Required Suspension Period. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall have the right but not the obligation to defer the filing of (but not the preparation of) or seeking of effectiveness of, or suspend the use by the Common Investors of (including requiring the Common Investors to suspend any offerings or sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to), any Shelf Registration Statement for a period of up to 120 days: (i) if an event occurs as a result of which the Shelf Registration Statement and any related prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Shelf Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement any related prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder; (ii) if the Company believes that any such registration or offering (A) should not be undertaken because it would reasonably be expected to materially interfere with any material corporate development or plan of the Company or (B) would require the Company, under applicable securities Laws and other Laws, to make disclosure of material nonpublic information that would not otherwise be required to be disclosed at that time and the Company believes in good faith that such disclosures at that time would not be in the Company’s best interests; provided that this exception (B) shall continue to apply only during the time that such material nonpublic information has not been disclosed and remains material; or (iii) upon issuance by the SEC of a stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement with respect to Registrable Securities or the initiation of Legal Proceedings with respect to such Shelf Registration Statement under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act; any such period contemplated by clauses (i) to (iii) of this Section 6.2(a), a “Suspension Period”. (b) In no event shall the Company declare a Suspension Period more than two times in any 12-month period or for more than an aggregate of 120 days in any 12-month period. The Company shall give immediate written notice to the Common Investors of its declaration of a Suspension Period and of the expiration of the relevant Suspension Period. The Common Investors shall keep the information contained in such notice confidential subject to the same terms set forth in Section 6.5.
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Samples: Common Stock Purchase Agreement (Centerpoint Energy Inc), Common Stock Purchase Agreement (Centerpoint Energy Inc), Common Stock Purchase Agreement (Centerpoint Energy Inc)
Required Suspension Period. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall have the right but not the obligation to defer the filing of (but not the preparation of) or seeking of effectiveness of, or suspend the use by the Common Preferred Investors of (including requiring the Common Preferred Investors to suspend any offerings or sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to), any Shelf Registration Statement for a period of up to 120 days:days:
(i) if an event occurs as a result of which the Shelf Registration Statement and any related prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Shelf Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement any related prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder;
(ii) if the Company believes that any such registration or offering offering
(A) should not be undertaken because it would reasonably be expected to materially interfere with any material corporate development or plan of the Company or or
(B) would require the Company, under applicable securities Laws and other Laws, to make disclosure of material nonpublic information that would not otherwise be required to be disclosed at that time and the Company believes in good faith that such disclosures at that time would not be in the Company’s best interests; provided that this exception (B) shall continue to apply only during the time that such material nonpublic information has not been disclosed and remains material; or
(iii) upon issuance by the SEC of a stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement with respect to Registrable Securities or the initiation of Legal Proceedings with respect to such Shelf Registration Statement under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act; Act; any such period contemplated by clauses (i) to (iii) of this Section 6.2(a6.3(a), a “Suspension Period”.
(b) ). In no event shall the Company declare a Suspension Period more than two times in any 12-month period or for more than an aggregate of 120 days in any 12-month period. The Company shall give immediate written notice to the Common Preferred Investors of its declaration of a Suspension Period and of the expiration of the relevant Suspension Period. The Common Preferred Investors shall keep the information contained in such notice confidential subject to the same terms set forth in Section 6.56.6 of this Agreement. If the Company defers any registration of Registrable Securities in response to a Shelf Takedown Request or requires the Preferred Investors to suspend any Underwritten Public Offering, the Preferred Investors shall be entitled during the Suspension Period to withdraw their request for the Registration of Registrable Securities and, if such request is withdrawn, such request shall not be considered a Shelf Takedown Request for purposes of Section 6.2 and the Company shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection therewith in accordance with Section 6.7.
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Samples: Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement
Required Suspension Period. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall have the right but not the obligation to defer the filing of (but not the preparation of) or seeking of effectiveness of, or suspend the use by the Common Investors of (including requiring the Common Investors to suspend any offerings or sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to), any Shelf Registration Statement for a period of up to 120 days:days:
(i) if an event occurs as a result of which the Shelf Registration Statement and any related prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Shelf Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement any related prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder;
(ii) if the Company believes that any such registration or offering offering
(A) should not be undertaken because it would reasonably be expected to materially interfere with any material corporate development or plan of the Company or (B) would require the Company, under applicable securities Laws and other Laws, to make disclosure of material nonpublic information that would not otherwise be required to be disclosed at that time and the Company believes in good faith that such disclosures at that time would not be in the Company’s best interests; provided that this exception (B) shall continue to apply only during the time that such material nonpublic information has not been disclosed and remains material; or
(iii) upon issuance by the SEC of a stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement with respect to Registrable Securities or the initiation of Legal Proceedings with respect to such Shelf Registration Statement under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act; any such period contemplated by clauses (i) to (iii) of this Section 6.2(a), a “Suspension Period”.
(b) . In no event shall the Company declare a Suspension Period more than two times in any 12-month period or for more than an aggregate of 120 days in any 12-month period. The Company shall give immediate written notice to the Common Investors of its declaration of a Suspension Period and of the expiration of the relevant Suspension Period. The Common Investors shall keep the information contained in such notice confidential subject to the same terms set forth in Section 6.5.
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Samples: Common Stock Purchase Agreement, Common Stock Purchase Agreement
Required Suspension Period. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall have the right but not the obligation to defer the filing of (but not the preparation of) or seeking of effectiveness of, or suspend the use by the Common Preferred Investors of (including requiring the Common Preferred Investors to suspend any offerings or sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to), any Shelf Registration Statement for a period of up to 120 days:
(i) if an event occurs as a result of which the Shelf Registration Statement and any related prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Shelf Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement any related prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder;
(ii) if the Company believes that any such registration or offering (A) should not be undertaken because it would reasonably be expected to materially interfere with any material corporate development or plan of the Company or (B) would require the Company, under applicable securities Laws and other Laws, to make disclosure of material nonpublic information that would not otherwise be required to be disclosed at that time and the Company believes in good faith that such disclosures at that time would not be in the Company’s best interests; provided that this exception (B) shall continue to apply only during the time that such material nonpublic information has not been disclosed and remains material; or
(iii) upon issuance by the SEC of a stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement with respect to Registrable Securities or the initiation of Legal Proceedings with respect to such Shelf Registration Statement under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act; any such period contemplated by clauses (i) to (iii) of this Section 6.2(a6.3(a), a “Suspension Period”).
(b) In no event shall the Company declare a Suspension Period more than two times in any 12-month period or for more than an aggregate of 120 days in any 12-month period. The Company shall give immediate written notice to the Common Preferred Investors of its declaration of a Suspension Period and of the expiration of the relevant Suspension Period. The Common Preferred Investors shall keep the information contained in such notice confidential subject to the same terms set forth in Section 6.56.6 of this Agreement. If the Company defers any registration of Registrable Securities in response to a Shelf Takedown Request or requires the Preferred Investors to suspend any Underwritten Public Offering, the Preferred Investors shall be entitled during the Suspension Period to withdraw their request for the Registration of Registrable Securities and, if such request is withdrawn, such request shall not be considered a Shelf Takedown Request for purposes of Section 6.2 and the Company shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection therewith in accordance with Section 6.7.
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Samples: Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Centerpoint Energy Inc), Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Centerpoint Energy Inc)
Required Suspension Period. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall have the right but not the obligation to defer the filing of (but not the preparation of) or seeking of effectiveness of, or suspend the use by the Common Investors of (including requiring the Common Investors to suspend any offerings or sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to), any Shelf Registration Statement for a period of up to 120 days:days:
(i) if an event occurs as a result of which the Shelf Registration Statement and any related prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Shelf Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement any related prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder;
(ii) if the Company believes that any such registration or offering offering
(A) should not be undertaken because it would reasonably be expected to materially interfere with any material corporate development or plan of the Company or or
(B) would require the Company, under applicable securities Laws and other Laws, to make disclosure of material nonpublic information that would not otherwise be required to be disclosed at that time and the Company believes in good faith that such disclosures at that time would not be in the Company’s best interests; provided that this exception (B) shall continue to apply only during the time that such material nonpublic information has not been disclosed and remains material; or
(iii) upon issuance by the SEC of a stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement with respect to Registrable Securities or the initiation of Legal Proceedings with respect to such Shelf Registration Statement under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act; any such period contemplated by clauses (i) to (iii) of this Section 6.2(a), a “Suspension Period”.
(b) . In no event shall the Company declare a Suspension Period more than two times in any 12-month period or for more than an aggregate of 120 days in any 12-month period. The Company shall give immediate written notice to the Common Investors of its declaration of a Suspension Period and of the expiration of the relevant Suspension Period. The Common Investors shall keep the information contained in such notice confidential subject to the same terms set forth in Section 6.5.
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Samples: Common Stock Purchase Agreement
Required Suspension Period. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall have the right but not the obligation to defer the filing of (but not the preparation of) or seeking of effectiveness of), or suspend the use by the Common Investors of (including requiring the Common Investors to suspend any offerings or sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to)of, any Shelf Registration Statement for a period of up to 120 45 days:
(i) if an event occurs as a result of which the Shelf Registration Statement and any related prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Shelf Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement any related prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder;
(ii) upon issuance by the SEC of a stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement with respect to Registrable Securities or the initiation of Legal Proceedings with respect to such Shelf Registration Statement under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act;
(iii) if the Company believes that any such registration or offering (A) should not be undertaken because it would reasonably be expected to materially interfere with any material corporate development or plan of the Company or (B) would require the Company, under applicable securities Laws and other Laws, to make disclosure of material nonpublic information MNPI that would not otherwise be required to be disclosed at that time and the Company believes in good faith that such disclosures at that time would not be in the Company’s best interests; provided that this exception (B) shall continue to apply only during the time that such material nonpublic information MNPI has not been disclosed and remains material;
(iv) if the Company elects at such time to offer equity securities of the Company to (A) fund a merger, third-party tender offer or other business combination, acquisition of assets or similar transaction or (B) meet rating agency and other capital funding requirements; or
(iiiv) upon issuance by if the SEC Company is pursuing a primary underwritten offering of Common Stock pursuant to a stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement with respect to Registrable Securities or the initiation of Legal Proceedings with respect to such Shelf Registration Statement under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act; (any such period contemplated by clauses (i) to (iiii)-(v) of this Section 6.2(a6.3(a), a “Suspension Period”.);
(b) In no event shall the Company declare a Suspension Period more than two four times in any 12-month period or for more than an aggregate of 120 75 days in any 12-month period. The Company shall give immediate written notice to the Common Investors of its declaration of a Suspension Period and of the expiration of the relevant Suspension Period. The Common Investors shall keep the information contained in such notice confidential subject to the same terms set forth in Section 6.5.
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Required Suspension Period. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall have the right but not the obligation to defer the filing of (but not the preparation of) or seeking of effectiveness of), or suspend the use by the Common Investors of (including requiring the Common Investors to suspend any offerings or sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to)of, any Shelf Registration Statement for a period of up to 120 90 days:
(i) if an event occurs as a result of which the Shelf Registration Statement and any related prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Shelf Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement any related prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder;
(ii) upon issuance by the SEC of a stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement with respect to Registrable Securities or the initiation of Legal Proceedings with respect to such Shelf Registration Statement under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act;
(iii) if the Company believes that any such registration or offering (A) should not be undertaken because it would reasonably be expected to materially interfere with any material corporate development or plan of the Company or (B) would require the Company, under applicable securities Laws and other Laws, to make disclosure of material nonpublic information that would not otherwise be required to be disclosed at that time and the Company believes in good faith that such disclosures at that time would not be in the Company’s best interests; provided that this exception (B) shall continue to apply only during the time that such material nonpublic information has not been disclosed and remains material;
(iv) if the Company elects at such time to offer equity securities of the Company to (A) fund a merger, third-party tender offer or other business combination, acquisition of assets or similar transaction or (B) meet rating agency and other capital funding requirements; or
(iiiv) upon issuance by if the SEC Company is pursuing a primary underwritten offering of Common Stock pursuant to a stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement with respect to Registrable Securities or the initiation of Legal Proceedings with respect to such Shelf Registration Statement under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act; (any such period contemplated by clauses (i) to (iiii)-(v) of this Section 6.2(a6.3(a), a “Suspension Period”.);
(b) In no event shall the Company declare a Suspension Period more than two three times in any 12twelve-month period or for more than an aggregate of 120 90 days in any 12twelve-month period. The Company shall give immediate written notice to the Common Investors of its declaration of a Suspension Period and of the expiration of the relevant Suspension Period. The Common Investors shall keep the information contained in such notice confidential subject to the same terms set forth in Section 6.5.
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Samples: Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Firstenergy Corp)
Required Suspension Period. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall have the right but not the obligation to defer the filing of (but not the preparation of) or seeking of effectiveness of), or suspend the use by the Common Investors of (including requiring the Common Investors to suspend any offerings or sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to)Investor of, any Shelf Registration Statement for a period of up to 120 forty-five (45) days:
(i) if an event occurs as a result of which the Shelf Registration Statement and any related prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made made, at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Shelf Registration Statement, file a new registration statement Registration Statement or supplement any related prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder;
(ii) upon issuance by the SEC of a stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement with respect to Registrable Securities or the initiation of Legal Proceedings with respect to such Shelf Registration Statement under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act;
(iii) if the Company believes that any such registration or offering (A) should not be undertaken because it would reasonably be expected to materially interfere with any material corporate development or plan of the Company or (B) would require the Company, under applicable securities Laws and other Laws, to make disclosure of material nonpublic information MNPI that would not otherwise be required to be disclosed at that time and the Company believes in good faith that such disclosures at that time would not be in the Company’s best interests; provided provided, that this exception (B) shall continue to apply only during the time that such material nonpublic information MNPI has not been disclosed and remains material;
(iv) if the Company elects at such time to offer equity securities of the Company to fund a merger, third-party tender offer or other business combination, acquisition of assets or similar transaction; or
(iiiv) upon issuance by if the SEC Company is pursuing a primary underwritten offering of Common Stock pursuant to a stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement with respect to Registrable Securities or the initiation of Legal Proceedings with respect to such Shelf Registration Statement under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act; (any such period contemplated by clauses (i) to through (iiiv) of this Section 6.2(a8.3(a), a “Suspension Period”.);
(b) In no event shall the Company declare a Suspension Period more than two four (4) times in any 12-month twelve (12)-month period or for more than an aggregate of 120 seventy-five (75) days in any 12-month twelve (12)-month period. The Company shall give immediate written notice to the Common Investors Investor of its declaration of a Suspension Period and of the expiration of the relevant Suspension Period. The Common Investors shall keep the information contained in such notice confidential subject to the same terms set forth in Section 6.5.
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