REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Exhibit 4.1
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of April 9, 2019, by and between Ring Energy, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and Wishbone Energy Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Investor”).
WHEREAS, in connection with that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of February 25, 2019, by and between the Company, as Buyer, and Investor and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Wishbone Texas Operating Company LLC and WB WaterWorks, LLC, as Sellers (the “Purchase Agreement”), the Company has agreed to issue and sell to the Investor, as a portion of the consideration for the purchase of the Assets (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), certain shares (the “Shares”) of restricted common stock, par value $0.001, of the Company (the “Common Stock”); and
WHEREAS, the Purchase Agreement provides for the entry into this Agreement by the Company and the Investor.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Advice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(c).
“Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Automatic Shelf Registration Statement” means an “Automatic Shelf Registration Statement,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of business.
“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Filing Deadline” means, with respect to the initial Registration Statement required hereunder or any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 3(c), the tenth (10th) calendar day following the Closing Date; provided, however, that if such date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or other day that the Commission is closed for business, the Filing Deadline shall be extended to the next business day on which the Commission is open for business.
“FINRA” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(h).
“Holder” or “Holders” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities, including the Investor and, as applicable, any Permitted Transferee.
“Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c).
“Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c).
“Initial Registration Statement” means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement.
“Investor” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
“OTCBB” means the OTC Bulletin Board, a regulated quotation service that displays the real-time quotes, last sale prices and volume information of the Common Stock, referred to as “over-the counter.” An over-the-counter security is not listed or traded on an exchange.
“Permitted Transferee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(g).
“Person” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
“Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
“Piggyback Registration Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
“Piggyback Registration Request” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
“Principal Trading Market” means the Trading Market, if any, on which the Common Stock is primarily listed on and quoted for trading. As of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, the Common Stock is listed on the NYSE American.
“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation, or proceeding (including, without limitation, an informal investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
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“Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.
“Registrable Securities” means (a) all Shares and (b) any securities issued or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization, or similar event with respect to the foregoing; provided, however, that any such Registrable Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (and the Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of any, or file another, Registration Statement hereunder with respect thereto) for so long as: (i) they have been effectively registered under Section 5 of the Securities Act and disposed of pursuant to an effective Registration Statement; or (ii) such Registrable Securities can be freely sold and transferred without restriction and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144, as set forth in a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed, delivered and reasonably acceptable to the applicable transfer agent and the holders of such securities, or any other restrictions under the Securities Act; provided, however, that in the case of the preceding clause (ii) such Registrable Securities shall only cease to be Registrable Securities upon the earlier of the time (A) the then Holder of the Registrable Securities, together with its affiliates (as such term is defined in the Exchange Act), holds less than 2% of the then-outstanding Common Stock or (B) three (3) years from the date such Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission (provided that such three-year period shall be extended by a number of days equal to the number of days included in any period during which such Registration Statement may cease to be effective following the initial declaration of effectiveness by the Commission).
“Registration Statement” means the registration statement required to be filed hereunder and any additional registration statements contemplated by this Agreement that covers any of the Registrable Securities, including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.
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“SEC Guidance” means (a) any publicly available written or oral guidance, comments, requirements, or requests of the Commission staff and (b) the Securities Act.
“SEC Reports” means all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) thereof.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Selling Stockholder Questionnaire” means a questionnaire in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto, or such other form of questionnaire as may reasonably be adopted by the Company from time to time.
“Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“Trading Day” means (a) a day on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and traded on its Principal Market (other than the OTCBB); (b) if the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading Market (other than the OTCBB), a day on which the Common Stock is traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTCBB; or (c) if the Common Stock is not quoted on any Trading Market, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported in the “pink sheets” by Pink Sheets LLC (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided, that in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (a), (b), and (c) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.
“Trading Market” means whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE American, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or OTCBB on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.
“Underwritten Offering” means a registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter or underwriters on a firm commitment basis for reoffering to the public.
2. Shelf Registration.
(a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after the Closing Date, but no later than the Filing Deadline, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement (which Shelf Registration Statement shall be an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement if the Company is then eligible to file an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement) covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities that are not then registered on an effective Registration Statement 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 then ineligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on such other form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering) subject to the provisions of Section 2(d). Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause each Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, and shall use reasonable best efforts to keep each Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until such time as no Registrable Securities remain outstanding (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall telephonically request effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 5:00 p.m. New York City time on a Trading Day. The Company shall promptly notify the Holders via facsimile or by email delivery of a “.pdf” format data file of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement on the same Trading Day that the Company telephonically confirms effectiveness with the Commission, which shall be the date requested for effectiveness of a Registration Statement. The Company shall, on the Trading Day after the Effective Date, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424(b).
