a)): (i) is not filed with the Commission on or before the Registration Deadline (a “Filing Failure”), or (ii) is not declared effective by the Commission on or before the Effectiveness Deadline (an “Effectiveness Failure”), then, as partial relief for the damages to any Purchaser by reason of any such number of delay in its ability to sell the Warrant Shares (which is equal to the maximum number remedy shall not be exclusive of Warrant Shares as is permitted by the Commission. In such event, the number of Warrant Shares any other remedies available at law or other shares to be registered for each selling stockholder named in the Registration Statement shall be reduced pro rata among all such selling stockholders and as promptly as practicable after being permitted to register additional shares under Rule 415 under the Securities Actequity), the Company shall amend pay to each Purchaser an amount in cash equal to five percent (5%) of the Registration Statement purchase price paid by such Purchaser for the Notes purchased by such Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement (x) on the date of such Filing Failure or file one or more new Registration Statement(sEffectiveness Failure, as applicable, and (y) on every thirty (30) day anniversary of (A) a Filing Failure until such Filing Failure is cured and (B) an Effectiveness Failure until such Effectiveness Failure is cured (such amendment or new Registration Statement shall also be deemed payments being referred to be a herein as “Registration Statement” hereunder) to register such additional Warrant Shares that were excluded due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act and cause such amendment or Registration Statement(s) to become effective as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than forty-five (45) calendar days after the filing of such Registration Statement (the “Additional Effectiveness DeadlineDelay Payments”); provided, that the Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall aggregate amount of Delay Payments that would be extended to ninety (90) calendar days after the filing of such Registration Statement if such Registration Statement is reviewed by, and comments thereto are provided from, the Commission; provided, further, that the Company shall have such Registration Statement declared effective within ten (10) Business Days after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the staff of the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review; provided, further, that (i) if such day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business and (ii) if the Commission is closed for operations due to a government shutdown, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended by the same number of Business Days that the Commission remains closed for. Any failure by the Company to file a Registration Statement the Purchasers pursuant to this Section 4.2(b) shall not exceed the aggregate Subscription Amount paid by the Effectiveness Deadline Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement. Following the initial Delay Payment for any particular event or Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall not otherwise relieve the Company of its obligations to file failure, if an event or effect a Registration Statement as set forth in this Section 5.
(b) The Company agrees that, except for such times as the Company is permitted hereunder to suspend the use of the prospectus forming part of a Registration Statement, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to remain effective with respect to Subscriber, including to prepare and file any post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or a supplement failure giving rise to the related prospectus Delay Payments is cured prior to any thirty (30) day anniversary of such that event or failure, then such Delay Payment shall be made on the prospectus will not include any untrue statement or a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make third Trading Day after such cure (pro-rated for the statements therein, in light number of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, until the earlier of (i) two (2) years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, (ii) days elapsed between the date on which all of the Warrant Shares shall most recent Delay Payment was required to have been sold or (iii) on the first date on which the Subscriber can sell all of its Warrant Shares (or shares received paid in exchange therefor) under Rule 144 of the Securities Act without limitation as to the manner of sale or the amount of such securities that may be sold and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance accordance with the current public information required under Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicablethis Section 4.2(b) and the date of cure). In the event that the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts is required to obtain the withdrawal of make any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable. For so long as the Registration Statement shall remain effectiveDelay Payments pursuant to this Section 4.2(b), the Company will use reasonable best efforts to file all reportsmay, and provide all customary and reasonable cooperationwith the consent of the Purchasers, necessary to enable Subscriber to resell Warrant Shares pursuant satisfy such payment obligation by issuing to the Registration Statement, qualify Purchasers (on a pro rata basis) such number of shares of Common Stock as is equal to the Warrant Shares for listing quotient obtained by dividing (I) the aggregate amount of Delay Payments owed to the Purchasers by (II) the closing price of the Common Stock on the applicable stock exchange Trading Market on the Trading Day on which the Company’s Common Stock is then listed and update or amend the Registration Statement as necessary to include Warrant Sharessuch Delay Payments are due. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to, for so long as the Subscriber holds Subscribed Warrants and/or Warrant Shares, make and keep public information available (as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144) and file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Exchange Act so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements to enable the Subscriber to resell the Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144. The Subscriber agrees to disclose its beneficial ownership, as determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, of Subscribed Warrants and Warrant Shares to the Company (or its successor) upon reasonable request to assist the Company in making the determination described above.
