Registration Procedures If and whenever the Company is required to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act as provided in Sections 2.1 and 2.2, the Company will, as expeditiously as possible: (i) prepare and (within 90 days after the end of the period within which requests for registration may be given to the Company or in any event as soon thereafter as practicable) file with the Commission the requisite registration statement to effect such registration and thereafter use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective; provided, however, that the Company may discontinue any registration of its securities that are not Registrable Securities (and, under the circumstances specified in Sections 2.2(a) or 2.6, if applicable, its securities that are Registrable Securities) at any time prior to the effective date of the registration statement relating thereto; (ii) prepare and file with the 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 and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement until the earlier of (a) such time as all of such Registrable Securities have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof set forth in such registration statement and (b) 180 days after the effective date of such registration statement, except with respect to any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act if the Company is eligible to file a registration statement on Form S-3, in which case the Company shall use its best efforts to keep the registration statement effective and updated, from the date such registration statement is declared effective until such time as all of the Registrable Securities cease to be Registerable Securities; (iii) furnish to each seller of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement, such number of conformed copies of such registration statement and of each such amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits), such number of copies of the prospectus contained in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus) and any other prospectus filed under Rule 424 under the Securities Act, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents, as such seller may reasonably request; (iv) use its best efforts (x) to register or qualify all Registrable Securities and other securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or blue sky laws of such States of the United States of America where an exemption is not available and as the sellers of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement shall reasonably request, (y) to keep such registration or qualification in effect for so long as such registration statement remains in effect and (z) to take any other action that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such sellers to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the securities to be sold by such sellers, except that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this subdivision (iv) be obligated to be so qualified or to consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction; (v) use its best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement to be registered with or approved by such other federal or state governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary in the opinion of counsel to the Company and counsel to the seller or sellers of Registrable Securities to enable the seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities; (vi) in the case of an underwritten or "best efforts" offering, furnish at the effective date of such registration statement to each seller of Registrable Securities, and each such seller's underwriters, if any, a signed counterpart of: