Common use of Registration on Form S-1 or Form S-3 Clause in Contracts

Registration on Form S-1 or Form S-3. On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a 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. Each Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance herewith) and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least an 85% majority in interest of the Holders) substantially the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex A. In the event the amount of Registrable Securities which may be included in the Registration Statement is limited due to SEC Guidance (provided that, the Company shall use diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations D.29) the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to register such maximum portion of the Registrable Securities as permitted by SEC Guidance. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause a Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold, or may be sold without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall immediately notify the Holders via facsimile or by e-mail 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 such Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the trading day after the effective date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced by on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Registrable Securities held by such Holders. In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Holder at least 5 trading days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Holder’s allotment.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Pegasi Energy Resources Corporation.), Registration Rights Agreement (Pegasi Energy Resources Corporation.), Registration Rights Agreement (Pegasi Energy Resources Corporation.)

Registration on Form S-1 or Form S-3. On or prior to each Filing As promptly as reasonably practicable after the date hereof, and within 60 days following the Closing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a shelf registration statement on Form S-1 or, if available, Form S-3 relating to the resale by the Holders of all of the Registrable Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such registration pursuant to this Section 3(a) during any Blackout Period. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable. In the event that the Company is unable to register for resale under Rule 415 under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities on the Registration Statement that it has agreed to file pursuant to this Section 3(a) due to limits imposed by the Commission's interpretation of Rule 415, then the Company shall be obligated to include in such Registration Statement (as withdrawn and refiled if necessary to comply with Rule 415) only such limited portion of the Registrable Securities as the Commission shall permit; any exclusion of Registrable Securities from the Registration Statement shall be made pro rata among the Holders in proportion to the number of Registrable Securities held by such Holders. The Company shall prepare, and, as soon as practicable but in no event later than the Additional Filing Deadline, file with the Commission an Additional Registration Statement on Form S-1 (or Form S-3, if applicable) covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities that are not then previously registered in a Registration Statement or a preceding Additional Registration Statement as the case may be. To the extent the Commission does not permit the aforesaid Registrable Securities to be registered on an effective Additional Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. Each Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance herewith) and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least an 85% majority in interest of the Holders) substantially the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex A. In the event the amount of Registrable Securities which may be included in the Registration Statement is limited due to SEC Guidance (provided thatStatement, the Company shall use diligent efforts to advocate file Additional Registration Statements successively registering on each such Additional Registration Statement the maximum number of remaining Registrable Securities until all Registrable Securities have been registered for resale with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations D.29) the Commission. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to register such maximum portion of the Registrable Securities as permitted by SEC Guidance. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause a have each Additional Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold, or may be sold without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall immediately notify the Holders via facsimile or by e-mail 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 such Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the trading day after the effective date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder soon as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced by on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Registrable Securities held by such Holders. In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Holder at least 5 trading days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Holder’s allotmentpracticable.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Gulf United Energy, Inc.), Registration Rights Agreement (Gulf United Energy, Inc.), Registration Rights Agreement (Gulf United Energy, Inc.)