(c) The Company’s obligations to include the Warrant Shares in the Registration Statement are contingent upon Subscriber furnishing in writing to the Company a completed selling stockholder questionnaire in customary form that contains such information regarding Subscriber, the securities of the Company held by Subscriber and the intended method of disposition of the Warrant Shares as shall be reasonably requested Any cash payments made by the Company to effect the registration of the Warrant Shares, and Subscriber shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request that are customary of a selling stockholder in similar situations, including providing that the Company shall be entitled to postpone and suspend the effectiveness or use of the Registration Statement (i) during any customary blackout or similar period or as permitted hereunder and (ii) as may be necessary in connection with the preparation and filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement following the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K; provided, that the Company shall request such information from Subscriber, including the selling stockholder questionnaire, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the anticipated Filing Date of the Registration Statement; and provided, further, under no circumstances shall Subscriber be required to sign any type of lock-up agreement. In the case of the registration effected received by the Company Purchasers pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, the Company shall, upon reasonable request, inform Subscriber as to the status of such registration. Subscriber shall not be entitled to use the Registration Statement for an underwritten offering of Warrant Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company may delay or postpone filing of such Registration Statement, and from time to time require Subscriber not to sell under the Registration Statement or suspend the use or effectiveness of any such Registration Statement if it determines in good faith that in order for the registration statement to not contain a material misstatement or omission, an amendment thereto would be needed, or if such filing or use would reasonably be expected to materially affect a bona fide business or financing transaction of the Company or would reasonably be expected to require premature disclosure of information that would materially adversely affect the Company (each such circumstance, a “Suspension Event”); provided, that, (wSection 4.2(b) the Company shall not so delay filing or so suspend the use of the Registration Statement for a period of more than sixty (60) consecutive days or more than two (2) times in any three hundred sixty (360) day period, and (x) the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to make such registration statement available for the sale by the Subscriber of such securities as soon as practicable thereafter.
(d) Upon receipt of any written notice from the Company (which notice shall not contain any material non-public information regarding the Company and which notice shall not be subject to any duty of confidentiality) of the happening of (i) an issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose, which notice shall be given no later than three (3) Business Days from the date of such event, (ii) any Suspension Event during the period that the Registration Statement is effective, which notice shall be given no later than three (3) Business Days from the date of such Suspension Event, or (iii) or if as a result of a Suspension Event Filing Failure or an Effectiveness Failure shall be applied to the Registration Statement or related prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light repayment of the circumstances under which they were made (in the case of the prospectus) not misleadingNotes, the Subscriber agrees that (1) it will immediately discontinue offers with such payments being applied first to accrued interest and sales of the Warrant Shares under the Registration Statement (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, sales conducted pursuant then to Rule 144, if available at such time) until the Subscriber receives copies of a supplemental or amended prospectus (which the Company agrees to promptly prepare) that corrects the misstatement(s) or omission(s) referred to above and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective or unless otherwise notified by the Company that it may resume such offers and sales, and (2) it will maintain the confidentiality of any information included in such written notice delivered by the Company unless otherwise required by law, subpoena or regulatory request or requirement. If so directed by the Company, the Subscriber will deliver to the Company or, in the Subscriber’s sole discretion destroy, all copies of the prospectus covering the Warrant Shares in the Subscriber’s possession; provided, however, that this obligation to deliver or destroy all copies of the prospectus covering the Warrant Shares shall not apply (w) to the extent the Subscriber is required to retain a copy of such prospectus (A) in order to comply with applicable legal, regulatory, self-regulatory or professional requirements or (B) in accordance with a bona fide pre-existing document retention policy or (x) to copies stored electronically on archival servers as a result of automatic data back-upprincipal.
