Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that: (a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be. (b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel (c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)). (d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
Appears in 7 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Iveda Solutions, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Iveda Solutions, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Iveda Solutions, Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. 1. The Company acknowledgeshas delivered or made available, covenants and agrees with or will as promptly as practicable deliver or make available, to the Representative that:
(a) The Placement Agent complete conformed copies of the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effectiveof each consent and certificate of experts, as applicable, filed as a part thereof, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing conformed copies of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(bRegistration Statement (without exhibits), the Base Prospectus, and the Prospectus Supplement, as amended or supplemented, in such quantities and at such places as the Placement Agent reasonably requests. Neither the Company nor any of its directors and officers has distributed and none of them will distribute, prior to the Closing Date, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities pursuant to the Placements other than the Transaction Documents, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Registration Statement, copies of the documents incorporated by reference therein and any other materials permitted by the Securities Act.
2. The Company will file advise the Placement Agent promptly after it receives notice thereof of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Base Prospectus or the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A Supplement has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period filed and will provide evidence satisfactory to furnish the Representative Placement Agent with copies thereof, the parties acknowledging that such obligation is satisfied by filing such materials on the ▇▇▇▇▇ system of such timely filingthe SEC. The Company will file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2pursuant to Section 13(a), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus Supplement and for so long as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later delivery of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus a prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales the Placement. The Company will advise the Placement Agent, promptly after it receives notice thereof (i) of any request by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior Commission to amending or supplementing amend the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment amend or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, Prospectus or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effectiveinformation, and (ivii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order directed at any Incorporated Document, if any, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, Base Prospectus or the final Prospectus or any Issuerprospectus supplement or any amendment or supplement thereto or any post-Represented Free Writing Prospectuseffective amendment to the Registration Statement, of the suspension of the qualification of any of the Public Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the institution or threatened institution of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend request by the Commission for the amending or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or supplementing of the threatening Registration Statement or initiation a Prospectus or for additional information. The Company shall use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any proceedings for any such stop order or prevention or suspension of such purposesuse. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order or order or notice of prevention or suspension at any time, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment, or will file a new registration statement and use its best efforts to have such new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A 430A, 430B and 430B430C, as applicable, under the Securities Act Act, including with respect to the timely filing of documents thereunder, and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under such Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were are received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b))Commission.
3. The Company will cooperate with the Placement Agent and the Purchasers in endeavoring to qualify the Securities for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions (dUnited States and foreign) as the Placement Agent and the Purchasers may reasonably request and will make such applications, file such documents, and furnish such information as may be reasonably required for that purpose, provided the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or required to file such a consent, and provided further that the Company shall not be required to produce any new disclosure document. The Company will, from time to time, prepare and file such statements, reports and other documents as are or may be required to continue such qualifications in effect for so long a period as the Placement Agent may reasonably request for distribution of the Securities. The Company will advise the Placement Agent promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (ior any such exemption relating to) During the Prospectus Delivery PeriodSecurities for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.
4. The Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, so as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance completion of sales the distribution of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereofin this Agreement, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement Incorporated Documents and the any Prospectus. If during such the period in which a prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with the distribution of any Securities contemplated by the Incorporated Documents or any Prospectus (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), any event occurs shall occur as a result of which which, in the judgment of the Company or in the opinion of the Placement Agent or counsel for the Placement Agent, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Incorporated Documents or any Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements they were made, as the case may be, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel at any time to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Incorporated Documents or any Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order Incorporated Document to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Actany law, the Company will promptly notify prepare and file with the Representative Commission, and will amend furnish at its own expense to the Placement Agent and to dealers, an appropriate amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Incorporated Documents or any Prospectus that is necessary in order to make the statements in the Incorporated Documents and any Prospectus as so amended or supplemented, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, as the case may be, not misleading, or so that the Registration Statement, the Incorporated Documents or any Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, will comply with law. Before amending the Registration Statement or supplementing the Incorporated Documents or any Prospectus in connection with the Placement, the Company will furnish the Placement Agent with a copy of such proposed amendment or supplement and will not file any such amendment or supplement to which the Placement Agent reasonably objects.
5. During the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasersDelivery Period, the General Disclosure Package) Company will duly file, on a timely basis, with the Commission and the Trading Market all reports and documents required to be filed under the Exchange Act within the time periods and in the manner required by the Exchange Act.
