Required Registration Statement. (a) Company hereby agrees with the Seller that: (i) The Company shall file or cause to be filed, no later than thirty (30) days following the later of the Closing Date or (ii) such date that Seller delivers to the Company the Financial Statements (the “Filing Deadline”)(including all additional information concerning Seller as is required under the rules and regulations of the SEC for an acquisition of Seller), a registration statement under the Act (a “Registration Statement”), to permit the liquidation of Seller and distribution by Seller of the Shares, together with any shares of capital stock issued or issuable, from time to time, upon any reclassification, share combination, share subdivision, stock split, share dividend or similar transaction or event or otherwise as a distribution on, in exchange for or with respect to any of the foregoing (the “Registrable Securities”). (ii) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement referred to in clause (i) above to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than twelve (12) months after the Closing Date or five (5) business days after the SEC shall have informed the Company that no review of the Registration Statement will be made or that the SEC has no further comments on the Registration Statement, whichever is earlier (the “Effectiveness Deadline”) and shall cause such Registration Statement to remain effective until such time as all Registrable Securities have been sold or are otherwise freely tradable without registration under the Act (the “Expiration Date”). If a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the Filing Deadline, or not effective with the SEC prior to the Effectiveness Deadline, the Company will make payments to Seller, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an amount equal to 1.0% of the aggregate Purchase Price paid to the Seller under this Agreement for each thirty (30)-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the Filing Deadline or Effectiveness Deadline, as applicable, for which no Registration Statement is filed with respect to the Registrable Securities; provided that in no event shall the aggregate liquidated damages paid pursuant to this Section 8.4(b) exceed 5.0% of the aggregate Purchase Price paid to the Seller under this Agreement. Such payments shall constitute the Seller’s exclusive monetary remedy for such events, but shall not affect the right of the Seller to seek injunctive relief. Such payments shall be made to Seller in cash or shares of capital stock of the same class as the Shares no later than five (5) business days after the end of each thirty (30)-day period, at Company’s option. Any such additional shares shall be included in the Registration Statement and as part of the Shares. Company understands that an effective registration statement is required to enable Seller to complete the liquidation. Company’s registration obligation may be accomplished by an earlier filed registration statement that has the same effect with respect to the distribution of the Shares as part of the liquidation as the Registration Statement would have and provided that such distribution is made in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Seller. (b) In connection with the foregoing, Company will: (i) Prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities and use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become and remain effective. (ii) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Act with respect to the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities whenever the Seller of such securities shall desire to sell the same. (iii) Furnish to the Seller such number of copies of a summary prospectus or other prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Act, and such other documents, as the Seller may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale of the Registrable Securities owned by the Seller. (iv) Register or qualify the Registrable Securities under applicable blue sky laws, and do such other reasonable acts and things as may be required in jurisdictions to which such blue sky laws apply; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction. Provided, however, to the extent that any states follow a 'merit review' standard, no registration or qualification shall be required in those states. (v) Furnish at the request of the Seller, on the date that the Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities becomes effective, an opinion, dated as of such date, of the independent counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, addressed to the Seller stating that such Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and that, to the best knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the Act. (vi) Use reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, if such an order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible time and to notify the Seller of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof. (vii) Furnish to the Seller, two trading days after the date that any Registration Statement becomes effective or after a stop order has been lifted, a letter, dated such date, of outside counsel representing the Company, addressed to the Seller, confirming the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and, to the knowledge of such counsel, the absence of any stop order. (viii) Provide to the Seller and its representatives, if requested, the opportunity to conduct a reasonable inquiry of the Company’s financial and other records during normal business hours and make available its officers, directors and employees for questions regarding information which the Seller may reasonably request in order to fulfill any due diligence obligation on its part; provided that in the case of this clause (viii), the Company shall not be required to provide, and shall not provide, the Seller with material, non-public information unless the Seller agrees to receive such information and enters into an agreement to keep such material, nonpublic information confidential and refrain from trading in any Company security for so long as such information remains material, nonpublic information. (c) All of the expenses incurred in complying with the foregoing, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees (including all expenses incident to filing with the FINRA), printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, expenses of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration and expenses of complying with the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdictions, but excluding brokerage or underwriting fees or commissions, shall be paid by the Company. (d) The Company shall furnish to the Seller, not less than three (3) days prior to the filing of a Registration Statement or any related prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of the Seller. The Company shall reflect in each such document when so filed with the SEC such comments relating to the Seller and its plan of distribution of the Registrable Securities as the Seller may reasonable propose. (i) Each document filed or to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in any Registration Statement complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act, (ii) each part of each Registration Statement, when such part shall become effective, will not contain, and each such part, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any 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 not misleading, (iii) each Registration Statement will not contain any 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 not misleading, (iv) each Registration Statement and prospectus, as may be amended or supplemented, will comply in all material respects with the Act, and (v) each prospectus, as may be amended or supplemented, will not, at the time of each sale of the Shares by the Seller, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph will not apply to statements or omissions in any Registration Statement or prospectus based upon information relating to the Seller furnished to the Company in writing by the Seller expressly for use therein.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Sagebrush Gold Ltd.), Asset Purchase Agreement (American Energy Fields, Inc.)
Required Registration Statement. (a) As promptly as possible, and in any event on or prior to the Filing Date, the Company hereby agrees shall prepare and file with the Seller that:
(i) The Company shall file or cause SEC a Registration Statement covering the resale of all Registrable Securities for an offering to be filed, no later than thirty made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (30) days following the later of the Closing Date or (ii) such date that Seller delivers to except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Financial Statements (the “Filing Deadline”)(including all additional information concerning Seller as is required under the rules and regulations of the SEC for an acquisition of Seller), a registration statement under the Act (a “Registration Statement”), to permit the liquidation of Seller and distribution by Seller of the Shares, together with any shares of capital stock issued or issuable, from time to time, upon any reclassification, share combination, share subdivision, stock split, share dividend or similar transaction or event or otherwise as a distribution onRegistrable Securities on Form S-3, in exchange for or which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance with respect to any of the foregoing (Securities Act and the “Registrable Securities”Exchange Act).
(iib) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement referred to in clause (i) above to be declared effective by the SEC as soon promptly as reasonably practicablepossible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the Required Effectiveness Date, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date that all Conversion Shares covered by such Registration Statement have been sold or can be sold publicly under Rule 144 without volume limitations by the holders of the Registrable Securities (the “Effectiveness Period”). Upon notification by the SEC that a Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no event later than twelve (12) months after longer subject to further review and comments, the Closing Date or Company shall request acceleration of such Registration Statement within five (5) business days Trading Days after receipt of such notice and request that it become effective no later than 4:00 p.m. New York City time on the Effective Date and file a prospectus supplement for any Registration Statement, whether or not required under Rule 424 (or otherwise), by 9:00 a.m. New York City time the day after the Effective Date.
(c) If the Company receives SEC Comments to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 5.1(a), the Company shall have informed be obligated to use its commercially reasonable efforts to advocate with the SEC for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in the Registration Statement in accordance with applicable SEC guidance. If it is determined by the Company that no review all of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in a Registration Statement cannot be included due to the SEC Comments, then the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file as expeditiously as practicable, such number of additional Registration Statements as may be necessary in order to ensure that all Registrable Securities are covered by an existing and effective Registration Statement. Any cutbacks of Registrable Securities from a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 6.1(a), due to SEC Comments shall be applied to the Investors pro rata in accordance with the number of such Registrable Securities sought to be included in such Registration Statement by reference to the number of such Purchaser’s Registrable Securities relative to all outstanding Registrable Securities.
(d) The Company shall notify the Investors in writing promptly (and in any event within two Trading Days) after receiving notification from the SEC that the Registration Statement will be made or that has been declared effective.