(e) Subscriber may deliver written notice (an “Opt-Out Notice”) to the Company requesting that Subscriber not receive notices from the Company otherwise required by this Section 5; provided, however, that Subscriber may later revoke any such Opt-Out Notice in writing. Following receipt of an Opt-Out Notice from Subscriber (unless subsequently revoked), (i) the Company shall not deliver any such notices to Subscriber and Subscriber shall no longer be entitled to the rights associated with any such notice and (ii) each time prior to Subscriber’s intended use of an effective Registration Statement, Subscriber will notify the Company in writing at least two (2) Business Days in advance of such intended use, and if a notice of a Suspension Event was previously delivered (or would have been delivered but for the provisions of this Section 5(e)) and the related suspension period remains in effect, the Company will so notify Subscriber, within one (1) Business Day of Subscriber’s notification to the Company, by delivering to Subscriber a copy of such previous notice of Suspension Event, and thereafter will provide Subscriber with the related notice of the conclusion of such Suspension Event promptly following its availability.
(f) For purposes of this Section 5 of this Subscription Agreement, (i) “Warrant Shares” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the Warrant Shares (as defined in the recitals to this Subscription Agreement) and any other equity security issued or issuable with respect to the Warrant Shares by way of share split, dividend, distribution, recapitalization, merger, exchange, or replacement, and (ii) “Subscriber” shall include any affiliate of the Subscriber to which the rights under this Section 5 shall have been duly assigned.
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Registration of Warrant Shares. (a) The Company agrees thatshall:
(i) prepare and, within fifteen on or prior to thirty (1530) Business Days following days after the Closing Date (the “Filing Deadline”)date hereof, the Company will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (at the Company’s sole cost and expense"SEC") a registration statement registering Registration Statement on Form S-3 or any successor form promulgated by the resale SEC in respect of one hundred percent (100%) of the maximum number of all the Warrant Shares on an appropriate form for a secondary offering to be made on a continuous basis by the Company pursuant to Rule 415 (the “"Shelf Registration Statement”"); and
(ii) subject to Section 13 hereof, and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have cause the Shelf Registration Statement declared to become effective as soon as reasonably practicable after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than forty-five (45) calendar days after the Filing Deadline (the “Effectiveness Deadline”); provided, that the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to ninety (90) calendar days after the Closing Date if the Registration Statement is reviewed by, and comments thereto are provided from, the Commission; provided, further, that the Company shall have the Registration Statement declared effective within ten (10) Business Days after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the staff of the Commission that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review; provided, further, that (i) if the Effectiveness Deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended such filing. In addition to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business and (ii) if the Commission is closed for operations due to a government shutdown, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended by the same number of Business Days that the Commission remains closed for. Upon Subscriber’s timely requestWarrant Shares, the Company shall provide a draft may include in the Shelf Registration Statement shares of Common Stock held by any holder of equity securities of the Registration Statement to the Subscriber Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for review at least two (2) Business Days in advance of the date of filing the Registration Statement such equity securities, which holder is entitled by written agreement with the Commission (the “Filing Date”), and Subscriber shall provide any comments on the Registration Statement Company to the Company no later than the one (1) Business Day immediately preceding the Filing Date. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Subscriber prior to the filing of the Registration Statement, the Subscriber shall not be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement; provided, that if the Commission requests that Subscriber be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement, Subscriber will have the opportunity to withdraw from the Registration Statement upon its prompt written request to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Commission prevents the Company from including any some or all of the shares proposed to be registered under the Registration Statement due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act for the resale of the Warrant Shares by the applicable stockholders or otherwise, such Registration Statement shall register for resale such number of Warrant Shares which is equal to the maximum number of Warrant Shares as is permitted by the Commission. In such event, the number of Warrant Shares or other shares to be registered for each selling stockholder named securities included in the Registration Statement shall be reduced pro rata among all such selling stockholders and as promptly as practicable after being permitted to register additional shares under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, the Company shall amend the Registration Statement or file one or more new Registration Statement(s) (such amendment or new Registration Statement shall also be deemed to be a “Shelf Registration Statement” hereunder) to register such additional Warrant Shares that were excluded due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act and cause such amendment or Registration Statement(s) to become effective as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than forty-five (45) calendar days after the filing of such Registration Statement (the “Additional Effectiveness Deadline”); provided, that the Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to ninety (90) calendar days after the filing of such Registration Statement if such Registration Statement is reviewed by, and comments thereto are provided from, the Commission; provided, further, that the Company shall have such Registration Statement declared effective within ten (10) Business Days after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the staff of the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review; provided, further, that (i) if such day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business and (ii) if the Commission is closed for operations due to a government shutdown, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended by the same number of Business Days that the Commission remains closed for. Any failure by the Company to file a Registration Statement by the Effectiveness Deadline or Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall not otherwise relieve the Company of its obligations to file or effect a Registration Statement as set forth in this Section 5.
