Company Procedures Whenever the holders of Registrable Securities have requested that any Registrable Securities be registered pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall use its best efforts to effect the registration and the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall as expeditiously as possible:
(a) prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective as soon as possible (provided that before filing a registration statement or prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company shall furnish to the one counsel selected by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in such registration copies of all such documents proposed to be filed);
(b) prepare and file (within 60 days, in the case of a request for registration pursuant to Section 2.1(a)) with the Securities and Exchange Commission such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration statement effective for a period of not less than 120 days (or, if such registration statement is pursuant to a Short-Form Registration, then for a period that shall be necessary to keep such registration statement effective for the period that shall be adequate to sell all Registrable Securities covered thereby) and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement during such period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in such registration statement; provided, however, that such 120-day period shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period the Stockholders are required to refrain, at the request of an underwriter of Common Stock (or other securities) of the Company, from selling any securities included in such registration;
(c) furnish to the holders of Registrable Securities being registered such number of copies of such registration statement, each amendment and supplement thereto, the prospectus included in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus), and such other documents as each such holder may reasonably request to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such holder;
(d) use best efforts to register or qualify, if necessary, the Registrable Securities being registered under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any holder of such Registrable Securities reasonably requests and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such holder to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such holder (provided that the Company shall not be required to: (i) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify; (ii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction; or (iii) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction);
(e) in the event of the issuance of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a registration statement, or of any order suspending or preventing the use of any related prospectus or suspending the qualification of any securities included in such registration statement for sale in any jurisdiction, use best efforts promptly to obtain the withdrawal of such order;
(f) notify each holder of the Registrable Securities included in an offering hereunder, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and, at the request of any such holder, the Company shall prepare a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(g) cause all such Registrable Securities included in an offering hereunder to be listed on any national stock exchange on which any Common Stock is listed, or, if the Common Stock is not listed on any national stock exchange, the Company shall use best efforts to qualify the Registrable Securities for inclusion on The Nasdaq Stock Market and, if listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market use its best efforts to secure designation of all such Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement as a Nasdaq “national market system security” within the meaning of Rule 11Aa2-1 of the Securities and Exchange Commission or, failing that, to secure The Nasdaq Stock Market’s authorization for such Registrable Securities and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to arrange for at least two (2) market makers to register as such with respect to such Registrable Securities with the National Association of Securities Dealers;
(h) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities included in an offering hereunder not later than the effective date of such registration statement;
(i) enter into such customary agreements (including underwriting agreements in customary form) and take all such other reasonable actions to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities including in an offering hereunder (including effecting a stock split or a combination of shares);
(j) make available for inspection at the Company’s principal office (during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice) by any holder of Registrable Securities, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement, and any attorney, accountant, or other agent retained by any such holder or underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, and independent accountants to supply all information reasonably requested by any such holder, underwriter, attorney, accountant, or agent in connection with such registration statement;
(k) comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least 12 months beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the registration statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;
(l) permit any holder of Registrable Securities included in an offering hereunder which holder, in the sole and exclusive judgment of such holder, might be deemed to be an underwriter or a controlling person of the Company, to participate in the preparation of such registration or comparable statement and to require the insertion therein of material, furnished to the Company in writing, which in the reasonable judgment of the Company and its counsel should be included;
(m) obtain from its counsel an opinion or opinions in customary form and substance;
(n) obtain a cold comfort letter from the Company’s independent public accountants in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by cold comfort letters as the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being registered reasonably request (provided that such Registrable Securities constitute at least 10% of the securities covered by such registration statement);
(o) notify each selling Stockholder, promptly after the Company receives notice thereof, of the time when such registration statement has been declared effective or a supplement to any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement has been filed;
(p) after such registration statement becomes effective, notify each selling Stockholder of any request by the Securities and Exchange Commission that the Company amend or supplement such registration statement or prospectus; and
(q) take all other actions reasonably necessary to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities contemplated hereby.
Billing Procedures The Supporting Party will bill the Protecting Party for actual costs incurred for Assistance by Hire. Reimbursements will be limited to the provisions of the Agreement and the applicable OP, regardless of whether or not it is authorized on the Resource Order or other documentation produced by the incident. Reimbursable costs may include transportation, salary, overtime, per diem and other approved expenses of supporting agency personnel. Rates and conditions of use for the equipment and personnel are documented in the OP. Parties shall submit a bill within 90 days of the incident. Parties must use their own invoice form for billing under this Agreement to avoid any confusion with other services that may have been ordered under other agreements. Invoices must identify Supporting Party’s name, address, and Taxpayer Identification Number (Department only), fire name, order and request number, and bill number and amount. Invoice supporting documentation must include description of services performed, period of services performed, and any applicable cost share agreements. Supporting documentation will itemize details of billing, listing personnel, equipment, travel and per diem, aircraft, supplies and purchases as approved in the attached OP. It will also include itemized deductions for maintenance and repair of equipment. Department invoices will include “Record of Activities” (FSLA-5) and U.S. Forest Service invoices will include transaction register. Invoices for services under this agreement must be sent to: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, FFMO ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Telephone: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ FAX: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Email: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, FIRE CHIEF ▇.▇. ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Telephone: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ FAX: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Email: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ All bills will have a payment due date 30 days upon receipt. Contested ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇: Written notice that a bill is contested will be mailed to the Party within 30 days of receipt of the invoice and will fully explain the contested items. Contested items should be resolved no later than 60 days following receipt of the written notice. Parties are responsible for facilitating resolution of contested ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. Billing requirements and rates are documented in the attached OP.