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(b) Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed Selling Stockholder Questionnaire not more than five (5) Trading Days following the date of this Agreement. Each Holder further agrees that it shall not be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement or use the Prospectus for offers and resales of Registrable Securities at any time, unless such Holder has returned to the Company a completed and signed Selling Stockholder Questionnaire. If a Holder of Registrable Securities returns a Selling Stockholder Questionnaire after the applicable deadline, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take such actions as are required to name such Holder as a selling security holder in the Registration Statement or any pre-effective or post-effective amendment thereto and to include (to the extent not theretofore included) in the Registration Statement the Registrable Securities identified in such late Selling Stockholder Questionnaire. Each Holder acknowledges and agrees that the information in the Selling Stockholder Questionnaire or request for further information as described in this Section 2(c) will be used by the Company in the preparation of the Registration Statement and hereby consents to the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement.
3. Registration Procedures. In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:
(a) Not less than five (5) Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement and not less than two (2) Trading Days prior to the filing of any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (except for Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and any similar or successor reports), (i) furnish to each Holder, copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of such Holder (it being acknowledged and agreed that if a Holder does not object to or comment on the aforementioned documents within such five (5) Trading Day or one (1) Trading Day period, as the case may be, then the Holder shall be deemed to have consented to and approved the use of such documents), and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent certified public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel to each Holder, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not file a Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities shall reasonably object in good faith, provided that the Company is notified of such objection in writing no later than three (3) Trading Days after the Holders have been so furnished copies of a Registration Statement or one (1) Trading Day after the Holders have been so furnished copies of any related Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto. For purposes of clarity, the opportunity of review by the Holders and their representatives set forth herein shall be on a one time basis only with respect to a particular filing, and shall not be construed to commence additional review periods or opportunities which may otherwise interfere with the Company’s ability to file any documents hereunder in a timely manner.
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(b) (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to each Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the Commission with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and, as promptly as reasonably possible, provide the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to such Registration Statement that pertains to the Holders as “Selling Stockholders” but not any comments that would result in the disclosure to the Holders of material and non-public information concerning the Company; and (iv) comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.
(c) If during the Effectiveness Period, the number of Registrable Securities at any time exceeds the number of shares of Common Stock then registered in a Registration Statement, then the Company shall file, as soon as reasonably practicable, an additional Registration Statement covering the resale by the Holders of not less than the number of such Registrable Securities.
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(d) Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as promptly as reasonably possible (and, in the case of (i)(A) below, not less than one (1) Trading Day prior to such filing) and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing no later than one (1) Trading Day following the day (i) (A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement is proposed to be filed; (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of such Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on such Registration Statement; and (C) with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose; (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or, in the case of a Prospectus, it will not 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, not misleading; and (vi) of the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes may be material and that, in the good faith determination of the Company, makes it not in the best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provided that any and all of such information shall remain confidential to each Holder until such information otherwise becomes public, unless disclosure by a Holder is required by law.
(e) Use reasonable best efforts to avoid the issuance of or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order stopping or suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.
(f) Furnish to such Holder, without charge, at least one (1) conformed copy of each Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person, and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission; provided, that the Company shall have no obligation to provide any document pursuant to this clause that is available on the Commission’s XXXXX system.
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(g) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after the giving of any notice pursuant to Section 3(d).
(h) The Company shall cooperate with any broker-dealer through which a Holder proposes to resell its Registrable Securities in effecting a filing with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Corporate Financing Department pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110, as requested by any such Holder.
(i) Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use reasonable best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the Registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, (ii) subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject, or (iii) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.
(j) Cause all Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement to be registered and approved by such other domestic governmental agencies or authorities, if any, as may be necessary to enable the Holders thereof to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.
(k) Prepare and file in a timely manner all documents and reports required by the Exchange Act throughout the Effectiveness Period.
(l) If requested by a Holder, cooperate with such Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement and under applicable law, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holder may request.
(m) List or include all Registrable Securities on the NYSE American and any other Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or included.