(b) The Company agrees that, except for such times as the Company is permitted hereunder to suspend the use of the prospectus forming part of a Registration Statement, the Company will shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such keep the Shelf Registration Statement to remain continuously effective with respect to Subscriber, including to prepare and file any post-effective amendment to at all times until such Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus such that the prospectus will not include any untrue statement or 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, until date as is the earlier of of: (i) two (2) years from the effective date on which all of the Registration StatementWarrant Shares have been sold, (ii) the date on which all of the Warrant Shares shall have been may be immediately sold to the public without registration conditions or limitations, whether pursuant to Rule 144 or otherwise, and (iii) the date which is the one year anniversary of the date hereof; provided that such one-year period shall be extended by the number of days during which a Blackout Period (as defined herein) or a Holdback Period (as defined herein) is in effect or is invoked. (The period of time commencing on the first date the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective and ending on which the Subscriber can sell all of its Warrant Shares (or shares received in exchange therefor) under Rule 144 earliest of the Securities Act without limitation foregoing dates shall be referred to as the "Registration Period"). Such best efforts shall include, but not be limited to, promptly responding to all comments received from the manner staff of sale the SEC. Should the Company receive notification from the SEC that the Shelf Registration Statement will receive no action or no review from the amount SEC, subject to Section 13 hereof, the Company shall cause such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective within seven (7) business days of such securities that may be sold and without the requirement for the Company SEC notification. Subject to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2)Section 13 hereof, if applicable) and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain amend and supplement the withdrawal of any order suspending prospectus contained in the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable. For so long as (the "Prospectus") in order to permit such Prospectus to be lawfully delivered until the end of the Registration Statement shall remain effectivePeriod.
(c) In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company will use reasonable best efforts shall:
(i) mail to file each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Shelf Registration Statement;
(ii) otherwise comply in all reportsmaterial respects with all applicable federal securities laws, rules and provide all customary and reasonable cooperationregulations.
(d) Upon the occurrence of a Blackout Event (as defined herein) or the triggering of a Holdback Period, necessary the Company shall notify Holder of such occurrence in accordance with Section 26. Upon such notice being provided Xxxxxx agrees not to enable Subscriber to resell sell any Warrant Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement, qualify the Warrant Shares for listing on the applicable stock exchange on which the Company’s Common Stock is then listed and update or amend the Shelf Registration Statement as necessary to include Warrant Shares. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to, for so long as the Subscriber holds Subscribed Warrants and/or Warrant Shares, make and keep public information available (as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144) and file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of until the Company under has notified Holder that the Exchange Act so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements to enable the Subscriber to resell the Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144. The Subscriber agrees to disclose its beneficial ownershipBlackout Period or Holdback Period, as determined applicable, is no longer in accordance with Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, of Subscribed Warrants and Warrant Shares to the Company (or its successor) upon reasonable request to assist the Company in making the determination described aboveeffect.