(e) Should an Event (as defined below) occur, then, upon the SEC has no further comments occurrence of such Event, and on every monthly anniversary thereof until the Registration Statement, whichever applicable Event is earlier (the “Effectiveness Deadline”) and shall cause such Registration Statement to remain effective until such time as all Registrable Securities have been sold or are otherwise freely tradable without registration under the Act (the “Expiration Date”). If a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the Filing Deadline, or not effective with the SEC prior to the Effectiveness Deadlinecured, the Company will make payments shall pay to Sellereach Investor an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an amount equal to one percent (1.0% %) of the aggregate Purchase Price purchase price paid to by such Investor for the Seller under this Agreement for each thirty (30)-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the Filing Deadline or Effectiveness Deadline, as applicable, for which no Registration Statement is filed with respect to the Registrable Securities; provided that in no event shall the aggregate liquidated damages paid pursuant to this Section 8.4(b) exceed 5.0% of the aggregate Purchase Price paid to the Seller Securities purchased under this Agreement. Such payments shall constitute the Seller’s exclusive monetary remedy for such events, but shall not affect the right of the Seller to seek injunctive relief. Such payments shall be made to Seller in cash or shares of capital stock of the same class as the Shares no later than five (5) business days after the end of each thirty (30)-day period, at Company’s option. Any such additional shares shall be included in the Registration Statement and as part of the Shares. Company understands that an effective registration statement is required to enable Seller to complete the liquidation. Company’s registration obligation may be accomplished by an earlier filed registration statement that has the same effect with respect to the distribution of the Shares as part of the liquidation as the Registration Statement would have and provided that such distribution is made in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Seller.
(b) In connection with the foregoing, Company will:
(i) Prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities and use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become and remain effective.
(ii) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Act with respect to the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities whenever the Seller of such securities shall desire to sell the same.
(iii) Furnish to the Seller such number of copies of a summary prospectus or other prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Act, and such other documents, as the Seller may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale of the Registrable Securities owned by the Seller.
(iv) Register or qualify the Registrable Securities under applicable blue sky laws, and do such other reasonable acts and things as may be required in jurisdictions to which such blue sky laws apply; provided, however, that the Company total amount of payments pursuant to this Section 5.1(e) shall not exceed, when aggregated with all such payments paid to all Investors under this Section 5.1(e), five percent (5%) of the aggregate purchase price of the Securities purchased pursuant to this Agreement. The payments to which an Investor shall be obligated entitled pursuant to file any general consent this Section 5.1(e) are referred to service of process or qualify herein as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction. Provided, however, “Event Payments.” Any Event Payments payable pursuant to the extent that any states follow a 'merit review' standard, no registration or qualification terms hereof shall be required in those states.
(v) Furnish at the request of the Seller, on the date that the Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities becomes effective, an opinion, dated as of such date, of the independent counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, addressed to the Seller stating that such Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and that, to the best knowledge of such counsel, made no stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the Act.
(vi) Use reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, if such an order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible time and to notify the Seller of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof.
(vii) Furnish to the Seller, two trading days after the date that any Registration Statement becomes effective or after a stop order has been lifted, a letter, dated such date, of outside counsel representing the Company, addressed to the Seller, confirming the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and, to the knowledge of such counsel, the absence of any stop order.
(viii) Provide to the Seller and its representatives, if requested, the opportunity to conduct a reasonable inquiry of the Company’s financial and other records during normal business hours and make available its officers, directors and employees for questions regarding information which the Seller may reasonably request in order to fulfill any due diligence obligation on its part; provided that in the case of this clause (viii), the Company shall not be required to provide, and shall not provide, the Seller with material, non-public information unless the Seller agrees to receive such information and enters into an agreement to keep such material, nonpublic information confidential and refrain from trading in any Company security for so long as such information remains material, nonpublic information.
(c) All of the expenses incurred in complying with the foregoing, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees (including all expenses incident to filing with the FINRA), printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, expenses of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration and expenses of complying with the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdictions, but excluding brokerage or underwriting fees or commissions, shall be paid by the Company.
(d) The Company shall furnish to the Seller, not less later than three (3) days Business Days following the occurrence of the Event or on the monthly anniversary of such Event and shall apply on a pro rated basis for any portion of a month prior to the filing cure of an Event. In the event the Company fails to make Event Payments in a timely manner, such Event Payments shall bear interest at the rate of one percent (1.0%) per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. All pro rated calculations made pursuant to this paragraph shall be based upon the actual number of days in such pro rated month. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum payment to an Investor associated with all Events in the aggregate shall not exceed (i) in any 30-day period, an aggregate of 1.0% of the purchase price paid by such Investor for its Securities and (ii) 5.0% of the purchase paid by such Investor for its Securities. For such purposes, each of the following shall constitute an “Event”: (i) the Registration Statement or any related prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed required to be incorporated therein filed by reference), copies of all such documents proposed Section 5.1(a) is not filed on or prior to the Filing Date; (ii) the Registration Statement required to be filed, which documents will be subject filed by Section 5.1(a) is not declared effective on or prior to the review Required Effectiveness Date; or (iii) the Registration Statement required to be effective ceases for any reason to be effective at any time prior to the expiration of the Seller. its Effectiveness Period for more than 20 consecutive Trading Days in any twelve month period.
(f) The Company shall reflect in each such document when so filed not, from the date hereof until the Effective Date of the Registration Statement, prepare and file with the SEC such comments a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than any registration statement or post-effective amendment to a registration statement (or supplement thereto) relating to the Seller and its plan of distribution of the Registrable Securities as the Seller may reasonable proposeCompany’s employee benefit plans registered on Form S-8.
(ig) Each document filed or Neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Investors in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in the Registration Statement required to be filed with under Section 5.1(a) other than the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in any Registration Statement complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act, (ii) each part of each Registration Statement, when such part shall become effective, will not contain, and each such part, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any 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 not misleading, (iii) each Registration Statement will not contain any 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 not misleading, (iv) each Registration Statement and prospectus, as may be amended or supplemented, will comply in all material respects with the Act, and (v) each prospectus, as may be amended or supplemented, will not, at the time of each sale of the Shares by the Seller, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph will not apply to statements or omissions in any Registration Statement or prospectus based upon information relating to the Seller furnished to the Company in writing by the Seller expressly for use thereinRegistrable Securities.
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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (NanoVibronix, Inc.), Securities Purchase Agreement (NanoVibronix, Inc.)
Required Registration Statement. (a) As promptly as possible, and in any event on or prior to the Filing Date, the Company hereby agrees shall prepare and file with the Seller that:Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all Securities for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) and shall contain (except if otherwise directed by the Purchasers or requested by the Commission) the “Plan of Distribution” in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit K.
(i) The Company shall file or cause to be filed, no later than thirty (30) days following the later of the Closing Date or (ii) such date that Seller delivers to the Company the Financial Statements (the “Filing Deadline”)(including all additional information concerning Seller as is required under the rules and regulations of the SEC for an acquisition of Seller), a registration statement under the Act (a “Registration Statement”), to permit the liquidation of Seller and distribution by Seller of the Shares, together with any shares of capital stock issued or issuable, from time to time, upon any reclassification, share combination, share subdivision, stock split, share dividend or similar transaction or event or otherwise as a distribution on, in exchange for or with respect to any of the foregoing (the “Registrable Securities”).
(iib) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement referred to in clause (i) above to be declared effective by the SEC Commission as soon promptly as reasonably practicablepossible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the Required Effectiveness Date, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date that all Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold or can be sold publicly under Rule 144 without volume limitations by the holders of the Securities (the “Effectiveness Period”). Upon notification by the Commission that a Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no event later than twelve (12) months after longer subject to further review and comments, the Closing Date or Company shall request acceleration of such Registration Statement within five (5) business days Trading Days after the SEC shall have informed the Company receipt of such notice and request that it become effective no review of the Registration Statement will be made or that the SEC has no further comments later than 4:00 p.m. New York City time on the Effective Date and file a prospectus supplement for any Registration Statement, whichever is earlier whether or not required under Rule 424 (or otherwise), by 9:00 a.m. New York City time the “Effectiveness Deadline”day after the Effective Date.
(c) and shall cause such Registration Statement If the Company receives Commission Comments to remain effective until such time as all Registrable Securities have been sold or are otherwise freely tradable without registration under the Act (the “Expiration Date”). If a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities is not filed with the SEC on or prior pursuant to the Filing Deadline, or not effective with the SEC prior to the Effectiveness DeadlineSection 6.1(a), the Company will make payments shall be obligated to Seller, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an amount equal use its commercially reasonable efforts to 1.0% advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the aggregate Purchase Price paid Securities requested to the Seller under this Agreement for each thirty (30)-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the Filing Deadline or Effectiveness Deadline, as applicable, for which no Registration Statement is filed with respect to the Registrable Securities; provided that in no event shall the aggregate liquidated damages paid pursuant to this Section 8.4(b) exceed 5.0% of the aggregate Purchase Price paid to the Seller under this Agreement. Such payments shall constitute the Seller’s exclusive monetary remedy for such events, but shall not affect the right of the Seller to seek injunctive relief. Such payments shall be made to Seller in cash or shares of capital stock of the same class as the Shares no later than five (5) business days after the end of each thirty (30)-day period, at Company’s option. Any such additional shares shall be included in the Registration Statement and as part in accordance with applicable Commission guidance. If it is determined by the Company that all of the Shares. Company understands that an effective registration statement is required Securities requested to enable Seller to complete the liquidation. Company’s registration obligation may be accomplished by an earlier filed registration statement that has the same effect with respect to the distribution of the Shares as part of the liquidation as the Registration Statement would have and provided that such distribution is made included in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Seller.