Registration on Form S-1 or Form S-3. (a) On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a shelf Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities that are not then registered on an effective Registration Statement such Filing Date for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. Each The Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance herewithForm S-1) and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least an 85% majority in interest of the Holders) substantially the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex A. In the event the amount of Registrable Securities which may be included in the Registration Statement is limited due to SEC Guidance (provided that, the Company shall use diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations D.29) the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to register such maximum portion of the Registrable Securities as permitted by SEC Guidance. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause a Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold, or may be sold without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent Company’s transfer agent and the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness Period”); provided, however, the Company may delete from the Registration Statement any securities that may be sold without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144 as provided above. 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 immediately notify the Holders via facsimile or by e-mail of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement on the same trading day Trading Day that the Company telephonically confirms effectiveness with the Commission, which shall be the date requested for effectiveness of such a Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the trading day Trading Day after the effective date of such Registration StatementEffective Date, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424. Failure to so notify the Holder within 1 Trading Day of such notification or effectiveness or failure to file a final Prospectus as aforesaid shall be deemed an Event under Section 2(b). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreementanything herein to the contrary, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number amount of Registrable Securities permitted required to be registered on a particular included in the initial Registration Statement shall be limited to not less than 100% of the maximum amount (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with “Rule 415 Amount”) of Common Stock which may be included in a single Registration Statement without exceeding registration limitations imposed by the Commission for pursuant to Rule 415 of the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced by on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Registrable Securities held by such Holders1933 Act. In the event that less than all of the Registrable Securities are included in the Registration Statement as a cutback hereunderresult of the limitation described herein, then the Company will file additional Registration Statements each registering the Rule 415 Amount (each such Registration Statement a “Subsequent Registration Statement”), seriatem, until all of the Registrable Securities have been registered. The Filing Date and Effective Date of each such additional Registration Statement shall be, respectively, twenty (20) and sixty (60) days after the first day such Subsequent Registration Statement may be filed without objection by the Commission based on Rule 415 of the 1933 Act. (b) If: (i) a Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its Filing Date (if the Company files a Registration Statement without affording the Holders the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by Section 3(a) herein, the Company shall give be deemed to have not satisfied this clause (i)), or (ii) the Holder at least 5 trading days prior written notice along Company fails to file with the calculations Commission a request for acceleration in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act, within five Trading Days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that a Registration Statement will not be “reviewed,” or not subject to further review, or (iii) prior to its Effectiveness Date, the Company fails to file a pre-effective amendment and otherwise respond in writing to comments made by the Commission in respect of such Registration Statement within 30 calendar days after the receipt of comments by or notice from the Commission that such amendment is required in order for a Registration Statement to be declared effective, or (iv) a Registration Statement filed or required to be filed hereunder is not declared effective by the Commission by its Effectiveness Date, or (v) after the Effectiveness Date, a Registration Statement ceases for any reason to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities for which it is required to be effective, or the Holders are otherwise not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities, for more than 10 consecutive calendar days or more than an aggregate of 30 calendar days during any 12-month period (which need not be consecutive calendar days) (any such failure or breach being referred to as an “Event”, and for purposes of clause (i) or (iv) the date on which such Event occurs, or for purposes of clause (ii) the date on which such five Trading Day period is exceeded, or for purposes of clause (iii) the date which such 20 calendar day period is exceeded, or for purposes of clause (v) the date on which such 10 or 30 calendar day period, as applicable, is exceeded being referred to as “Event Date”), then, in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 1.0% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Subscription Agreement for any Registrable Securities then held by such Holder (calculated as if all convertible securities had been fully converted) for any Registrable Securities then held by such Holder for the first thirty calendar day period following such Event Date, increasing to 2% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Subscription Agreement for any Registrable Securities then held by such Holder (calculated as if all convertible securities had been fully converted) after the first thirty calendar day period following the applicable Event Date. (c) The parties agree that (1) the Company shall not be liable for liquidated damages under this Agreement with respect to any Warrants, Warrant Shares or any Registrable Securities which cannot be registered under Rule 415 solely as a result of action by the Commission, (2) in no event shall the Company be liable for liquidated damages under this Agreement in excess of 2.0% of the aggregate Subscription Amount of the Holders in any 30-day period and (3) the maximum aggregate liquidated damages payable to a Holder under this Agreement shall be 10% of the aggregate Subscription Amount paid by such Holder pursuant to the Subscription Agreement. If the Company fails to pay any partial liquidated damages pursuant to this Section in full within seven days after the date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 18% per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Holder’s allotment, accruing daily from the date such partial liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The partial liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro-rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Anhui Taiyang Poulty Co Inc), Registration Rights Agreement (Parkview Group Inc)