(ce) The Company’s obligations Subject to include Section 13 hereof, the Warrant Shares in Company shall promptly supplement and amend the Shelf Registration Statement are contingent upon Subscriber furnishing in writing to if required by the Company Securities Act or if reasonably requested by the Holders of a completed selling stockholder questionnaire in customary form that contains such information regarding Subscriber, the securities of the Company held by Subscriber and the intended method of disposition majority of the Warrant Shares as shall be reasonably requested then transferable pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement.
(f) Each Holder agrees to notify the Company promptly, but in any event within three (3) business days, after the date on which all Warrant Shares owned by such Holder have been sold by such Holder so that the Company may comply with its obligation to terminate the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with Item 512 of Regulation S-K.
(g) The Company hereby represents and warrants that it meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3 for registration of the sale by the Company to effect the registration Holders of the Warrant Shares, and Subscriber shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request that are customary of a selling stockholder in similar situations, including providing that the Company shall be entitled to postpone and suspend the effectiveness or use of the Registration Statement (i) during any customary blackout or similar period or as permitted hereunder and (ii) as may be necessary in connection with the preparation and filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement following the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K; provided, that the Company shall request such information from Subscriber, including the selling stockholder questionnaire, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the anticipated Filing Date of the Registration Statement; and provided, further, under no circumstances shall Subscriber be file all reports required to sign any type of lock-up agreement. In the case of the registration effected be filed by the Company pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, with the Company shall, upon reasonable request, inform Subscriber SEC in a timely manner so as to the status of maintain such registration. Subscriber shall not be entitled to use the Registration Statement eligibility for an underwritten offering of Warrant Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company may delay or postpone filing of such Registration Statement, and from time to time require Subscriber not to sell under the Registration Statement or suspend the use or effectiveness of any such Registration Statement if it determines in good faith that in order for the registration statement to not contain a material misstatement or omission, an amendment thereto would be needed, or if such filing or use would reasonably be expected to materially affect a bona fide business or financing transaction of the Company or would reasonably be expected to require premature disclosure of information that would materially adversely affect the Company (each such circumstance, a “Suspension Event”); provided, that, (w) the Company shall not so delay filing or so suspend the use of the Registration Statement for a period of more than sixty (60) consecutive days or more than two (2) times in any three hundred sixty (360) day period, and (x) the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to make such registration statement available for the sale by the Subscriber of such securities as soon as practicable thereafterForm S-3.
(d) Upon receipt of any written notice from the Company (which notice shall not contain any material non-public information regarding the Company and which notice shall not be subject to any duty of confidentiality) of the happening of (i) an issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose, which notice shall be given no later than three (3) Business Days from the date of such event, (ii) any Suspension Event during the period that the Registration Statement is effective, which notice shall be given no later than three (3) Business Days from the date of such Suspension Event, or (iii) or if as a result of a Suspension Event the Registration Statement or related prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits 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 (in the case of the prospectus) not misleading, the Subscriber agrees that (1) it will immediately discontinue offers and sales of the Warrant Shares under the Registration Statement (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, sales conducted pursuant to Rule 144, if available at such time) until the Subscriber receives copies of a supplemental or amended prospectus (which the Company agrees to promptly prepare) that corrects the misstatement(s) or omission(s) referred to above and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective or unless otherwise notified by the Company that it may resume such offers and sales, and (2) it will maintain the confidentiality of any information included in such written notice delivered by the Company unless otherwise required by law, subpoena or regulatory request or requirement. If so directed by the Company, the Subscriber will deliver to the Company or, in the Subscriber’s sole discretion destroy, all copies of the prospectus covering the Warrant Shares in the Subscriber’s possession; provided, however, that this obligation to deliver or destroy all copies of the prospectus covering the Warrant Shares shall not apply (w) to the extent the Subscriber is required to retain a copy of such prospectus (A) in order to comply with applicable legal, regulatory, self-regulatory or professional requirements or (B) in accordance with a bona fide pre-existing document retention policy or (x) to copies stored electronically on archival servers as a result of automatic data back-up.