(b) In connection with the foregoing, Company will:
(i) Prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect cannot be included due to the Registrable Securities and Commission Comments, then the Company shall use its best commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become and remain effective.
(ii) Prepare prepare and file with the SEC as expeditiously as practicable, such amendments and supplements to such number of additional Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith Statements as may be necessary in order to keep ensure that all Securities are covered by an existing and effective Registration Statement. Any cutbacks of Securities from a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 6.1(a), due to Commission Comments shall be applied to the Purchasers pro rata in accordance with the number of such Securities sought to be included in such Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Act with respect by reference to the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities whenever the Seller number of such securities shall desire Purchaser’s Securities relative to sell the same.
(iii) Furnish to the Seller such number of copies of a summary prospectus or other prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Act, and such other documents, as the Seller may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale of the Registrable Securities owned by the Seller.
(iv) Register or qualify the Registrable Securities under applicable blue sky laws, and do such other reasonable acts and things as may be required in jurisdictions to which such blue sky laws apply; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction. Provided, however, to the extent that any states follow a 'merit review' standard, no registration or qualification shall be required in those states.
(v) Furnish at the request of the Seller, on the date that the Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities becomes effective, an opinion, dated as of such date, of the independent counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, addressed to the Seller stating that such Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and that, to the best knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the Act.
(vi) Use reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, if such an order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible time and to notify the Seller of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof.
(vii) Furnish to the Seller, two trading days after the date that any Registration Statement becomes effective or after a stop order has been lifted, a letter, dated such date, of outside counsel representing the Company, addressed to the Seller, confirming the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and, to the knowledge of such counsel, the absence of any stop order.
(viii) Provide to the Seller and its representatives, if requested, the opportunity to conduct a reasonable inquiry of the Company’s financial and other records during normal business hours and make available its officers, directors and employees for questions regarding information which the Seller may reasonably request in order to fulfill any due diligence obligation on its part; provided that in the case of this clause (viii), the Company shall not be required to provide, and shall not provide, the Seller with material, non-public information unless the Seller agrees to receive such information and enters into an agreement to keep such material, nonpublic information confidential and refrain from trading in any Company security for so long as such information remains material, nonpublic information.
(c) All of the expenses incurred in complying with the foregoing, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees (including all expenses incident to filing with the FINRA), printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, expenses of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration and expenses of complying with the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdictions, but excluding brokerage or underwriting fees or commissions, shall be paid by the Companyoutstanding Securities.
(d) The Company shall furnish to notify the Seller, not less than three Purchasers in writing promptly (3and in any event within two Trading Days) days prior to after receiving notification from the filing of a Commission that the Registration Statement or any related prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of the Seller. The Company shall reflect in each such document when so filed with the SEC such comments relating to the Seller and its plan of distribution of the Registrable Securities as the Seller may reasonable proposehas been declared effective.
(ie) Each document filed or Neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Purchasers in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in the Registration Statement required to be filed with under Section 6.1(a) other than the SEC Securities, except as otherwise required pursuant to the Exchange Act that certain Second Amended and incorporated Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2022, by reference in any Registration Statement complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act, (ii) each part of each Registration Statement, when such part shall become effective, will not contain, and each such part, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any 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 not misleading, (iii) each Registration Statement will not contain any 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 not misleading, (iv) each Registration Statement and prospectus, as may be amended or supplemented, will comply in all material respects with the Act, and (v) each prospectus, as may be amended or supplemented, will not, at the time of each sale of the Shares by the Seller, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph will not apply to statements or omissions in any Registration Statement or prospectus based upon information relating to the Seller furnished to among the Company in writing by and the Seller expressly for use thereinPurchasers thereto (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).
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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Ribbon Communications Inc.)
Required Registration Statement. (a) As promptly as possible, and in any event on or prior to the Filing Date, the Company hereby agrees shall prepare and file with the Seller that:Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all Securities for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) and shall contain (except if otherwise directed by the Purchasers or requested by the Commission) the “Plan of Distribution” in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit K.
(i) The Company shall file or cause to be filed, no later than thirty (30) days following the later of the Closing Date or (ii) such date that Seller delivers to the Company the Financial Statements (the “Filing Deadline”)(including all additional information concerning Seller as is required under the rules and regulations of the SEC for an acquisition of Seller), a registration statement under the Act (a “Registration Statement”), to permit the liquidation of Seller and distribution by Seller of the Shares, together with any shares of capital stock issued or issuable, from time to time, upon any reclassification, share combination, share subdivision, stock split, share dividend or similar transaction or event or otherwise as a distribution on, in exchange for or with respect to any of the foregoing (the “Registrable Securities”).
(iib) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement referred to in clause (i) above to be declared effective by the SEC Commission as soon promptly as reasonably practicablepossible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the Required Effectiveness Date, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date that all Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold or can be sold publicly under Rule 144 without volume limitations or manner of sale restrictions by the holders of the Securities (the “Effectiveness Period”). Upon notification by the Commission that a Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no event later than twelve (12) months after longer subject to further review and comments, the Closing Date or Company shall request acceleration of such Registration Statement within five (5) business days Trading Days after the SEC shall have informed the Company receipt of such notice and request that it become effective no review of the Registration Statement will be made or that the SEC has no further comments later than 4:00 p.m. New York City time on the second Trading Day following the delivery of such an acceleration request (but no earlier than the Effective Date) and file a prospectus supplement for any Registration Statement, whichever is earlier whether or not required under Rule 424 (or otherwise), by 9:00 a.m. New York City time the “Effectiveness Deadline”day after the Effective Date.
(c) and shall cause such Registration Statement If the Company receives Commission Comments to remain effective until such time as all Registrable Securities have been sold or are otherwise freely tradable without registration under the Act (the “Expiration Date”). If a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities is not filed with the SEC on or prior pursuant to the Filing Deadline, or not effective with the SEC prior to the Effectiveness DeadlineSection 6.1(a), the Company will make payments shall be obligated to Seller, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an amount equal use its commercially reasonable efforts to 1.0% advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the aggregate Purchase Price paid Securities requested to the Seller under this Agreement for each thirty (30)-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the Filing Deadline or Effectiveness Deadline, as applicable, for which no Registration Statement is filed with respect to the Registrable Securities; provided that in no event shall the aggregate liquidated damages paid pursuant to this Section 8.4(b) exceed 5.0% of the aggregate Purchase Price paid to the Seller under this Agreement. Such payments shall constitute the Seller’s exclusive monetary remedy for such events, but shall not affect the right of the Seller to seek injunctive relief. Such payments shall be made to Seller in cash or shares of capital stock of the same class as the Shares no later than five (5) business days after the end of each thirty (30)-day period, at Company’s option. Any such additional shares shall be included in the Registration Statement and as part in accordance with applicable Commission guidance. If it is determined by the Company that all of the Shares. Company understands that an effective registration statement is required Securities requested to enable Seller to complete the liquidation. Company’s registration obligation may be accomplished by an earlier filed registration statement that has the same effect with respect to the distribution of the Shares as part of the liquidation as the Registration Statement would have and provided that such distribution is made included in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Seller.
(b) In connection with the foregoing, Company will:
(i) Prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect cannot be included due to the Registrable Securities and Commission Comments, then the Company shall use its best commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become and remain effective.
(ii) Prepare prepare and file with the SEC as expeditiously as practicable, such amendments and supplements to such number of additional Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith Statements as may be necessary in order to keep ensure that all Securities are covered by an existing and effective Registration Statement. Any cutbacks of Securities from a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 6.1(a), due to Commission Comments shall be applied to the Purchasers pro rata in accordance with the number of such Securities sought to be included in such Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Act with respect by reference to the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities whenever the Seller number of such securities shall desire Purchaser’s Securities relative to sell the same.