Registration on Form S-1 or Form S-3. (a) On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a 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. Each Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance herewith) and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least an 85% majority in interest of the Holders) substantially the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex A. In the event the amount of Registrable Securities which may be included in the Registration Statement is limited due to SEC Guidance (provided that, the Company shall use diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations D.29) the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to register such maximum portion of the Registrable Securities as permitted by SEC Guidance. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause a Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold, or may be sold without volume or and manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144, and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall immediately notify the Holders via facsimile or by e-mail 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 such Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the trading day after the effective date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced by on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Registrable Securities held by such Holders. In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Holder at least 5 trading days Trading Days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Holder’s allotment. (b) If: (i) a Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its Filing Date (if the Company files a Registration Statement without affording the Holders the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by Section 3(a), the Company shall not be deemed to have satisfied this clause (i)); (ii) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act, within five (5) Trading Days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that a Registration Statement will not be “reviewed,” or will not subject to further review; (iii) prior to its Effectiveness Date, the Company fails to file a pre-effective amendment and otherwise respond appropriately to comments made by the Commission in respect of such Registration Statement within 15 Trading Days after the receipt of written comments by or notice from the Commission that such amendment is required in order for a Registration Statement to be declared effective; (iv) a Registration Statement filed or required to be filed hereunder pursuant to this Agreement is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to its Effectiveness Date; or (v) after the Effectiveness Date and during the Effectiveness Period, a Registration Statement ceases for any reason to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities for which it is required to be effective and the Holders are not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities for 10 consecutive Trading Days or more than an aggregate of 20 Trading Days during any 12-month period (which need not be consecutive Trading Days); (any such failure or breach described in clauses (i) through (v) being referred to as an “Event”, and for purposes of clause (i) or (iv) the date on which such Event occurs, or for purposes of clause (ii) the date on which such five Trading Day period is exceeded, or for purposes of clause (iii) the date on which such 15 Trading Day period is exceeded, or for purposes of clause (v) the date on which such 10 or 20 Trading Day period, as applicable, is exceeded being referred to as an “Event Date”), then, as long as such Holders shall have complied with their obligations hereunder, in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date beginning with the first monthly anniversary of the applicable Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured (each, a “Liquidated Damages Payment Date”), the Company shall pay to each such Holder an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, with respect to each Liquidated Damages Payment Date, equal to 1% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for any issued and outstanding unregistered Registrable Securities then held by such Holder or issued and outstanding Registrable Securities held by such Holder that are registered pursuant to a suspended Registration Statement as applicable. If the Company fails to pay any liquidated damages pursuant to this Section in full within seven calendar days after the date payable, the Company will pay interest on such payment at a rate equal to 10% per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro-rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event; provided, that there shall be no penalty or damages in the event that: (A) the Company suspends the use of the Registration Statement (or the Prospectus forming a part thereof) in response to a request from the Commission for technical supplements to such Registration Statement; (B) the Company suspends the use of the Registration Statement in connection with a primary offering by the Company of equity securities of the Company; (C) the Company files a Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement to a Registration Statement) by the applicable Filing Date but such Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement to a Registration Statement) is not declared effective by the applicable Effectiveness Date due to the Commission’s failure to respond within the customary time period or if the delay in effectiveness is not reasonably attributable to the Company and the Company has complied and continues to comply with its obligation to use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement to a Registration Statement) to become effective; (D) the Company fails to file a Registration Statement or prior to its Filing Date following notification of an objection with respect thereto from the Holders pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof provided that such Registration Statement is filed not later than three (3) Trading Days after receipt by the Company of written notice of the withdrawal of such objection; (E) all of such Purchaser’s Registrable Securities may be sold by such Purchaser without restriction under Rule 144 (including, without limitation, volume restrictions) and without the need for current public information required by Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable); (F) such Registrable Securities were excluded from a Registration Statement by election of a Purchaser; and (G) the Company is unable to fulfill its registration obligations solely as a result of rules, regulations, positions or releases issued or actions taken by the Commission pursuant to its authority with respect to “Rule 415”, and the Company registers at such time the maximum number of shares of Common Stock permissible upon consultation with the staff of the SEC, which shares will be reduced by on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Registrable Securities held by such Holders (and the Company agrees that it shall be required to register any remaining Registrable Securities as soon as allowed under SEC rules and regulations); and provided, further, that no liquidated damages shall be paid that are in excess of 20% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for any issued and outstanding unregistered Registrable Securities then held by such Holder.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Pegasi Energy Resources Corporation.)

Registration on Form S-1 or Form S-3. On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a 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. Each Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance herewith) and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least an 85% majority in interest of the Holders) substantially the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex A. In the event the amount of Registrable Securities which may be included in the Registration Statement is limited due to SEC Guidance (provided that, the Company shall use diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations D.29) the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to register such maximum portion of the Registrable Securities as permitted by SEC Guidance. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause a Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold, or may be sold without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall immediately notify the Holders via facsimile or by e-mail 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 such Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the trading day after the effective date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced by on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Registrable Securities Warrant Shares held by such Holders. In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Holder at least 5 trading days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Holder’s allotment.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Blacksands Petroleum, Inc.)