(e) Subscriber may deliver written notice (an “Opt-Out Notice”) to the Company requesting that Subscriber not receive notices from the Company otherwise required by this Section 5; provided, however, that Subscriber may later revoke any such Opt-Out Notice in writing. Following receipt of an Opt-Out Notice from Subscriber (unless subsequently revoked), (i) the Company shall not deliver any such notices to Subscriber and Subscriber shall no longer be entitled to the rights associated with any such notice and (ii) each time prior to Subscriber’s intended use of an effective Registration Statement, Subscriber will notify the Company in writing at least two (2) Business Days in advance of such intended use, and if a notice of a Suspension Event was previously delivered (or would have been delivered but for the provisions of this Section 5(e)) and the related suspension period remains in effect, the Company will so notify Subscriber, within one (1) Business Day of Subscriber’s notification to the Company, by delivering to Subscriber a copy of such previous notice of Suspension Event, and thereafter will provide Subscriber with the related notice of the conclusion of such Suspension Event promptly following its availability.
(f) For purposes of this Section 5 of this Subscription Agreement, (i) “Warrant Shares” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the Warrant Shares (as defined in the recitals to this Subscription Agreement) and any other equity security issued or issuable with respect to the Warrant Shares by way of share split, dividend, distribution, recapitalization, merger, exchange, or replacement, and (ii) “Subscriber” shall include any affiliate of the Subscriber to which the rights under this Section 5 shall have been duly assigned.
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Registration of Warrant Shares. (a) The Company agrees that, within fifteen (15) Business Days Promptly following the Closing Date Settlement Effective Date, Arena shall prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a shelf registration statement covering the resale of all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the 2006 Warrant (the “Filing Deadline2006 Warrant Shares”), the Company will file with the Commission (at the Company’s sole cost and expense) a registration statement registering the resale of one hundred percent (100%) of the maximum number of the Warrant Shares (the “Registration Statement”), and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts for an offering to have the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as reasonably practicable after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than forty-five (45) calendar days after the Filing Deadline (the “Effectiveness Deadline”); provided, that the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to ninety (90) calendar days after the Closing Date if the Registration Statement is reviewed by, and comments thereto are provided from, the Commission; provided, further, that the Company shall have the Registration Statement declared effective within ten (10) Business Days after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the staff of the Commission that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review; provided, further, that (i) if the Effectiveness Deadline falls made on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended continuous basis pursuant to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business and (ii) if the Commission is closed for operations due to a government shutdown, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended by the same number of Business Days that the Commission remains closed for. Upon Subscriber’s timely request, the Company shall provide a draft of the Registration Statement to the Subscriber for review at least two (2) Business Days in advance of the date of filing the Registration Statement with the Commission (the “Filing Date”), and Subscriber shall provide any comments on the Registration Statement to the Company no later than the one (1) Business Day immediately preceding the Filing Date. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Subscriber prior to the filing of the Registration Statement, the Subscriber shall not be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement; provided, that if the Commission requests that Subscriber be identified as a statutory underwriter in the Registration Statement, Subscriber will have the opportunity to withdraw from the Registration Statement upon its prompt written request to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Commission prevents the Company from including any or all of the shares proposed to be registered under the Registration Statement due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act for the resale of the Warrant Shares by the applicable stockholders or otherwise, such Registration Statement shall register for resale such number of Warrant Shares which is equal to the maximum number of Warrant Shares as is permitted by the Commission. In such event, the number of Warrant Shares or other shares to be registered for each selling stockholder named in the Registration Statement shall be reduced pro rata among all such selling stockholders and as promptly as practicable after being permitted to register additional shares under Rule 415 under the Securities ActAct with the 2006 Warrant Shares being treated as “Registrable Securities” in accordance with, and being governed by, the Company shall amend Registration Rights Agreement as amended herein and by the Registration Statement or file one or more new Registration Statement(s) (such amendment or new Registration Statement shall also be deemed to be a “Registration Statement” hereunder) to register such additional Warrant Shares that were excluded due to limitations on the use of Rule 415 of the Securities Act and cause such amendment or Registration Statement(s) to become effective as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof, but in any event no later than forty-five (45) calendar days after the filing of such Registration Statement (the “Additional Effectiveness Deadline”); provided, that the Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to ninety (90) calendar days after the filing of such Registration Statement if such Registration Statement is reviewed by, and comments thereto are provided from2006 Amendment, the Commission; provided, further, that the Company shall have such Registration Statement declared effective within ten (10) Business Days after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the staff provisions and terms of the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review; provided, further, that (i) if such day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to the next Business Day on which the Commission is open for business and (ii) if the Commission is closed for operations due to a government shutdown, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended by the same number of Business Days that the Commission remains closed for. Any failure by the Company to file a Registration Statement by the Effectiveness Deadline or Additional Effectiveness Deadline shall not otherwise relieve the Company of its obligations to file or effect a Registration Statement as set forth in this Section 5.