(iii) Furnish to the Seller such number of copies of a summary prospectus or other prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Act, and such other documents, as the Seller may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale of the Registrable Securities owned by the Seller.
(iv) Register or qualify the Registrable Securities under applicable blue sky laws, and do such other reasonable acts and things as may be required in jurisdictions to which such blue sky laws apply; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction. Provided, however, to the extent that any states follow a 'merit review' standard, no registration or qualification shall be required in those states.
(v) Furnish at the request of the Seller, on the date that the Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities becomes effective, an opinion, dated as of such date, of the independent counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, addressed to the Seller stating that such Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and that, to the best knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the Act.
(vi) Use reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, if such an order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible time and to notify the Seller of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof.
(vii) Furnish to the Seller, two trading days after the date that any Registration Statement becomes effective or after a stop order has been lifted, a letter, dated such date, of outside counsel representing the Company, addressed to the Seller, confirming the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and, to the knowledge of such counsel, the absence of any stop order.
(viii) Provide to the Seller and its representatives, if requested, the opportunity to conduct a reasonable inquiry of the Company’s financial and other records during normal business hours and make available its officers, directors and employees for questions regarding information which the Seller may reasonably request in order to fulfill any due diligence obligation on its part; provided that in the case of this clause (viii), the Company shall not be required to provide, and shall not provide, the Seller with material, non-public information unless the Seller agrees to receive such information and enters into an agreement to keep such material, nonpublic information confidential and refrain from trading in any Company security for so long as such information remains material, nonpublic information.
(c) All of the expenses incurred in complying with the foregoing, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees (including all expenses incident to filing with the FINRA), printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, expenses of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration and expenses of complying with the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdictions, but excluding brokerage or underwriting fees or commissions, shall be paid by the Companyoutstanding Securities.
(d) The Company shall furnish to notify the Seller, not less than three Purchasers in writing promptly (3and in any event within two Trading Days) days prior to after receiving notification from the filing of a Commission that the Registration Statement or any related prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of the Seller. The Company shall reflect in each such document when so filed with the SEC such comments relating to the Seller and its plan of distribution of the Registrable Securities as the Seller may reasonable proposehas been declared effective.
(ie) Each document filed or Neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Purchasers in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in the Registration Statement required to be filed with under Section 6.1(a) other than the SEC Securities, except as otherwise required pursuant to the Exchange Act that certain Second Amended and incorporated Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2022, by reference in any Registration Statement complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act, (ii) each part of each Registration Statement, when such part shall become effective, will not contain, and each such part, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any 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 not misleading, (iii) each Registration Statement will not contain any 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 not misleading, (iv) each Registration Statement and prospectus, as may be amended or supplemented, will comply in all material respects with the Act, and (v) each prospectus, as may be amended or supplemented, will not, at the time of each sale of the Shares by the Seller, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph will not apply to statements or omissions in any Registration Statement or prospectus based upon information relating to the Seller furnished to among the Company in writing by and the Seller expressly for use thereinPurchasers thereto (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).
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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Ribbon Communications Inc.)
Required Registration Statement. (a) Company hereby agrees with the Seller that:
(i) The Company shall file or cause to be filed, no later than thirty four (304) days following the later of months after the Closing Date or (ii) such date that Seller delivers to the Company the Financial Statements (the “Filing Deadline”)(including all additional information concerning Seller as is required under the rules and regulations of the SEC for an acquisition of SellerDeadline”), a registration statement under the Act (a “Registration Statement”), to permit the liquidation of Seller and distribution by Seller of the Shares, together with any shares of capital stock issued or issuable, from time to time, upon any reclassification, share combination, share subdivision, stock split, share dividend or similar transaction or event or otherwise as a distribution on, in exchange for or with respect to any of the foregoing (the “Registrable Securities”).
(ii) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement referred to in clause (i) above to be declared effective by the SEC as soon as reasonably practicable, but in no event later than twelve seven (127) months after the Closing Date or five (5) business days after the SEC shall have informed the Company that no review of the Registration Statement will be made or that the SEC has no further comments on the Registration Statement, whichever is earlier (the “Effectiveness Deadline”) and shall cause such Registration Statement to remain effective until such time as all Registrable Securities have been sold or are otherwise freely tradable without registration under the Act (the “Expiration Date”). If a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the Filing Deadline, or not effective with the SEC prior to the Effectiveness Deadline, the Company will make payments to Seller, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an amount equal to 1.0% of the aggregate Purchase Price paid to the Seller under this Agreement for each thirty (30)-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the Filing Deadline or Effectiveness Deadline, as applicable, for which no Registration Statement is filed with respect to the Registrable Securities; provided that in no event shall the aggregate liquidated damages paid pursuant to this Section 8.4(b) exceed 5.0% of the aggregate Purchase Price paid to the Seller under this Agreement. Such payments shall constitute the Seller’s exclusive monetary remedy for such events, but shall not affect the right of the Seller to seek injunctive relief. Such payments shall be made to Seller in cash or shares of capital stock of the same class as the Shares no later than five (5) business days after the end of each thirty (30)-day period, at Company’s option. Any such additional shares shall be included in the Registration Statement and as part of the Shares. Company understands that an effective registration statement is required to enable Seller to complete the liquidation. Company’s registration obligation may be accomplished by an earlier filed registration statement that has the same effect with respect to the distribution of the Shares as part of the liquidation as the Registration Statement would have and provided that such distribution is made in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Seller.
(b) In connection with the foregoing, Company will:
(i) Prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities and use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become and remain effective.
(ii) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Act with respect to the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities whenever the Seller of such securities shall desire to sell the same.
(iii) Furnish to the Seller such number of copies of a summary prospectus or other prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Act, and such other documents, as the Seller may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale of the Registrable Securities owned by the Seller.
(iv) Register or qualify the Registrable Securities under applicable blue sky laws, and do such other reasonable acts and things as may be required in jurisdictions to which such blue sky laws apply; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction. Provided, however, to the extent that any states follow a 'merit review' standard, no registration or qualification shall be required in those states.
(v) Furnish at the request of the Seller, on the date that the Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities becomes effective, an opinion, dated as of such date, of the independent counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, addressed to the Seller stating that such Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and that, to the best knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the Act.
(vi) Use reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, if such an order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible time and to notify the Seller of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof.
(vii) Furnish to the Seller, two trading days after the date that any Registration Statement becomes effective or after a stop order has been lifted, a letter, dated such date, of outside counsel representing the Company, addressed to the Seller, confirming the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and, to the knowledge of such counsel, the absence of any stop order.
(viii) Provide to the Seller and its representatives, if requested, the opportunity to conduct a reasonable inquiry of the Company’s financial and other records during normal business hours and make available its officers, directors and employees for questions regarding information which the Seller may reasonably request in order to fulfill any due diligence obligation on its part; provided that in the case of this clause (viii), the Company shall not be required to provide, and shall not provide, the Seller with material, non-public information unless the Seller agrees to receive such information and enters into an agreement to keep such material, nonpublic information confidential and refrain from trading in any Company security for so long as such information remains material, nonpublic information.
(c) All of the expenses incurred in complying with the foregoing, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees (including all expenses incident to filing with the FINRA), printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, expenses of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration and expenses of complying with the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdictions, but excluding brokerage or underwriting fees or commissions, shall be paid by the Company.
(d) The Company shall furnish to the Seller, not less than three (3) days prior to the filing of a Registration Statement or any related prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of the Seller. The Company shall reflect in each such document when so filed with the SEC such comments relating to the Seller and its plan of distribution of the Registrable Securities as the Seller may reasonable propose.
(i) Each document filed or to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in any Registration Statement complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act, (ii) each part of each Registration Statement, when such part shall become effective, will not contain, and each such part, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any 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 not misleading, (iii) each Registration Statement will not contain any 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 not misleading, (iv) each Registration Statement and prospectus, as may be amended or supplemented, will comply in all material respects with the Act, and (v) each prospectus, as may be amended or supplemented, will not, at the time of each sale of the Shares by the Seller, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph will not apply to statements or omissions in any Registration Statement or prospectus based upon information relating to the Seller furnished to the Company in writing by the Seller expressly for use therein.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Biozone Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
Required Registration Statement. (a) As promptly as possible, and in any event on or prior to the Filing Date, the Company hereby agrees shall prepare and file with the Seller that:SEC a Registration Statement covering the resale of all Registrable Securities for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) and shall contain (except if otherwise directed by the Investors or requested by the SEC) the “Plan of Distribution” in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
(i) The Company shall file or cause to be filed, no later than thirty (30) days following the later of the Closing Date or (ii) such date that Seller delivers to the Company the Financial Statements (the “Filing Deadline”)(including all additional information concerning Seller as is required under the rules and regulations of the SEC for an acquisition of Seller), a registration statement under the Act (a “Registration Statement”), to permit the liquidation of Seller and distribution by Seller of the Shares, together with any shares of capital stock issued or issuable, from time to time, upon any reclassification, share combination, share subdivision, stock split, share dividend or similar transaction or event or otherwise as a distribution on, in exchange for or with respect to any of the foregoing (the “Registrable Securities”).