6. The Company will not take, directly or file such document (at indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the expense stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
Appears in 6 contracts
Sources: Placement Agency Agreement (Ostin Technology Group Co., Ltd.), Placement Agency Agreement (Lichen China LTD), Placement Agency Agreement (Lichen China LTD)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative Underwriters of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the reasonable opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), ) in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the Disclosure Materials or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Underwriters reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative Underwriters in writing of: (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, ; (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package Materials or the Prospectus, ; (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, ; and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure PackageMaterials, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or the initiation of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Shares from any securities exchange upon which they the Shares are listed for trading, or of the threatening or of initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure PackageRegistration Statement, the Registration Statement Disclosure Materials, and the Prospectus. If during such period any event or development occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Materials) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative Underwriters or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Materials) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative Underwriters and will promptly amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure PackageMaterials) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) If at any time following the issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances there existing, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed, and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 A.M., Eastern Time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement, and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters copies of the Prospectus in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Act.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2), and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Act.
(h) The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process or to subject itself to taxation if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) The Company will make generally available (which includes filings pursuant to the Exchange Act made publicly through the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (“▇▇▇▇▇”) system) to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 of the Regulations.
(j) During three months following the Closing Date, the Company or any successor to the Company shall not undertake any public or private offerings of any equity securities of the Company (including equity-linked securities) without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(k) Starting from the commencement of sales of this offering, any of the entities and individuals listed on Schedule B hereto (the “Lock-Up Parties”), without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company, whether publicly or in a private placement, during their respective lock-up period in the lock-up agreements that are in effect. The Company will deliver to the Underwriters the agreements of the Lock-Up Parties to the foregoing effect on the date of this Agreement, which agreements shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex IV.
(l) The Company will not issue press releases or engage in any other publicity without the Underwriters’ prior written consent, for a period ending at 5:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the first Business Day following the forty-fifth (45th) day following the Closing Date, other than normal and customary releases issued in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, or as required by law.
(m) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus. Without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Materials and the Prospectus, no proceeds of the Offering will be used to pay outstanding loans from officers, directors or shareholders or to pay any accrued salaries or bonuses to any employees or former employees.
(n) The Company will use its best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Class A Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market for at least three (3) years after the Effective Date, unless such listing is terminated as a result of a transaction approved by the holders of a majority of the voting securities of the Company.
(o) The Company will use its best efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date and any Additional Closing Date, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Securities.
(p) The Company will not take, and will cause its subsidiaries not to take, directly or indirectly, any action which constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities.
(q) The Company shall cause to be prepared and delivered to the Underwriters, at its expense, within two (2) Business Days from the date of this Agreement, an Electronic Prospectus to be used by the Underwriters in connection with the Offering. As used herein, the term “Electronic Prospectus” means a form of prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, that meets each of the following conditions: (i) it shall be encoded in an electronic format, satisfactory to the Underwriters, that may be transmitted electronically by the Underwriters to offerees and purchasers of the Securities for at least the period during which a Prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act or the Exchange Act; (ii) it shall disclose the same information as the paper prospectus and prospectus filed pursuant to ▇▇▇▇▇, except to the extent that graphic and image material cannot be disseminated electronically, in which case such graphic and image material shall be replaced in the electronic prospectus with a fair and accurate narrative description or tabular representation of such material, as appropriate; and (iii) it shall be in or convertible into a paper format or an electronic format, satisfactory to the Underwriters, that will allow recipients thereof to store and have continuously ready access to the prospectus at any future time, without charge to such recipients (other than any fee charged for subscription to the Internet as a whole and for online time).
Appears in 5 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Linkers Industries LTD), Underwriting Agreement (Linkers Industries LTD), Underwriting Agreement (Linkers Industries LTD)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Underwriter for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Underwriter reasonably object objects within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives Underwriter and Underwriters’ Counselits counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative Underwriter in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are it is listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects as far as it is able with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative Underwriter or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative Underwriter and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
Appears in 5 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Good Times Restaurants Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Good Times Restaurants Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Good Times Restaurants Inc)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Representative for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Representative reasonably object objects within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives Representative and Underwriters’ Counselits counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Units, the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
Appears in 5 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Capnia, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Capnia, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Capnia, Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative Underwriters of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the reasonable opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), ) in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the Disclosure Materials or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Underwriters reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative Underwriters in writing of: (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, ; (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package Materials or the Prospectus, ; (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, ; and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectusthe Disclosure Materials, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or the initiation of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Securities from any securities exchange upon which they the Securities are listed for trading, or of the threatening or of initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure PackageRegistration Statement, the Registration Statement Disclosure Materials, and the Prospectus. If during such period any event or development occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Materials) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative Underwriters or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Materials) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative Underwriters and will promptly amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure PackageMaterials) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (NUSATRIP Inc), Underwriting Agreement (NUSATRIP Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Click Holdings Ltd.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the reasonable opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), ) in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Representative reasonably object objects within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing of: (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, ; (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, ; (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, ; and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or the initiation of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are the Common Stock is listed for trading, or of the threatening or of initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event or development occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances there existing, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will promptly deliver to the Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel a copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed, and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement, and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Securities Act by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2).