Registration on Form S-1 or Form S-3. (a) On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a 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. Each Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance herewith) and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least an 85% majority in interest of the Holders) substantially the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex A. In the event the amount of Registrable Securities which may be included in the Registration Statement is limited due to SEC Guidance (provided that, the Company shall use diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations D.29) the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to register such maximum portion of the Registrable Securities as permitted by SEC Guidance. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause a Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold, or may be sold without volume or and manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144144 (as applicable to non-affiliates), and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall immediately notify the Holders via facsimile or by e-mail 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 such Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the trading day after the effective date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced by (i) first the Conversion Shares issued with respect to interest on the Existing Notes on a pro rata basis, (ii) second the Conversion Shares issued with respect to the principal of the Existing Notes on a pro rata basis, and (iii) on a pro rata basis based on the total number of remaining unregistered Registrable Securities held by such Holders. In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Holder at least 5 trading days Trading Days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Holder’s allotment. (b) If: (i) a Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its Filing Date (if the Company files a Registration Statement without affording the Holders the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by Section 3(a), the Company shall not be deemed to have satisfied this clause (i)); (ii) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act, within five (5) Trading Days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that a Registration Statement will not be “reviewed,” or will not subject to further review; (iii) prior to its Effectiveness Date, the Company fails to file a pre-effective amendment and otherwise respond appropriately to comments made by the Commission in respect of such Registration Statement within 15 Trading Days after the receipt of written comments by or notice from the Commission that such amendment is required in order for a Registration Statement to be declared effective; (iv) a Registration Statement filed or required to be filed hereunder pursuant to this Agreement is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to its Effectiveness Date; or (v) after the Effectiveness Date and during the Effectiveness Period, a Registration Statement ceases for any reason to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities for which it is required to be effective and the Holders are not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities for 10 consecutive Trading Days or more than an aggregate of 20 Trading Days during any 12-month period (which need not be consecutive Trading Days); (any such failure or breach described in clauses (i) through (v) being referred to as an “Event”, and for purposes of clause (i) or (iv) the date on which such Event occurs, or for purposes of clause (ii) the date on which such five Trading Day period is exceeded, or for purposes of clause (iii) the date on which such 15 Trading Day period is exceeded, or for purposes of clause (v) the date on which such 10 or 20 Trading Day period, as applicable, is exceeded being referred to as an “Event Date”), then, as long as such Holders shall have complied with their obligations hereunder, in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date beginning with the first monthly anniversary of the applicable Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured (each, a “Liquidated Damages Payment Date”), the Company shall pay to each such Holder an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, with respect to each Liquidated Damages Payment Date, equal to 2% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for any issued and outstanding unregistered Registrable Securities then held by such Holder or issued and outstanding Registrable Securities held by such Holder that are registered pursuant to a suspended Registration Statement as applicable. If the Company fails to pay any liquidated damages pursuant to this Section in full within seven calendar days after the date payable, the Company will pay interest on such payment at a rate equal to 10% per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro-rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event; provided, that there shall be no penalty or damages in the event that: (A) the Company suspends the use of the Registration Statement (or the Prospectus forming a part thereof) in response to a request from the Commission for technical supplements to such Registration Statement; (B) the Company suspends the use of the Registration Statement in connection with a primary offering by the Company of equity securities of the Company; (C) the Company files a Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement to a Registration Statement) by the applicable Filing Date but such Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement to a Registration Statement) is not declared effective by the applicable Effectiveness Date due to the Commission’s failure to respond within the customary time period or if the delay in effectiveness is not reasonably attributable to the Company and the Company has complied and continues to comply with its obligation to use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement to a Registration Statement) to become effective; (D) the Company fails to file a Registration Statement or prior to its Filing Date following notification of an objection with respect thereto from the Holders pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof provided that such Registration Statement is filed not later than three (3) Trading Days after receipt by the Company of written notice of the withdrawal of such objection; (E) all of such Purchaser’s Registrable Securities may be sold by such Purchaser without restriction under Rule 144 (including, without limitation, volume restrictions) and without the need for current public information required by Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable); (F) such Registrable Securities were excluded from a Registration Statement by election of a Purchaser; and (G) the Company is unable to fulfill its registration obligations solely as a result of rules, regulations, positions or releases issued or actions taken by the Commission pursuant to its authority with respect to “Rule 415”, and the Company registers at such time the maximum number of shares of Common Stock permissible upon consultation with the staff of the SEC, which shares will be reduced by on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Registrable Securities held by such Holders (and the Company agrees that it shall be required to register any remaining Registrable Securities as soon as allowed under SEC rules and regulations); and provided, further, that no liquidated damages shall be paid that are in excess of 8% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for any issued and outstanding unregistered Registrable Securities then held by such Holder.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Intellinetics, Inc.)