(iib) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement referred to in clause (i) above to be declared effective by the SEC as soon promptly as reasonably practicablepossible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the Required Effectiveness Date, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date that all Conversion Shares covered by such Registration Statement have been sold or can be sold publicly under Rule 144 without volume limitations by the holders of the Registrable Securities (the “Effectiveness Period”). Upon notification by the SEC that a Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no event later than twelve (12) months after longer subject to further review and comments, the Closing Date or Company shall request acceleration of such Registration Statement within five (5) business days Trading Days after receipt of such notice and request that it become effective on 4:00 p.m. New York City time on the Effective Date and file a prospectus supplement for any Registration Statement, whether or not required under Rule 424 (or otherwise), by 9:00 a.m. New York City time the day after the Effective Date.
(c) If the Company receives SEC Comments to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 6.1(a), the Company shall have informed be obligated to use its commercially efforts to advocate with the SEC for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in the Registration Statement in accordance with applicable SEC guidance. If it is determined by the Company that no review all of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in a Registration Statement cannot be included due to the SEC Comments, then the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file as expeditiously as practicable, such number of additional Registration Statements as may be necessary in order to ensure that all Registrable Securities are covered by an existing and effective Registration Statement. Any cutbacks of Registrable Securities from a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 6.1(a), due to SEC Comments shall be applied to the Investors pro rata in accordance with the number of such Registrable Securities sought to be included in such Registration Statement by reference to the number of such Purchaser’s Registrable Securities relative to all outstanding Registrable Securities.
(d) The Company shall notify the Investors in writing promptly (and in any event within two Trading Days) after receiving notification from the SEC that the Registration Statement will be made or that has been declared effective.
(e) Should an Event (as defined below) occur, then, upon the SEC has no further comments occurrence of such Event, and on every monthly anniversary thereof until the Registration Statement, whichever applicable Event is earlier (the “Effectiveness Deadline”) and shall cause such Registration Statement to remain effective until such time as all Registrable Securities have been sold or are otherwise freely tradable without registration under the Act (the “Expiration Date”). If a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the Filing Deadline, or not effective with the SEC prior to the Effectiveness Deadlinecured, the Company will make payments shall pay to Sellereach Investor an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an amount equal to one percent (1.0% %) of the aggregate Purchase Price purchase price paid to by such Investor for the Seller under this Agreement for each thirty (30)-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the Filing Deadline or Effectiveness Deadline, as applicable, for which no Registration Statement is filed with respect to the Registrable Securities; provided that in no event shall the aggregate liquidated damages paid pursuant to this Section 8.4(b) exceed 5.0% of the aggregate Purchase Price paid to the Seller Notes purchased under this Agreement. Such payments shall constitute the Seller’s exclusive monetary remedy for such events, but shall not affect the right of the Seller to seek injunctive relief. Such payments shall be made to Seller in cash or shares of capital stock of the same class as the Shares no later than five (5) business days after the end of each thirty (30)-day period, at Company’s option. Any such additional shares shall be included in the Registration Statement and as part of the Shares. Company understands that an effective registration statement is required to enable Seller to complete the liquidation. Company’s registration obligation may be accomplished by an earlier filed registration statement that has the same effect with respect to the distribution of the Shares as part of the liquidation as the Registration Statement would have and provided that such distribution is made in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Seller.
(b) In connection with the foregoing, Company will:
(i) Prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities and use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become and remain effective.
(ii) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Act with respect to the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities whenever the Seller of such securities shall desire to sell the same.
(iii) Furnish to the Seller such number of copies of a summary prospectus or other prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Act, and such other documents, as the Seller may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale of the Registrable Securities owned by the Seller.
(iv) Register or qualify the Registrable Securities under applicable blue sky laws, and do such other reasonable acts and things as may be required in jurisdictions to which such blue sky laws apply; provided, however, that the Company total amount of payments pursuant to this Section 6.1(e) shall not exceed, when aggregated with all such payments paid to all Investors under this Section 6.1(e), five percent (5%) of the aggregate purchase price of the Notes purchased pursuant to this Agreement. The payments to which an Investor shall be obligated entitled pursuant to file any general consent this Section 6.1(e) are referred to service of process or qualify herein as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction. Provided, however, “Event Payments.” Any Event Payments payable pursuant to the extent that any states follow a 'merit review' standard, no registration or qualification terms hereof shall be required in those states.
(v) Furnish at the request of the Seller, on the date that the Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities becomes effective, an opinion, dated as of such date, of the independent counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, addressed to the Seller stating that such Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and that, to the best knowledge of such counsel, made no stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the Act.
(vi) Use reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, if such an order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible time and to notify the Seller of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof.
(vii) Furnish to the Seller, two trading days after the date that any Registration Statement becomes effective or after a stop order has been lifted, a letter, dated such date, of outside counsel representing the Company, addressed to the Seller, confirming the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and, to the knowledge of such counsel, the absence of any stop order.
(viii) Provide to the Seller and its representatives, if requested, the opportunity to conduct a reasonable inquiry of the Company’s financial and other records during normal business hours and make available its officers, directors and employees for questions regarding information which the Seller may reasonably request in order to fulfill any due diligence obligation on its part; provided that in the case of this clause (viii), the Company shall not be required to provide, and shall not provide, the Seller with material, non-public information unless the Seller agrees to receive such information and enters into an agreement to keep such material, nonpublic information confidential and refrain from trading in any Company security for so long as such information remains material, nonpublic information.
(c) All of the expenses incurred in complying with the foregoing, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees (including all expenses incident to filing with the FINRA), printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, expenses of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration and expenses of complying with the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdictions, but excluding brokerage or underwriting fees or commissions, shall be paid by the Company.
(d) The Company shall furnish to the Seller, not less later than three (3) days Business Days following the occurrence of the Event or on the monthly anniversary of such Event and shall apply on a pro rated basis for any portion of a month prior to the filing cure of an Event. In the event the Company fails to make Event Payments in a timely manner, such Event Payments shall bear interest at the rate of one percent (1.0%) per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. All pro rated calculations made pursuant to this paragraph shall be based upon the actual number of days in such pro rated month. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum payment to an Investor associated with all Events in the aggregate shall not exceed (i) in any 30-day period, an aggregate of 1.0% of the purchase price paid by such Investor for its Notes and (ii) 5.0% of the purchase paid by such Investor for its Notes. For such purposes, each of the following shall constitute an “Event”: (i) the Registration Statement or any related prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed required to be incorporated therein filed by reference), copies of all such documents proposed Section 6.1(a) is not filed on or prior to the Filing Date; or (ii) the Registration Statement required to be filed, which documents will be subject filed by Section 6.1(a) is not declared effective on or prior to the review of the Seller. Required Effectiveness Date.
(f) The Company shall reflect in each such document when so filed not, from the date hereof until the Effective Date of the Registration Statement, prepare and file with the SEC such comments a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than any registration statement or post-effective amendment to a registration statement (or supplement thereto) relating to the Seller and its plan of distribution of the Registrable Securities as the Seller may reasonable proposeCompany’s employee benefit plans registered on Form S-8.
(ig) Each document filed or Neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Investors in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in the Registration Statement required to be filed with under Section 6.1(a) other than the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in any Registration Statement complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act, (ii) each part of each Registration Statement, when such part shall become effective, will not contain, and each such part, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any 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 not misleading, (iii) each Registration Statement will not contain any 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 not misleading, (iv) each Registration Statement and prospectus, as may be amended or supplemented, will comply in all material respects with the Act, and (v) each prospectus, as may be amended or supplemented, will not, at the time of each sale of the Shares by the Seller, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph will not apply to statements or omissions in any Registration Statement or prospectus based upon information relating to the Seller furnished to the Company in writing by the Seller expressly for use thereinRegistrable Securities.