(h) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Representative may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process or to subject itself to taxation if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) The Company will make generally available (which includes filings pursuant to the Exchange Act made publicly through the ▇▇▇▇▇ system) to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations.
(j) Except with respect to (i) securities of the Company which may be issued in connection with an acquisition of another entity (or the assets thereof), (ii) the issuance of securities of the Company intended to provide the Company with proceeds to acquire another entity (or the assets thereof), or (iii) the issuance of securities under the Company’s stock option plans with exercise or conversion prices at fair market value (as defined in such plans) in effect from time to time, during the three (3) months following the Closing Date, the Company or any successor to the Company shall not undertake any public or private offerings of any equity securities of the Company (including equity-linked securities) without the prior written consent of the Representative, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(k) Following the Closing Date, the Company and any of the individuals listed on Schedule B hereto (the “Lock-Up Parties”), without the prior written consent of the Representative, shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company, whether publicly or in a private placement, during the period that their respective lock-up agreements are in effect. The Company will deliver to the Representative the agreements of the Lock-Up Parties to the foregoing effect prior to the Closing Date, which agreements shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex II.
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(n) The Company will not issue press releases or engage in any other publicity without the Representative’s prior written consent, for a period ending at 5:00 P.M. Eastern time on the first Business Day following the forty-fifth (45th) day following the Closing Date, other than normal and customary releases issued in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, or as required by law.
(o) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to engage, by the Closing Date (and for no less than two (2) years following the Closing Date) ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ International as its financial public relations firm. The terms and conditions of such engagement shall be reasonably determined by the Company. The Company further agrees to consult with the Representative as is customary within the securities industry prior to the distribution to third parties of any financial information, news releases, or other publicity regarding the Offering, it being agreed that the Company shall give the Representative no less than twelve (12) hours prior notice of any such distribution and a reasonable opportunity during or prior to such period to review the contents of the proposed distribution.
(p) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus. Without the prior written consent of the Representative, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no proceeds of the Offering will be used to pay outstanding loans from officers, directors or stockholders or to pay any accrued salaries or bonuses to any employees or former employees.
(q) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Common Stock and the Warrants on the NASDAQ Capital Market for at least three (3) years after the Effective Date, unless such listing is terminated as a result of a transaction approved by the holders of a majority of the voting securities of the Company. If the Company fails to maintain such listing of its Common Stock or Warrants, on the NASDAQ Capital Market or other Trading Market, for a period of three (3) years from the Effective Date, the Company, at its expense, shall obtain and keep current a listing of such securities in the Standard & Poor’s Corporation Records Services or Mergent’s Industrial Manual; provided that Mergent’s OTC Industrial Manual is not sufficient for these purposes.
(r) During the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act and for as long as the Firm Warrants, the Option Warrants and the Underwriters’ Warrants remain outstanding, the Company will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations within the time periods required thereby.
(s) The Company shall use its best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and a current Prospectus relating thereto for as long as the Firm Warrants, the Option Warrants and the Underwriters’ Warrants remain outstanding. During any period when the Company fails to have maintained an effective Registration Statement or a current Prospectus relating thereto and a holder of a Firm Warrant, Option Warrant or Underwriters’ Warrant desires to exercise such warrant and, in the opinion of counsel to the holder, Rule 144 is not available as an exemption from registration for the resale of the shares of Common Stock underlying such warrant (such shares, the “Warrant Shares”), the Company shall immediately file a registration statement registering the resale of the Warrant Shares and use its best efforts to have it declared effective by the Commission within thirty (30) days.
(t) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Securities.
(u) The Company will not take, and will cause its Affiliates not to take, directly or indirectly, any action which constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of any Securities.
(v) The Company shall cause to be prepared and delivered to the Representative, at its expense, within two (2) Business Days from the date of this Agreement, an Electronic Prospectus to be used by the Underwriters in connection with the Offering. As used herein, the term “Electronic Prospectus” means a form of prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, that meets each of the following conditions: (i) it shall be encoded in an electronic format, satisfactory to the Representative, that may be transmitted electronically by the Underwriters to offerees and purchasers of the Securities for at least the period during which a Prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act; (ii) it shall disclose the same information as the paper prospectus and prospectus filed pursuant to ▇▇▇▇▇, except to the extent that graphic and image material cannot be disseminated electronically, in which case such graphic and image material shall be replaced in the electronic prospectus with a fair and accurate narrative description or tabular representation of such material, as appropriate; and (iii) it shall be in or convertible into a paper format or an electronic format, satisfactory to the Representative, that will allow recipients thereof to store and have continuously ready access to the prospectus at any future time, without charge to such recipients (other than any fee charged for subscription to the Internet as a whole and for online time).