(b) The Company agrees that, except for such times as the Company is permitted hereunder to suspend the use of the prospectus forming part of a Registration Statement, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to remain effective with respect to Subscriber, including to prepare and file any post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus such that the prospectus will not include any untrue statement or 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, until the earlier of (i) two (2) years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, (ii) the date on which all of the Warrant Shares shall have been sold or (iii) on the first date on which the Subscriber can sell all of its Warrant Shares (or shares received in exchange therefor) under Rule 144 of the Securities Act without limitation as to the manner of sale or the amount of such securities that may be sold and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable) and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable. For so long as the Registration Statement shall remain effective, the Company will use reasonable best efforts to file all reports, and provide all customary and reasonable cooperation, necessary to enable Subscriber to resell Warrant Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement, qualify the Warrant Shares for listing on the are applicable stock exchange on which the Company’s Common Stock is then listed and update or amend the Registration Statement as necessary to include Warrant Shares. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to, for so long as the Subscriber holds Subscribed Warrants and/or Warrant Shares, make and keep public information available (as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144) and file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Exchange Act so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements to enable the Subscriber to resell the Warrant Shares pursuant to Rule 144. The Subscriber agrees to disclose its beneficial ownershiphereto mutates mutandis, as determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, of Subscribed Warrants and Warrant Shares to the Company (or its successor) upon reasonable request to assist the Company in making the determination described above.
(c) The Company’s obligations to include the Warrant Shares in the Registration Statement are contingent upon Subscriber furnishing in writing to the Company a completed selling stockholder questionnaire in customary form that contains such information regarding Subscriber, the securities of the Company held by Subscriber and the intended method of disposition of the Warrant Shares as shall be reasonably requested by the Company to effect the registration of the Warrant Shares, and Subscriber shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request that are customary of a selling stockholder in similar situations, including providing that the Company shall be entitled to postpone and suspend the effectiveness or use of the Registration Statement (i) during any customary blackout or similar period or as permitted hereunder and (ii) as may be necessary in connection with the preparation and filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement following the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K; provided, that the Company shall request such information from Subscriber, including the selling stockholder questionnaire, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the anticipated Filing Date of the Registration Statement; and provided, further, under no circumstances shall Subscriber be required to sign any type of lock-up agreement. In the case of the registration effected by the Company pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, the Company shall, upon reasonable request, inform Subscriber as to the status of such registration. Subscriber shall not be entitled to use the Registration Statement for an underwritten offering of Warrant Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company may delay or postpone filing of such Registration Statement, and from time to time require Subscriber not to sell under the Registration Statement or suspend the use or effectiveness of any such Registration Statement if it determines in good faith that in order for the registration statement to not contain a material misstatement or omission, an amendment thereto would be needed, or if such filing or use would reasonably be expected to materially affect a bona fide business or financing transaction of the Company or would reasonably be expected to require premature disclosure of information that would materially adversely affect the Company (each such circumstance, a “Suspension Event”); provided, that, (w) the Company shall not so delay filing or so suspend the use of the Registration Statement for a period of more than sixty (60) consecutive days or more than two (2) times in any three hundred sixty (360) day period, and (x) the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to make such registration statement available for the sale by the Subscriber of such securities as soon as practicable thereafter.