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Required Registration Statement. (a) As promptly as possible, and in any event on or prior to the Filing Date, the Company hereby agrees shall prepare and file with the Seller that:
(i) The Company shall file or cause Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of all Warrant Shares for an offering to be filed, no later than thirty made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (30) days following the later of the Closing Date or (ii) such date that Seller delivers to except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Financial Statements (the “Filing Deadline”)(including all additional information concerning Seller as is required under the rules and regulations of the SEC for an acquisition of Seller), a registration statement under the Act (a “Registration Statement”), to permit the liquidation of Seller and distribution by Seller of the Shares, together with any shares of capital stock issued or issuable, from time to time, upon any reclassification, share combination, share subdivision, stock split, share dividend or similar transaction or event or otherwise as a distribution onWarrant Shares on Form S-3, in exchange for or which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance with respect to any of the foregoing (Securities Act and the “Registrable Securities”Exchange Act).
(iib) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement referred to in clause (i) above to be declared effective by the SEC Commission as soon promptly as reasonably practicablepossible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the Required Effectiveness Date, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date that all Warrant Shares covered by such Registration Statement have been sold or can be sold publicly under Rule 144 without volume limitations or manner of sale restrictions by the holders of the Securities (the “Effectiveness Period”). Upon notification by the Commission that a Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no event later than twelve (12) months after longer subject to further review and comments, the Closing Date or Company shall request acceleration of such Registration Statement within five (5) business days Trading Days after the SEC shall have informed the Company receipt of such notice and request that it become effective no review of the Registration Statement will be made or that the SEC has no further comments later than 4:00 p.m. New York City time on the second Trading Day following the delivery of such an acceleration request (but no earlier than the Effective Date) and file a prospectus supplement for any Registration Statement, whichever is earlier whether or not required under Rule 424 (or otherwise), by 9:00 a.m. New York City time the “Effectiveness Deadline”day after the Effective Date.
(c) and shall cause such Registration Statement If the Company receives Commission Comments to remain effective until such time as all Registrable Securities have been sold or are otherwise freely tradable without registration under the Act (the “Expiration Date”). If a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities is not filed with the SEC on or prior pursuant to the Filing Deadline, or not effective with the SEC prior to the Effectiveness DeadlineSection 6.1(a), the Company will make payments shall be obligated to Seller, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an amount equal use its commercially reasonable efforts to 1.0% advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the aggregate Purchase Price paid Warrant Shares requested to the Seller under this Agreement for each thirty (30)-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the Filing Deadline or Effectiveness Deadline, as applicable, for which no Registration Statement is filed with respect to the Registrable Securities; provided that in no event shall the aggregate liquidated damages paid pursuant to this Section 8.4(b) exceed 5.0% of the aggregate Purchase Price paid to the Seller under this Agreement. Such payments shall constitute the Seller’s exclusive monetary remedy for such events, but shall not affect the right of the Seller to seek injunctive relief. Such payments shall be made to Seller in cash or shares of capital stock of the same class as the Shares no later than five (5) business days after the end of each thirty (30)-day period, at Company’s option. Any such additional shares shall be included in the Registration Statement and as part in accordance with applicable Commission guidance. If it is determined by the Company that all of the Shares. Company understands that an effective registration statement is required Securities requested to enable Seller to complete the liquidation. Company’s registration obligation may be accomplished by an earlier filed registration statement that has the same effect with respect to the distribution of the Shares as part of the liquidation as the Registration Statement would have and provided that such distribution is made included in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Seller.
(b) In connection with the foregoing, Company will:
(i) Prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect cannot be included due to the Registrable Securities and Commission Comments, then the Company shall use its best commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become and remain effective.
(ii) Prepare prepare and file with the SEC as expeditiously as practicable, such amendments and supplements to such number of additional Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith Statements as may be necessary in order to keep ensure that all Warrant Shares are covered by an existing and effective Registration Statement. Any cutbacks of Securities from a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 6.1(a), due to Commission Comments shall be applied to the Purchasers pro rata in accordance with the number of such Warrant Shares sought to be included in such Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Act with respect by reference to the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities whenever the Seller number of such securities shall desire Purchaser’s Warrant Shares relative to sell the same.
(iii) Furnish to the Seller such number of copies of a summary prospectus or other prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Act, and such other documents, as the Seller may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale of the Registrable Securities owned by the Seller.
(iv) Register or qualify the Registrable Securities under applicable blue sky laws, and do such other reasonable acts and things as may be required in jurisdictions to which such blue sky laws apply; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction. Provided, however, to the extent that any states follow a 'merit review' standard, no registration or qualification shall be required in those states.
(v) Furnish at the request of the Seller, on the date that the Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities becomes effective, an opinion, dated as of such date, of the independent counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, addressed to the Seller stating that such Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and that, to the best knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the Act.
(vi) Use reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, if such an order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible time and to notify the Seller of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof.
(vii) Furnish to the Seller, two trading days after the date that any Registration Statement becomes effective or after a stop order has been lifted, a letter, dated such date, of outside counsel representing the Company, addressed to the Seller, confirming the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and, to the knowledge of such counsel, the absence of any stop order.
(viii) Provide to the Seller and its representatives, if requested, the opportunity to conduct a reasonable inquiry of the Company’s financial and other records during normal business hours and make available its officers, directors and employees for questions regarding information which the Seller may reasonably request in order to fulfill any due diligence obligation on its part; provided that in the case of this clause (viii), the Company shall not be required to provide, and shall not provide, the Seller with material, non-public information unless the Seller agrees to receive such information and enters into an agreement to keep such material, nonpublic information confidential and refrain from trading in any Company security for so long as such information remains material, nonpublic information.
(c) All of the expenses incurred in complying with the foregoing, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees (including all expenses incident to filing with the FINRA), printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, expenses of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration and expenses of complying with the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdictions, but excluding brokerage or underwriting fees or commissions, shall be paid by the Companyoutstanding Securities.
(d) The Company shall furnish to notify the Seller, not less than three Purchasers in writing promptly (3and in any event within two Trading Days) days prior to after receiving notification from the filing of a Commission that the Registration Statement or any related prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review of the Seller. The Company shall reflect in each such document when so filed with the SEC such comments relating to the Seller and its plan of distribution of the Registrable Securities as the Seller may reasonable proposehas been declared effective.
(ie) Each document filed or Neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Purchasers in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in the Registration Statement required to be filed with under Section 6.1(a) other than the SEC Securities, except as otherwise required pursuant to the Exchange Act that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2019, by and incorporated by reference in any Registration Statement complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act, (ii) each part of each Registration Statement, when such part shall become effective, will not contain, and each such part, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any 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 not misleading, (iii) each Registration Statement will not contain any 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 not misleading, (iv) each Registration Statement and prospectus, as may be amended or supplemented, will comply in all material respects with the Act, and (v) each prospectus, as may be amended or supplemented, will not, at the time of each sale of the Shares by the Seller, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph will not apply to statements or omissions in any Registration Statement or prospectus based upon information relating to the Seller furnished to among the Company in writing by and the Seller expressly for use thereinpurchasers signatory thereto (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).
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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Streamline Health Solutions Inc.)
Required Registration Statement. (a) As promptly as possible, and in any event on or prior to the Filing Date, the Company hereby agrees shall prepare and file with the Seller that:SEC a Registration Statement covering the resale of all Registrable Securities for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) and shall contain (except if otherwise directed by the Investors or requested by the SEC) the “Plan of Distribution” in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
(i) The Company shall file or cause to be filed, no later than thirty (30) days following the later of the Closing Date or (ii) such date that Seller delivers to the Company the Financial Statements (the “Filing Deadline”)(including all additional information concerning Seller as is required under the rules and regulations of the SEC for an acquisition of Seller), a registration statement under the Act (a “Registration Statement”), to permit the liquidation of Seller and distribution by Seller of the Shares, together with any shares of capital stock issued or issuable, from time to time, upon any reclassification, share combination, share subdivision, stock split, share dividend or similar transaction or event or otherwise as a distribution on, in exchange for or with respect to any of the foregoing (the “Registrable Securities”).
