Effective Shelf Registration Statement. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable after the date hereof (but not later than seventy-five (75) days after the filing date of the Shelf Registration Statement), and shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act, subject to the provisions of Section 7.3, until the earlier of (i) the second anniversary of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or (ii) such time as the Company delivers an opinion of counsel that each Designated Holder may sell in the open market in a single transaction all Registrable Securities then held by each such Designated Holder pursuant to Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act (or any similar provision then in force) without being subject to the volume limitations thereof or otherwise under an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, as amended, and all other applicable securities and blue sky laws, or (iii) all Registrable Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold.
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Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Caisse De Depot Et Placement Du Quebec), Registration Rights Agreement (Pearl Frank H), Registration Rights Agreement (Evergreen Solar Inc)