(n) Within one (1) business day after a Registration Statement which covers Registrable Securities is declared effective by the Commission, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities, a written opinion to the effect a Registration Statement covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the Commission and such Registrable Securities may be sold without legends regarding restrictions on transfer under the Securities Act.
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(o) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(d), as promptly as reasonably possible (taking into account the Company’s good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its stockholders of the premature disclosure of such event), prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to a Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, no Registration Statement will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and no Prospectus will include an 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. If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance with clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 3(d) above to suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 3(o) to suspend the availability of a Registration Statement and Prospectus, for a period not to exceed 30 consecutive calendar days but no more than 60 calendar days in the aggregate in any 12 month period.
(p) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission.
(q) The Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to (i) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and any Affiliate thereof, (ii) any FINRA affiliations, (iii) any natural persons who have the power to vote or dispose of the common stock, and (iv) any other information as may be requested by the Commission, FINRA, or any state securities commission.
(r) Make available upon reasonable notice at reasonable times and for reasonable periods for inspection by the Holders, by any underwriter participating in any disposition to be effected pursuant to such Registration Statement and by any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Holders or any such underwriter, all pertinent financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause all of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and the independent public accountants who have certified its financial statements to make themselves reasonably available to discuss the business of the Company and to supply all material information related to the Company’s business, financial condition and operations reasonably requested by any such Person in connection with such Registration Statement as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility; provided that any such Person gaining access to information regarding the Company pursuant to this Section 3(r) shall agree to hold in strict confidence and shall not make any disclosure or use any information regarding the Company that the Company determines in good faith to be confidential, and of which determination such Person is notified, unless (i) the release of such information is required (by deposition, interrogatory, requests for information or documents by a governmental entity, subpoena or similar process), (ii) such information is or becomes publicly known other than through a breach of this or any other agreement of which such Person has knowledge, (iii) such information is or becomes available to such Person on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or (iv) such information is independently developed by such Person.
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(s) The Company may require the Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to furnish such information regarding such Holder’s intended method of disposition of such Registrable Shares as it may from time to time reasonably request in writing. If any material information is not furnished within a commercially reasonable period of time after receipt of such request, the Company may exclude the Holder’s Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement; provided, however, the Company shall hold in confidence and not make any disclosure of information concerning the Holder provided to the Company unless: (i) disclosure of such information is necessary to comply with federal or state securities laws, (ii) the disclosure of such information is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration Statement, (iii) the release of such information is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction, regulatory agency or is required by applicable law, legal process or regulation, (iv) such information has been made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this or any other agreement (to the knowledge of the Company), or (v) the Holder consents to the form and content of any such disclosure.
4. Piggyback Registration.
(a) If at any time after the Closing Date the Company shall at any time propose to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of Common Stock (other than a registration statement on Form X-0, Xxxx X-0 or any successor forms thereto or filed solely in connection with an exchange offer or any employee benefit or dividend reinvestment plan), whether or not for its own account, then the Company shall promptly notify all Holders of such proposal reasonably in advance of (and in any event at least ten (10) Business Days, except if the registration statement will be a shelf registration statement, at least five (5) Business Days, before) the anticipated filing date (the “Piggyback Registration Notice”). The Piggyback Registration Notice shall offer Holders the opportunity to include for registration in such registration statement the number of Registrable Securities as they may request in writing (a “Piggyback Registration”). The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to include in each such Piggyback Registration such Registrable Securities for which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein (“Piggyback Registration Request”) within three (3) Business Days or, if the Piggyback Registration will be on a shelf registration statement, within two (2) Business Days, after sending the Piggyback Registration Notice. If the Registration Statement that is the subject of the Piggyback Registration relates solely to an Underwritten Offering, then each Holder making a request for a Piggyback Registration pursuant to this Section 4(a) must, and the Company shall make such arrangements with the managing underwriter or underwriters so that each such Holder may, participate in such Underwritten Offering. If the offering pursuant to such Registration Statement is to be on any basis other than solely an Underwritten Offering, then each Holder making a request for a Piggyback Registration pursuant to this Section 4(a) must, and the Company shall make such arrangements so that each such Holder may, participate in such offering on such basis. Each Holder shall be permitted to withdraw all or part of their respective Registrable Securities from a Piggyback Registration by giving written notice to Parent of its request to withdraw; provided that (A) such request must be made in writing prior to the effectiveness of such registration statement and (B) such withdrawal shall be irrevocable and, after making such withdrawal, a Holder shall no longer have any right to include Registrable Securities in the Piggyback Registration as to which such withdrawal was made. Any withdrawing Holder shall continue to have the right to include any Registrable Securities in any subsequent registration statement or registration statements as may be filed by the Company with respect to offerings of Common Stock, all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration initiated by it under this Section 4 at any time in its sole discretion whether or not any Holder has elected to include Registrable Securities in such Registration Statement. The registration expenses of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Section 6 hereof.