(iib) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement referred to in clause (i) above to be declared effective by the SEC as soon promptly as reasonably practicablepossible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the Required Effectiveness Date, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date that all Conversion Shares covered by such Registration Statement have been sold or can be sold publicly under Rule 144 without volume limitations by the holders of the Registrable Securities (the “Effectiveness Period”). Upon notification by the SEC that a Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no event later than twelve (12) months after longer subject to further review and comments, the Closing Date or Company shall request acceleration of such Registration Statement within five (5) business days Trading Days after receipt of such notice and request that it become effective no later than 4:00 p.m. New York City time on the Effective Date and file a prospectus supplement for any Registration Statement, whether or not required under Rule 424 (or otherwise), by 9:00 a.m. New York City time the day after the Effective Date.
(c) If the Company receives SEC Comments to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 6.1(a), the Company shall have informed be obligated to use its commercially reasonable efforts to advocate with the SEC for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in the Registration Statement in accordance with applicable SEC guidance. If it is determined by the Company that no review all of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in a Registration Statement cannot be included due to the SEC Comments, then the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file as expeditiously as practicable, such number of additional Registration Statements as may be necessary in order to ensure that all Registrable Securities are covered by an existing and effective Registration Statement. Any cutbacks of Registrable Securities from a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 6.1(a), due to SEC Comments shall be applied to the Investors pro rata in accordance with the number of such Registrable Securities sought to be included in such Registration Statement by reference to the number of such Purchaser’s Registrable Securities relative to all outstanding Registrable Securities.
(d) The Company shall notify the Investors in writing promptly (and in any event within two Trading Days) after receiving notification from the SEC that the Registration Statement will be made or that has been declared effective.
(e) Should an Event (as defined below) occur, then, upon the SEC has no further comments occurrence of such Event, and on every monthly anniversary thereof until the Registration Statement, whichever applicable Event is earlier (the “Effectiveness Deadline”) and shall cause such Registration Statement to remain effective until such time as all Registrable Securities have been sold or are otherwise freely tradable without registration under the Act (the “Expiration Date”). If a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the Filing Deadline, or not effective with the SEC prior to the Effectiveness Deadlinecured, the Company will make payments shall pay to Sellereach Investor an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an amount equal to one percent (1.0% %) of the aggregate Purchase Price purchase price paid to by such Investor for the Seller under this Agreement for each thirty (30)-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the Filing Deadline or Effectiveness Deadline, as applicable, for which no Registration Statement is filed with respect to the Registrable Securities; provided that in no event shall the aggregate liquidated damages paid pursuant to this Section 8.4(b) exceed 5.0% of the aggregate Purchase Price paid to the Seller Securities purchased under this Agreement. Such payments shall constitute the Seller’s exclusive monetary remedy for such events, but shall not affect the right of the Seller to seek injunctive relief. Such payments shall be made to Seller in cash or shares of capital stock of the same class as the Shares no later than five (5) business days after the end of each thirty (30)-day period, at Company’s option. Any such additional shares shall be included in the Registration Statement and as part of the Shares. Company understands that an effective registration statement is required to enable Seller to complete the liquidation. Company’s registration obligation may be accomplished by an earlier filed registration statement that has the same effect with respect to the distribution of the Shares as part of the liquidation as the Registration Statement would have and provided that such distribution is made in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Seller.
(b) In connection with the foregoing, Company will:
(i) Prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities and use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become and remain effective.
(ii) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Act with respect to the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities whenever the Seller of such securities shall desire to sell the same.
(iii) Furnish to the Seller such number of copies of a summary prospectus or other prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Act, and such other documents, as the Seller may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale of the Registrable Securities owned by the Seller.
(iv) Register or qualify the Registrable Securities under applicable blue sky laws, and do such other reasonable acts and things as may be required in jurisdictions to which such blue sky laws apply; provided, however, that the Company total amount of payments pursuant to this Section 6.1(e) shall not exceed, when aggregated with all such payments paid to all Investors under this Section 6.1(e), five percent (5%) of the aggregate purchase price of the Securities purchased pursuant to this Agreement. The payments to which an Investor shall be obligated entitled pursuant to file any general consent this Section 6.1(e) are referred to service of process or qualify herein as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction. Provided, however, “Event Payments.” Any Event Payments payable pursuant to the extent that any states follow a 'merit review' standard, no registration or qualification terms hereof shall be required in those states.
(v) Furnish at the request of the Seller, on the date that the Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities becomes effective, an opinion, dated as of such date, of the independent counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, addressed to the Seller stating that such Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and that, to the best knowledge of such counsel, made no stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the Act.
(vi) Use reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, if such an order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible time and to notify the Seller of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof.
(vii) Furnish to the Seller, two trading days after the date that any Registration Statement becomes effective or after a stop order has been lifted, a letter, dated such date, of outside counsel representing the Company, addressed to the Seller, confirming the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and, to the knowledge of such counsel, the absence of any stop order.
(viii) Provide to the Seller and its representatives, if requested, the opportunity to conduct a reasonable inquiry of the Company’s financial and other records during normal business hours and make available its officers, directors and employees for questions regarding information which the Seller may reasonably request in order to fulfill any due diligence obligation on its part; provided that in the case of this clause (viii), the Company shall not be required to provide, and shall not provide, the Seller with material, non-public information unless the Seller agrees to receive such information and enters into an agreement to keep such material, nonpublic information confidential and refrain from trading in any Company security for so long as such information remains material, nonpublic information.
(c) All of the expenses incurred in complying with the foregoing, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees (including all expenses incident to filing with the FINRA), printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, expenses of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration and expenses of complying with the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdictions, but excluding brokerage or underwriting fees or commissions, shall be paid by the Company.
(d) The Company shall furnish to the Seller, not less later than three (3) days Business Days following the occurrence of the Event or on the monthly anniversary of such Event and shall apply on a pro rated basis for any portion of a month prior to the filing cure of an Event. In the event the Company fails to make Event Payments in a timely manner, such Event Payments shall bear interest at the rate of one percent (1.0%) per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. All pro rated calculations made pursuant to this paragraph shall be based upon the actual number of days in such pro rated month. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum payment to an Investor associated with all Events in the aggregate shall not exceed (i) in any 30-day period, an aggregate of 1.0% of the purchase price paid by such Investor for its Securities and (ii) 5.0% of the purchase paid by such Investor for its Securities. For such purposes, each of the following shall constitute an “Event”: (i) the Registration Statement or any related prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed required to be incorporated therein filed by reference), copies of all such documents proposed Section 6.1(a) is not filed on or prior to the Filing Date; (ii) the Registration Statement required to be filed, which documents will be subject filed by Section 6.1(a) is not declared effective on or prior to the review Required Effectiveness Date; or (iii) the Registration Statement required to be effective ceases for any reason to be effective at any time prior to the expiration of the Seller. its Effectiveness Period for more than 20 consecutive Trading Days in any twelve month period.
(f) The Company shall reflect in each such document when so filed not, from the date hereof until the Effective Date of the Registration Statement, prepare and file with the SEC such comments a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than any registration statement or post-effective amendment to a registration statement (or supplement thereto) relating to the Seller and its plan of distribution of the Registrable Securities as the Seller may reasonable proposeCompany’s employee benefit plans registered on Form S-8.
(ig) Each document filed or Neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Investors in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in the Registration Statement required to be filed with under Section 6.1(a) other than the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in any Registration Statement complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act, (ii) each part of each Registration Statement, when such part shall become effective, will not contain, and each such part, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any 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 not misleading, (iii) each Registration Statement will not contain any 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 not misleading, (iv) each Registration Statement and prospectus, as may be amended or supplemented, will comply in all material respects with the Act, and (v) each prospectus, as may be amended or supplemented, will not, at the time of each sale of the Shares by the Seller, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph will not apply to statements or omissions in any Registration Statement or prospectus based upon information relating to the Seller furnished to the Company in writing by the Seller expressly for use thereinRegistrable Securities.
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Required Registration Statement. (a) As promptly as possible, and in any event on or prior to the Filing Date, the Company hereby agrees shall prepare and file with the Seller that:
(i) The Company shall file or cause SEC a Registration Statement covering the resale of all Registrable Securities for an offering to be filed, no later than thirty made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 (30) days following the later of the Closing Date or (ii) such date that Seller delivers to except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Financial Statements (the “Filing Deadline”)(including all additional information concerning Seller as is required under the rules and regulations of the SEC for an acquisition of Seller), a registration statement under the Act (a “Registration Statement”), to permit the liquidation of Seller and distribution by Seller of the Shares, together with any shares of capital stock issued or issuable, from time to time, upon any reclassification, share combination, share subdivision, stock split, share dividend or similar transaction or event or otherwise as a distribution onRegistrable Securities on Form S-3, in exchange for or which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance with respect to any of the foregoing (Securities Act and the “Registrable Securities”Exchange Act).