Registration on Form S-1 or Form S-3. (a) On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a 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. Each Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance herewith) and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least an 85% majority in interest of the Holders) substantially the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex A. In the event the amount of Registrable Securities which may be included in the Registration Statement is limited due to SEC Guidance (provided that, the Company shall use diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations D.29) the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to register such maximum portion of the Registrable Securities as permitted by SEC Guidance. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause a Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold, or may be sold without volume or and manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144144 (as applicable to non-affiliates), and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall immediately notify the Holders via facsimile or by e-mail 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 such Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the trading day after the effective date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced by on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Registrable Securities held by such Holders. In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Holder at least 5 trading days Trading Days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Holder’s allotment. (b) If: (i) a Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its Filing Date (if the Company files a Registration Statement without affording the Holders the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by Section 3(a), the Company shall not be deemed to have satisfied this clause (i)); (ii) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act, within five (5) Trading Days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that a Registration Statement will not be “reviewed,” or will not subject to further review; (iii) prior to its Effectiveness Date, the Company fails to file a pre-effective amendment and otherwise respond appropriately to comments made by the Commission in respect of such Registration Statement within 15 Trading Days after the receipt of written comments by or notice from the Commission that such amendment is required in order for a Registration Statement to be declared effective; (iv) a Registration Statement filed or required to be filed hereunder pursuant to this Agreement is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to its Effectiveness Date; or (v) after the Effectiveness Date and during the Effectiveness Period, a Registration Statement ceases for any reason to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities for which it is required to be effective and the Holders are not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities for 10 consecutive Trading Days or more than an aggregate of 20 Trading Days during any 12-month period (which need not be consecutive Trading Days); (any such failure or breach described in clauses (i) through (v) being referred to as an “Event”, and for purposes of clause (i) or (iv) the date on which such Event occurs, or for purposes of clause (ii) the date on which such five Trading Day period is exceeded, or for purposes of clause (iii) the date on which such 15 Trading Day period is exceeded, or for purposes of clause (v) the date on which such 10 or 20 Trading Day period, as applicable, is exceeded being referred to as an “Event Date”), then, as long as such Holders shall have complied with their obligations hereunder, in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date beginning with the first monthly anniversary of the applicable Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured (each, a “Liquidated Damages Payment Date”), the Company shall pay to each such Holder an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, with respect to each Liquidated Damages Payment Date, equal to 2% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for any issued and outstanding unregistered Registrable Securities then held by such Holder or issued and outstanding Registrable Securities held by such Holder that are registered pursuant to a suspended Registration Statement as applicable. If the Company fails to pay any liquidated damages pursuant to this Section in full within seven calendar days after the date payable, the Company will pay interest on such payment at a rate equal to 10% per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro-rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event; provided, that there shall be no penalty or damages in the event that: (A) the Company suspends the use of the Registration Statement (or the Prospectus forming a part thereof) in response to a request from the Commission for technical supplements to such Registration Statement; (B) the Company suspends the use of the Registration Statement in connection with a primary offering by the Company of equity securities of the Company; (C) the Company files a Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement to a Registration Statement) by the applicable Filing Date but such Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement to a Registration Statement) is not declared effective by the applicable Effectiveness Date due to the Commission’s failure to respond within the customary time period or if the delay in effectiveness is not reasonably attributable to the Company and the Company has complied and continues to comply with its obligation to use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement to a Registration Statement) to become effective; (D) the Company fails to file a Registration Statement or prior to its Filing Date following notification of an objection with respect thereto from the Holders pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof provided that such Registration Statement is filed not later than three (3) Trading Days after receipt by the Company of written notice of the withdrawal of such objection; (E) all of such Purchaser’s Registrable Securities may be sold by such Purchaser without restriction under Rule 144 (including, without limitation, volume restrictions) and without the need for current public information required by Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable); (F) such Registrable Securities were