Common use of U.S. Resident Clause in Contracts

U.S. Resident. If the Optionee is a resident or citizen of the United States of America at the time of the exercise of the Option, the certificate(s) representing the Optioned Shares will be endorsed with the following or a similar legend: "The shares represented by this Certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of the United States of America (the "Act") or the securities laws of any state ("State") of the United States of America and may not be sold, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or distributed, directly or indirectly, to a U.S. person (as defined in Regulation S adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Act) or within the United States unless such shares are (i) registered under the Act and any applicable State securities act (a "State Act"), or (ii) exempt from registration under the Act and any applicable State Act and the Company has received an opinion of counsel to such effect reasonably satisfactory to it, or (iii) sold in accordance with Regulation S and the Company has received an opinion of counsel to such effect reasonably satisfactory to it.".