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(b) If the managing underwriter or underwriters of any proposed Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities included in a Piggyback Registration informs the Company and the Holders in writing that, in its or their opinion, the number of securities which such Holders and any other Persons intend to include in such offering exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering without being likely to have a significant adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the securities offered or the market for the securities offered, then the securities to be included in such registration shall be (i) first, to the Company, and (ii) second, if there remains availability for additional shares of Common Stock to be included in such Underwritten Offering, pro rata among all Holders requesting Piggyback Registration based on the relative number of Registrable Securities then held by each such Holder.
5. Underwritten Offerings.
(a) If requested by the underwriters for any Underwritten Offering, the Company shall enter into an underwriting agreement with such underwriters for such offering, such agreement to be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to the Company, the Holders participating in such Underwritten Offering and the underwriters, and to contain such representations and warranties by the Company and such other terms as are generally prevailing in agreements of that type. The Holders shall cooperate with the Company in the negotiation of such underwriting agreement and shall give consideration to the reasonable suggestions of the Company regarding the form thereof. Such Holders shall be parties to such underwriting agreement, which underwriting agreement shall (i) contain such representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the Company to and for the benefit of such Holders as are customarily made by issuers to selling stockholders in secondary underwritten public offerings and (ii) provide that any or all of the conditions precedent to the obligations of such underwriters under such underwriting agreement also shall be conditions precedent to the obligations of such Holders.
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(b) If the Company proposes to register any of its securities under the Securities Act as contemplated by Section 4 and such securities are to be distributed in an Underwritten Offering through one or more underwriters, the Company shall, if requested by any Holder pursuant to Section 4(a) and subject to the provisions of Section 4(b), use its commercially reasonable efforts to arrange for such underwriters to include on the same terms and conditions that apply to the other sellers in such registration all the Registrable Securities to be offered and sold by such Holder among the securities of the Company to be distributed by such underwriters in such registration. The Holders participating in such registration shall be parties to the underwriting agreement between the Company and such underwriters, which underwriting agreement shall (i) contain such representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the Company to and for the benefit of such Holders as are customarily made by issuers to selling stockholders in secondary underwritten public offerings and (ii) provide that any or all of the conditions precedent to the obligations of such underwriters under such underwriting agreement also shall be conditions precedent to the obligations of such Holders.
(c) Subject to the provisions of Section 5(a) and (b), no Person may participate in any Underwritten Offering hereunder unless such Person (i) agrees to sell such Person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, lock-up agreements, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements; provided, however, that no Holder participating in an Underwritten Offering shall be required to make any representations or warranties in connection with any such Underwritten Offering other than representations and warranties as to such Holder’s ownership of his or its Registrable Securities to be sold or transferred free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances, such Holder’s power and authority to effect such transfer and such matters pertaining to compliance with securities laws as may be reasonably requested, and no Holder participating in an Underwritten Offering shall be required to undertake any indemnification obligations to the Company or the underwriters with respect thereto except as otherwise provided in Section 7.
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6. Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement (excluding any underwriting discounts and selling commissions applicable to the sale of Registrable Securities for any Holder) shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, (A) with respect to filings made with the Commission, (B) with respect to filings required to be made with the Principal Trading Market, or any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then quoted or listed for trading, and (C) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities), (iii) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (iv) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (v) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the quotation or listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) any underwriting, broker or similar fees, discounts or commissions (or fees of similar securities industry professionals) relating to any Holder’s Registrable Securities, (B) any transfer taxes relating to the disposition of such Registrable Securities by such Holder, and (C) any fees and expenses of counsel for such Holder and other Persons retained by such Holder will be payable by such Holder, and the Company will have no obligation to pay any such amounts.
7. Indemnification.
(a) The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify, defend, and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, agents, partners, members, managers, stockholders, brokers, affiliates, and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, partners, members, managers, stockholders, agents, and employees (and any other Persons with a functionally equivalent role of a Person holding such titles, notwithstanding a lack of such title or any other title) of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable costs of preparation and investigation and reasonable attorneys’ fees), and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, that arise out of or relate to (i) (A) in the case of any Registration Statement, any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained therein or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (B) in the case of any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included therein or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (A) such untrue statements or omissions are based upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder specifically for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and approved in writing by such Holder for use in a Registration Statement, such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (B) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and following the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 8(c). The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware.
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(b) Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents, and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based upon: (x) such Holder’s failure to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act or (y) (A) in the case of any Registration Statement, any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained therein or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (B) in the case of any Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included therein or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained or included, as applicable, in any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus, (ii) to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and approved in writing by such Holder for use in a Registration Statement, such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and following the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 8(c).
(c) If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have materially and adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party.
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(d) Subject to the provisions hereinafter stated, in case any such action shall be brought against an Indemnified Party, an Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party); provided, that the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all Indemnified Parties. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.
(e) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section 7) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within ten (10) Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party; provided, that the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is finally judicially determined to not be entitled to indemnification hereunder). The failure to deliver written notice to the Indemnifying Party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such Indemnifying Party of any liability to the Indemnified Party under this Section 7, except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is materially and adversely prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.
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(f) If the indemnification under Section 7(a) or 7(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other reasonable fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in accordance with its terms.
The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7(f) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7(f), (A) no Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and (B) no contribution will be made under circumstances where the maker of such contribution would not have been required to indemnify the Indemnified Party under the fault standards set forth in this Section 7. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7 are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties and are not in diminution or limitation of the indemnification provisions under the Purchase Agreement.
8. Miscellaneous.
(a) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and each Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any Losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.
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(b) Compliance. Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.
(c) Discontinued Disposition. By its acquisition of Registrable Securities, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(d)(iii) through (vi), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable.
(d) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Holders. If a Registration Statement does not register all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a waiver or amendment done in compliance with the previous sentence, then the number of Registrable Securities to be registered for each Holder shall be reduced pro rata among all Holders, and each Holder shall have the right to designate which of its Registrable Securities shall be omitted from such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of some Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 8(d).
(e) Termination. This Agreement and the obligations of the Company and the Holder hereunder (other than Section 7) shall terminate on the first date on which no Registrable Securities remain outstanding.
(f) Notices. All notices and communications required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally, or sent by bonded overnight courier, or mailed by U.S. Express Mail or by certified or registered United States Mail with all postage fully prepaid, or sent by email transmission (provided that a receipt of such email is requested and received), addressed to the Company or the Investor, at the addresses as shown in the Purchase Agreement, and to any other Holder, at the address as shown in an Instrument of Adherence, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B. Any notice given in accordance herewith shall be deemed to have been given only when delivered to the addressee in person, or by courier, or transmitted by email transmission during normal business hours on a Business Day (or if delivered or transmitted after normal business hours on a Business Day or on a day other than a Business Day, then on the next Business Day), or upon actual receipt by the addressee during normal business hours on a Business Day after such notice has either been delivered to an overnight courier or deposited in the United States Mail, as the case may be (or if delivered after normal business hours on a Business Day or on a day other than a Business Day, then on the next Business Day). The Parties may change the address and the email address to which such communications are to be addressed by giving written notice to the other Parties in the manner provided in this Section 8(f).
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(g) Transfers of Registration Rights. None of the rights of any Holder under this Agreement shall be transferred or assigned to any Person; provided, however, that any Holder may transfer or assign its rights to a Person if such Person agrees to become a party to, and bound by, all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement by duly executing and delivering to the Company an Instrument of Adherence in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto (each, a “Permitted Transferee”).
(h) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, devisees, legatees, legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.
(i) Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by email delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.
(j) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to any conflicts of law rule or principle that might require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.
(k) Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.
(l) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant, or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void, or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants, and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired, or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant, or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants, and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void, or unenforceable.
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(m) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of the Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.
(n) Independent Nature of Holders’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder hereunder, and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Holder shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
(o) Rule 144. The Company covenants that it will file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder (or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the reasonable request of the Holders, make publicly available such necessary information for so long as necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act), and it will take such further action as the Holders may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable the Holders to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (i) Rule 144, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or (ii) any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the reasonable request of a Holder, the Company will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements and, if not, the specifics thereof.