excluded from a Registration Statement by election of a Purchaser; and (G) the Company is unable to fulfill its registration obligations solely as a result of rules, regulations, positions or releases issued or actions taken by the Commission pursuant to its authority with respect to “Rule 415”, and the Company registers at such time the maximum number of shares of Common Stock permissible upon consultation with the staff of the SEC, which shares will be reduced by on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Registrable Securities held by such Holders (and the Company agrees that it shall be required to register any remaining Registrable Securities as soon as allowed under SEC rules and regulations); and provided, further, that no liquidated damages shall be paid that are in excess of 8% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for any issued and outstanding unregistered Registrable Securities then held by such Holder. (c) The Placement Agent, on behalf of the Holders, shall have the right to select one (1) legal counsel to review and oversee, solely on behalf of the Placement Agent and the Holders, any registration pursuant to this Section 2 (“Legal Counsel”), which shall be Sichenzia R▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP or such other counsel as thereafter designated by the Placement Agent.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Intellinetics, Inc.)

Registration on Form S-1 or Form S-3. (a) On or prior to each Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a 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. Each Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance herewith) and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least an 85% majority in interest of the Holders) substantially the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex A. In the event the amount of Registrable Securities which may be included in the Registration Statement is limited due to SEC Guidance (provided that, the Company shall use diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations D.29) the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to register such maximum portion of the Registrable Securities as permitted by SEC Guidance. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause a Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold, or may be sold without volume or and manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144144 (as applicable to non-affiliates), and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall immediately notify the Holders via facsimile or by e-mail 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 such Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the trading day after the effective date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced by on a pro rata basis based on the total number of remaining unregistered Registrable Securities held by such Holders. In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Holder at least 5 trading days Trading Days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Holder’s allotment. (b) If: (i) a Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its Filing Date (if the Company files a Registration Statement without affording the Holders the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by Section 3(a), the Company shall not be deemed to have satisfied this clause (i)); (ii) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act, within five (5) Trading Days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that a Registration Statement will not be “reviewed,” or will not subject to further review; (iii) prior to its Effectiveness Date, the Company fails to file a pre-effective amendment and otherwise respond appropriately to comments made by the Commission in respect of such Registration Statement within 15 Trading Days after the receipt of written comments by or notice from the Commission that such amendment is required in order for a Registration Statement to be declared effective; (iv) a Registration Statement filed or required to be filed hereunder pursuant to this Agreement is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to its Effectiveness Date; or (v) after the Effectiveness Date and during the Effectiveness Period, a Registration Statement ceases for any reason to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities for which it is required to be effective and the Holders are not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities for 10 consecutive Trading Days or more than an aggregate of 20 Trading Days during any 12-month period (which need not be consecutive Trading Days); (any such failure or breach described in clauses (i) through (v) being referred to as an “Event”, and for purposes of clause (i) or (iv) the date on which such Event occurs, or for purposes of clause (ii) the date on which such five Trading Day period is exceeded, or for purposes of clause (iii) the date on which such 15 Trading Day period is exceeded, or for purposes of clause (v) the date on which such 10 or 20 Trading Day period, as applicable, is exceeded being referred to as an “Event Date”), then, as long as such Holders shall have complied with their obligations hereunder, in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date beginning with the first monthly anniversary of the applicable Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured (each, a “Liquidated Damages Payment Date”), the Company shall pay to each such Holder an amount in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, with respect to each Liquidated Damages Payment Date, equal to 2% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for any issued and outstanding unregistered Registrable Securities then held by such Holder or issued and outstanding Registrable Securities held by such Holder that are registered pursuant to a suspended Registration Statement as applicable. If the Company fails to pay any liquidated damages pursuant to this Section in full within seven calendar days after the date payable, the Company will pay interest on such payment at a rate equal to 10% per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro-rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event; provided, that there shall be no penalty or damages in the event that: (A) the Company suspends the use of the Registration Statement (or the Prospectus forming a part thereof) in response to a request from the Commission for technical supplements to such Registration Statement; (B) the Company suspends the use of the