(iib) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement referred to in clause (i) above to be declared effective by the SEC as soon promptly as reasonably practicablepossible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the Required Effectiveness Date, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date that all Conversion Shares covered by such Registration Statement have been sold or can be sold publicly under Rule 144 without volume limitations by the holders of the Registrable Securities (the “Effectiveness Period”). Upon notification by the SEC that a Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no event later than twelve (12) months after longer subject to further review and comments, the Closing Date or Company shall request acceleration of such Registration Statement within five (5) business days Trading Days after receipt of such notice and request that it become effective no later than 4:00 p.m. New York City time on the Effective Date and file a prospectus supplement for any Registration Statement, whether or not required under Rule 424 (or otherwise), by 9:00 a.m. New York City time the day after the Effective Date.
(c) If the Company receives SEC Comments to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 5.1(a), the Company shall have informed be obligated to use its commercially reasonable efforts to advocate with the SEC for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in the Registration Statement in accordance with applicable SEC guidance. If it is determined by the Company that no review all of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in a Registration Statement cannot be included due to the SEC Comments, then the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file as expeditiously as practicable, such number of additional Registration Statements as may be necessary in order to ensure that all Registrable Securities are covered by an existing and effective Registration Statement. Any cutbacks of Registrable Securities from a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 6.1(a), due to SEC Comments shall be applied to the Investors pro rata in accordance with the number of such Registrable Securities sought to be included in such Registration Statement by reference to the number of such Purchaser’s Registrable Securities relative to all outstanding Registrable Securities.
(d) The Company shall notify the Investors in writing promptly (and in any event within two Trading Days) after receiving notification from the SEC that the Registration Statement will be made or that has been declared effective.
(e) Should an Event (as defined below) occur, then, upon the SEC has no further comments occurrence of such Event, and on every monthly anniversary thereof until the Registration Statement, whichever applicable Event is earlier (the “Effectiveness Deadline”) and shall cause such Registration Statement to remain effective until such time as all Registrable Securities have been sold or are otherwise freely tradable without registration under the Act (the “Expiration Date”). If a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities is not filed with the SEC on or prior to the Filing Deadline, or not effective with the SEC prior to the Effectiveness Deadlinecured, the Company will make payments shall pay to Sellereach Investor an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, in an amount equal to one percent (1.0% %) of the aggregate Purchase Price purchase price paid to by such Investor for the Seller under this Agreement for each thirty (30)-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the Filing Deadline or Effectiveness Deadline, as applicable, for which no Registration Statement is filed with respect to the Registrable Securities; provided that in no event shall the aggregate liquidated damages paid pursuant to this Section 8.4(b) exceed 5.0% of the aggregate Purchase Price paid to the Seller Securities purchased under this Agreement. Such payments shall constitute the Seller’s exclusive monetary remedy for such events, but shall not affect the right of the Seller to seek injunctive relief. Such payments shall be made to Seller in cash or shares of capital stock of the same class as the Shares no later than five (5) business days after the end of each thirty (30)-day period, at Company’s option. Any such additional shares shall be included in the Registration Statement and as part of the Shares. Company understands that an effective registration statement is required to enable Seller to complete the liquidation. Company’s registration obligation may be accomplished by an earlier filed registration statement that has the same effect with respect to the distribution of the Shares as part of the liquidation as the Registration Statement would have and provided that such distribution is made in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Seller.
(b) In connection with the foregoing, Company will:
(i) Prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities and use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become and remain effective.
(ii) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Act with respect to the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities whenever the Seller of such securities shall desire to sell the same.
(iii) Furnish to the Seller such number of copies of a summary prospectus or other prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Act, and such other documents, as the Seller may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale of the Registrable Securities owned by the Seller.
(iv) Register or qualify the Registrable Securities under applicable blue sky laws, and do such other reasonable acts and things as may be required in jurisdictions to which such blue sky laws apply; provided, however, that the Company total amount of payments pursuant to this Section 5.1(e) shall not exceed, when aggregated with all such payments paid to all Investors under this Section 5.1(e), five percent (5%) of the aggregate purchase price of the Securities purchased pursuant to this Agreement. The payments to which an Investor shall be obligated entitled pursuant to file any general consent this Section 5.1(e) are referred to service of process or qualify herein as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction. Provided, however, “Event Payments.” Any Event Payments payable pursuant to the extent that any states follow a 'merit review' standard, no registration or qualification terms hereof shall be required in those states.
(v) Furnish at the request of the Seller, on the date that the Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities becomes effective, an opinion, dated as of such date, of the independent counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, addressed to the Seller stating that such Registration Statement has become effective under the Act and that, to the best knowledge of such counsel, made no stop order suspending the effectiveness thereof has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated under the Act.
(vi) Use reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, if such an order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible time and to notify the Seller of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof.
(vii) Furnish to the Seller, two trading days after the date that any Registration Statement becomes effective or after a stop order has been lifted, a letter, dated such date, of outside counsel representing the Company, addressed to the Seller, confirming the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and, to the knowledge of such counsel, the absence of any stop order.
(viii) Provide to the Seller and its representatives, if requested, the opportunity to conduct a reasonable inquiry of the Company’s financial and other records during normal business hours and make available its officers, directors and employees for questions regarding information which the Seller may reasonably request in order to fulfill any due diligence obligation on its part; provided that in the case of this clause (viii), the Company shall not be required to provide, and shall not provide, the Seller with material, non-public information unless the Seller agrees to receive such information and enters into an agreement to keep such material, nonpublic information confidential and refrain from trading in any Company security for so long as such information remains material, nonpublic information.
(c) All of the expenses incurred in complying with the foregoing, including, without limitation, all registration and filing fees (including all expenses incident to filing with the FINRA), printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, expenses of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration and expenses of complying with the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdictions, but excluding brokerage or underwriting fees or commissions, shall be paid by the Company.
(d) The Company shall furnish to the Seller, not less later than three (3) days Business Days following the occurrence of the Event or on the monthly anniversary of such Event and shall apply on a pro rated basis for any portion of a month prior to the filing cure of an Event. In the event the Company fails to make Event Payments in a timely manner, such Event Payments shall bear interest at the rate of one percent (1.0%) per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full. All pro rated calculations made pursuant to this paragraph shall be based upon the actual number of days in such pro rated month. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum payment to an Investor associated with all Events in the aggregate shall not exceed (i) in any 30-day period, an aggregate of 1.0% of the purchase price paid by such Investor for its Securities and (ii) 5.0% of the purchase price paid by such Investor for its Securities. For such purposes, each of the following shall constitute an “Event”: (i) the Registration Statement or any related prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed required to be incorporated therein filed by reference), copies of all such documents proposed Section 5.1(a) is not filed on or prior to the Filing Date; (ii) the Registration Statement required to be filed, which documents will be subject filed by Section 5.1(a) is not declared effective on or prior to the review Required Effectiveness Date; or (iii) the Registration Statement required to be effective ceases for any reason to be effective at any time prior to the expiration of the Seller. its Effectiveness Period for more than 20 consecutive Trading Days in any twelve month period.
(f) The Company shall reflect in each such document when so filed not, from the date hereof until the Effective Date of the Registration Statement, prepare and file with the SEC such comments a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than any registration statement or post-effective amendment to a registration statement (or supplement thereto) relating to the Seller and its plan of distribution of the Registrable Securities as the Seller may reasonable proposeCompany’s employee benefit plans registered on Form S-8.
(ig) Each document filed or Neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Investors in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in the Registration Statement required to be filed with under Section 5.1(a) other than the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in any Registration Statement complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act, (ii) each part of each Registration Statement, when such part shall become effective, will not contain, and each such part, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any 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 not misleading, (iii) each Registration Statement will not contain any 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 not misleading, (iv) each Registration Statement and prospectus, as may be amended or supplemented, will comply in all material respects with the Act, and (v) each prospectus, as may be amended or supplemented, will not, at the time of each sale of the Shares by the Seller, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph will not apply to statements or omissions in any Registration Statement or prospectus based upon information relating to the Seller furnished to the Company in writing by the Seller expressly for use thereinRegistrable Securities.
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