(p) Opt-Out Notices. Any Holder may deliver written notice (an “Opt-Out Notice”) to the Company requesting that such Holder not receive notice from the Company of the proposed filing of any Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2 or Section 4 or any proposed Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 5; provided, however, that such Holder may later revoke any such Opt-Out Notice in writing. Following receipt of an Opt-Out Notice from a Holder (unless subsequently revoked), (i) the Company shall not deliver any such notice to such Holder and such Holder shall no longer be entitled to the rights associated with any such notice.
(q) No Inconsistent Agreements; Additional Rights. The Company has not previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to any of its securities to any Person, other than the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2018, by and between the Company and Tessara Petroleum Resources, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. The Company shall not hereafter enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent in any material respect with, or superior to, the registration rights granted to the Holders by this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other rights and remedies the Holders may have in respect of the Company or such other party pursuant to this Agreement, if the Company enters into any future registration rights or similar agreement with respect to any of its securities that contains provisions that violate the preceding sentence, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall immediately be deemed to have been amended without further action by the Company or any of the Holders of Registrable Shares so that such Holders of such Registrable Shares shall each be entitled to the benefit of any such more favorable or less restrictive terms or conditions, as the case may be.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
| COMPANY: | ||
| RING ENERGY, INC. | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
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| INVESTOR: | ||
| Wishbone Energy Partners, LLC | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | H. Xxxxx Xxxxx | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer and President | |
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EXHIBIT A
SELLING STOCKHOLDER NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE
The undersigned acknowledges that it is a beneficial owner of securities of Ring Energy, Inc. (the “Company”). The undersigned understands that, pursuant to the terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement between the Company and Wishbone Energy Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Wishbone Texas Operating Company LLC, a Texas limited liability company, and WB WaterWorks, LLC, a Texas limited liability company and the related Registration Rights Agreement, it will be named as a selling stockholder in the prospectus that forms a part of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”). The Registration Statement registers for resale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the securities the undersigned beneficially owns that are disclosed in response to Question 3(b) of this Questionnaire (the “Registrable Securities”). The Company will use the information that the undersigned provides in this Questionnaire to ensure the accuracy of the Registration Statement and the prospectus, as supplemented.
Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of securities to registered under the Registration Statement are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
NOTICE
The undersigned holder (the “Selling Stockholder”) of Registrable Securities hereby gives notice to the Company of its intention to sell or otherwise dispose of Registrable Securities owned by it and listed below in Item (3), unless otherwise specified in Item (3), pursuant to the Registration Statement.
The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that (i) by completing, dating, executing and returning this Questionnaire to the Company, it is giving written notice to the Company of its desire to have the securities disclosed in response to Question 3(b) of this Questionnaire included in the Registration Statement and (ii) it will be bound by the terms and conditions of this Notice and Questionnaire and the Agreement.
The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate and complete:
QUESTIONNAIRE
| 1. | Name. |
| (a) | Full Legal Name of Selling Stockholder: |
| (b) | Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities Listed in Item 3 below are held: |
| (c) | Full Legal Name of the natural person(s) who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by the questionnaire: |
2. Contact Information. Provide the address, telephone number, fax number and email address of the selling securityholder.
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3. Ownership of the Company’s Securities. This question covers beneficial ownership of the Company’s securities. Please see below for information as to the meaning of “beneficial ownership.” State (a) the number of shares of the Company’s common stock (including any shares issuable upon exercise of warrants or other convertible securities) that the selling securityholder beneficially owned as of the date this Questionnaire is signed and (b) the number of such shares of the Company’s common stock that the selling securityholder wishes to have registered for resale in the Registration Statement:
| (a) | Number of shares of common stock and other equity securities owned: |
| (b) | Number of shares of common stock and other equity securities owned to be registered for resale in the Registration Statement: |
A “Beneficial Owner” of a security includes any person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise has or shares: (a) Voting power which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such security; and/or (b) Investment power which includes the power to dispose, or direct the disposition of, such security. Please note that either voting power or investment power, or both, is sufficient for you to be considered the beneficial owner of shares.
Any person who, directly or indirectly, creates or uses a trust, proxy, power of attorney, pooling arrangement or any other contract, arrangement or device with the purpose or effect of divesting such person of beneficial ownership of a security or preventing the vesting of such beneficial ownership as part of a plan or scheme to evade the reporting requirements of the federal securities acts shall be deemed to be the beneficial owner of such security.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person is deemed to be the “beneficial owner” of a security if that person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership of such security within 60 days, including but not limited to any right to acquire: (a) through the exercise of any option, warrant or right; (b) through the conversion of a security; (c) pursuant to the power to revoke a trust, discretionary account or similar arrangement; or (d) pursuant to the automatic termination of a trust, discretionary account or similar arrangement; provided, however, any person who acquires a security or power specified in (a), (b) or (c) above, with the purpose or effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer, or in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect, immediately upon such acquisition shall be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the securities which may be acquired through the exercise or conversion of such security or power.
4. Acquisition of Shares. If the selling securityholder did not acquire the securities to be sold directly from the Company, please describe below the manner in which the securities were acquired including, but not limited to, the date, the name and address of the seller(s), the purchase price and pursuant to which documents (the “Acquisition Documents”) and please forward such documents as provided below.
| 5. | Broker-Dealer Status: |
| (a) | Are you a broker-dealer? |
Yes ¨ No ¨
| (b) | If “yes” to Section 5(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company? |
Yes ¨ No ¨
| (c) | Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer? |
Yes ¨ No ¨
| Note: | If yes, provide a narrative explanation below: |
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| (d) | If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you bought the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities? |
Yes ¨ No ¨
6. Relationships with the Company: Describe the nature of any position, office or other material relationship the selling securityholder has had with the Company during the past three years.
Except as set above, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.
7. Plan of Distribution. The undersigned has reviewed the proposed “Plan of Distribution” or “Underwriting” section in the Registration Statement or an applicable prospectus supplement and agrees that the statements contained therein reflect its intended method(s) of distribution or, to the extent these statements are inaccurate or incomplete, the undersigned has communicated in writing to one of the parties listed above its signature any changes to the proposed “Plan of Distribution” that are required to make these statements accurate and complete.
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8. Legal Proceedings with the Company. Is the Company a party to any pending legal proceeding in which the selling securityholder is named as an adverse party?
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9. Reliance on Responses. The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the Company and its legal counsel shall be entitled to rely on its responses in this Questionnaire in all matters pertaining to the Registration Statement and the sale of any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.
The undersigned hereby acknowledges and is advised of the SEC’s Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 239.10 regarding short selling:
An Issuer filed a Form S-3 registration statement for a secondary offering of common stock which is not yet effective. One of the selling shareholders wanted to do a short sale of common stock “against the box” and cover the short sale with registered shares after the effective date. The issuer was advised that the short sale could not be made before the registration statement become effective, because the shares underlying the short sale are deemed to be sold at the time such sale is made. There would, therefore, be a violation of Section 5 if the shares were effectively sold prior to the effective date.
By returning this Questionnaire, the undersigned will be deemed to be aware of the foregoing interpretation.
If the Company is required to file a new or additional registration statement to register Registrable Securities beneficially owned by the selling securityholder, the undersigned hereby agrees to complete and return to the Company, upon the request of the Company, a new Questionnaire (in a form substantially similar to this Questionnaire).
If the selling securityholder transfers all or any portion of its Registrable Securities after the date on which the information in this Questionnaire is provided to the Company, the undersigned hereby agrees to notify the transferee(s) at the time of transfer of its rights and obligations hereunder.
By signing below, the undersigned represents that the information provided herein is accurate and complete. The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective.
By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.
| Dated: | Beneficial Owner: |
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PLEASE FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:
[Name]
[Name of Placement Agent]
[Address]
[Address]
Tel:
Fax:
Email:
EXHIBIT B
INSTRUMENT OF ADHERENCE
Reference is hereby made to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of __________, 2019, between Ring Energy, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and Wishbone Energy Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as amended and in effect from time to time (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.
The undersigned, in connection with becoming the owner or holder of ______________ shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company, hereby agrees that, from and after the date hereof, the undersigned has become a party to the Registration Rights Agreement in the capacity of a Permitted Transferee, and is entitled to all of the benefits under, and is subject to all of the obligations, restrictions and limitations set forth in, the Registration Rights Agreement that are applicable to Permitted Transferees. This Instrument of Adherence shall take effect and shall become a part of the Registration Rights Agreement immediately upon execution.
Executed under seal as of the date set forth below under the laws of ___________________.
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a Nevada corporation
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Instrument of Adherence to Registration Rights Agreement