Registration Statement in connection with a primary offering by the Company of equity securities of the Company; (C) the Company files a Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement to a Registration Statement) by the applicable Filing Date but such Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement to a Registration Statement) is not declared effective by the applicable Effectiveness Date due to the Commission’s failure to respond within the customary time period or if the delay in effectiveness is not reasonably attributable to the Company and the Company has complied and continues to comply with its obligation to use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement to a Registration Statement) to become effective; (D) the Company fails to file a Registration Statement or prior to its Filing Date following notification of an objection with respect thereto from the Holders pursuant to Section 3(a) hereof provided that such Registration Statement is filed not later than three (3) Trading Days after receipt by the Company of written notice of the withdrawal of such objection; (E) all of such Purchaser’s Registrable Securities may be sold by such Purchaser without restriction under Rule 144 (including, without limitation, volume restrictions) and without the need for current public information required by Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable); (F) such Registrable Securities were excluded from a Registration Statement by election of a Purchaser; and (G) the Company is unable to fulfill its registration obligations solely as a result of rules, regulations, positions or releases issued or actions taken by the Commission pursuant to its authority with respect to “Rule 415”, and the Company registers at such time the maximum number of shares of Common Stock permissible upon consultation with the staff of the SEC, which shares will be reduced by on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Registrable Securities held by such Holders (and the Company agrees that it shall be required to register any remaining Registrable Securities as soon as allowed under SEC rules and regulations); and provided, further, that no liquidated damages shall be paid that are in excess of 8% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for any issued and outstanding unregistered Registrable Securities then held by such Holder.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Intellinetics, Inc.)

Registration on Form S-1 or Form S-3. On or prior to each Filing As promptly as reasonably practicable after the date hereof, and within 60 days following the Closing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a shelf registration statement on Form S-1 or, if available, Form S-3 relating to the resale by the Holders of all of the Registrable Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such registration pursuant to this Section 3(a) during any Blackout Period. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 180 days following the Closing Date. In the event that the Company is unable to register for resale under Rule 415 under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities on the Registration Statement that it has agreed to file pursuant to this Section 3(a) due to limits imposed by the Commission's interpretation of Rule 415, then the Company shall be obligated to include in such Registration Statement (as withdrawn and refiled if necessary to comply with Rule 415) only such limited portion of the Registrable Securities as the Commission shall permit; any exclusion of Registrable Securities from the Registration Statement shall be made pro rata among the Holders in proportion to the number of Registrable Securities held by such Holders. The Company shall prepare, and, as soon as practicable but in no event later than the Additional Filing Deadline, file with the Commission an Additional Registration Statement on Form S-1 (or Form S-3, if applicable) covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities that are not then previously registered in a Registration Statement or a preceding Additional Registration Statement as the case may be. To the extent the Commission does not permit the aforesaid Registrable Securities to be registered on an effective Additional Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. Each Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance herewith) and shall contain (unless otherwise directed by at least an 85% majority in interest of the Holders) substantially the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex A. In the event the amount of Registrable Securities which may be included in the Registration Statement is limited due to SEC Guidance (provided thatStatement, the Company shall use diligent efforts to advocate file Additional Registration Statements successively registering on each such Additional Registration Statement the maximum number of remaining Registrable Securities until all Registrable Securities have been registered for resale with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, the Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations D.29) the Commission. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to register such maximum portion of the Registrable Securities as permitted by SEC Guidance. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause a have each Additional Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event prior to the applicable Effectiveness Date, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold, or may be sold without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144, without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information requirement under Rule 144, as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall immediately notify the Holders via facsimile or by e-mail 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 such Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the trading day after the effective date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise directed in writing by a Holder soon as to its Registrable Securities, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced by on a pro rata basis based on the total number of unregistered Registrable Securities held by such Holders. In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Holder at least 5 trading days prior written notice along with the calculations as to such Holder’s allotmentpracticable.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Registration Rights Agreement (Gulfslope Energy, Inc.)