(d) Upon receipt of any written notice from the Company (which notice shall not contain any material non-public information regarding the Company and which notice shall not be subject to any duty of confidentiality) Smithfield had executed such Registration Rights Agreement as of the happening of (i) an issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose, which notice shall be given no later than three (3) Business Days from the date of such event, (ii) any Suspension Event during the period that the Registration Statement is effective, which notice shall be given no later than three (3) Business Days from the date of such Suspension Event, or (iii) or if as a result of a Suspension Event the Registration Statement or related prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits 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 (in the case of the prospectus) not misleading, the Subscriber agrees that (1) it will immediately discontinue offers and sales of the Warrant Shares under the Registration Statement (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, sales conducted pursuant to Rule 144, if available at such time) until the Subscriber receives copies of a supplemental or amended prospectus (which the Company agrees to promptly prepare) that corrects the misstatement(s) or omission(s) referred to above and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective or unless otherwise notified by the Company that it may resume such offers and sales, and (2) it will maintain the confidentiality of any information included in such written notice delivered by the Company unless otherwise required by law, subpoena or regulatory request or requirement. If so directed by the Company, the Subscriber will deliver to the Company or, in the Subscriber’s sole discretion destroy, all copies of the prospectus covering the Warrant Shares in the Subscriber’s possessionSettlement Effective Date; provided, however, that this obligation (i) references in the Registration Rights Agreement to deliver or destroy all copies the initial Filing Date shall be deemed amended to mean 30 days after the Settlement Effective Date; (ii) Section 2(b) of the prospectus covering Registration Rights Agreement shall be deemed amended to require that the initial Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder shall cover the sale of the 2006 Warrant Shares Shares; (iii) Sections 2(e) and 2(f) of the Registration Rights Agreement shall be deemed deleted and shall not apply; (iv) references in the Registration Rights Agreement to Purchaser Counsel shall be deemed amended to mean Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxx LLP; (v) references in the Registration Rights Agreement to the initial Required Effectiveness Date shall be deemed amended to mean 120 days after the Settlement Effective Date; and (vi) the limitations on liquidated damages (including the 1% and 2% calculations and the 10% cap) set forth in Section 2(c) of the Registration Rights Agreement and the 2006 Amendment (amending Section 2(c) of the Registration Rights Agreement) shall apply on an aggregate basis (wand not on an individual basis) to the extent the Subscriber is required to retain a copy of such prospectus (A) in order to comply with applicable legal, regulatory, self-regulatory or professional requirements or (B) in accordance with a bona fide pre-existing document retention policy or (x) to copies stored electronically on archival servers as a result of automatic data back-up.
(e) Subscriber may deliver written notice (an “Opt-Out Notice”) to the Company requesting that Subscriber not receive notices from the Company otherwise required by this Section 5; provided, however, that Subscriber may later revoke any such Opt-Out Notice in writing. Following receipt of an Opt-Out Notice from Subscriber (unless subsequently revoked), (i) the Company shall not deliver any such notices to Subscriber and Subscriber shall no longer be entitled to the registration rights associated with any such notice and (ii) each time prior to Subscriber’s intended use of an effective Registration Statement, Subscriber will notify the Company in writing at least two (2) Business Days in advance of such intended use, and if a notice of a Suspension Event was previously delivered (or would have been delivered but for the provisions of this Section 5(e)) and the related suspension period remains in effect, the Company will so notify Subscriber, within one (1) Business Day of Subscriber’s notification to the Company, by delivering to Subscriber a copy of such previous notice of Suspension Event, and thereafter will provide Subscriber with the related notice of the conclusion of such Suspension Event promptly following its availability.
(f) For purposes of this Section 5 of this Subscription Agreement, (i) “Warrant Shares” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the Warrant Shares (as defined in the recitals to this Subscription Agreement) and any other equity security issued or issuable with respect to the Warrant Shares by way of share split, dividend, distribution, recapitalization, merger, exchange, or replacement, and (ii) “Subscriber” shall include any affiliate of the Subscriber to which the rights granted under this Section 5 shall have been duly assigned5.02 and the Registration Rights Agreement.
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