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (COPsync, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (COPsync, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (COPsync, Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative several Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been usedA) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period prepare and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses under Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations a Prospectus in a form approved by the Representative containing information previously omitted at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 430A of the Rules and manner required under Regulations and (B) not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or distribute an amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus of which the Representative shall not previously have been advised and furnished with a copy or to which the Representative shall have reasonably objected in writing or which is not in compliance with the Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may beand Regulations.
(b) During The Company will comply with the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Units as contemplated in this Agreement, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If during the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered which a prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in under Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act Act) is no longer required by law to be provided)delivered by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur as a result of which, in connection the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable opinion of the Representative, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or, if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with sales by any law, the Company promptly will either (i) prepare and file with the Commission an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior appropriate amendment to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or supplement to the ProspectusProspectus or (ii) prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate filing under the Exchange Act which shall be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus so that the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when it is so delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will comply with the law.
(c) If at any time prior to the Closing Date or Option Closing Date, any event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable opinion of the Representative, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time the General Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or, if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package to comply with any law, the Company shall furnish to promptly will either (i) prepare and file with the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed Commission an appropriate amendment or supplementsupplement to such Preliminary Prospectus or (ii) prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate filing under the Exchange Act which shall be incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus so that the Preliminary Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when it is so delivered, be misleading, or so that the Preliminary Prospectus will comply with the law. For a period of five years from the Effective Date, or such earlier time upon which the Company is required to be liquidated, the Company will use its best efforts to maintain the registration of the Securities and the Representative’s Securities under the provisions of the Exchange Act. For a period of five years from the Effective Date, or such earlier time upon which the Company is required to be liquidated or the Representative shall no longer hold the Representative’s Purchase Option, the Company will not deregister the Units under the Exchange Act without the prior written consent of the Representative.
(d) The Company will cooperate with the Representative in endeavoring to qualify the Securities for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably have designated in writing and will make such applications, file such documents, and furnish such information as may be reasonably required for that purpose, provided the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or required to file such proposed amendment a consent. The Company will, from time to time, prepare and file such statements, reports, and other documents, as are or supplement may be required to which continue such qualifications in effect for so long a period as the Representatives Representative may reasonably object within 24 hours request for distribution of the Securities.
(e) The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representative, from time to time, as many copies of any Preliminary Prospectus as the Representative may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representative during the period when delivery of a Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to under Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required under the Act, as many copies of the Prospectus in final form, or as thereafter amended or supplemented, as the Representative may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to the Representatives Representative at or before the Closing Date, four signed copies of the Registration Statement and Underwriters’ Counselall amendments thereto including all exhibits filed therewith, and will deliver to the Representative such number of copies of the Registration Statement (including such number of copies of the exhibits filed therewith that may reasonably be requested), and of all amendments thereto, as the Representative may reasonably request.
(cf) After the date of this Agreement, the The Company shall promptly will advise the Representative in writing promptly (iA) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall have become effective, (B) of receipt of any comments from the Commission, (C) of any request of the Commission for amendment of the Registration Statement or any amendment or for supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that Prospectus or for any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effectiveadditional information, and (ivD) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto the use of the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or of the institution of any proceedings for that purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure PackagePackage or the Prospectus and to obtain as soon as possible the lifting thereof, if issued.
(g) For a period of five years from the Effective Date, or until such earlier date upon which the Company is required to be liquidated, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing ProspectusCompany, or of any proceedings at its expense, shall cause its regularly engaged independent registered public accounting firm to remove, suspend or terminate from listing review (but not audit) the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed Company’s financial statements for trading, or each of the threatening or initiation first three fiscal quarters prior to the announcement of any proceedings for any quarterly financial information and the filing of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any timeCompany’s Form 10-Q quarterly report.
(h) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will use its reasonable efforts furnish to obtain the lifting Underwriters, as soon as they have been prepared by or are available to the Company, a copy of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, any unaudited interim financial statements of the Company agrees that it shall comply with for any period subsequent to the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made period covered by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings most recent financial statements appearing in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasersStatement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(i) would include The Company will not consummate a Business Combination with any entity which is affiliated with any Initial Stockholder. The Company shall not pay any Initial Stockholder or any of their affiliates or family members any fees or compensation from the Company, for services rendered to the Company prior to, or in connection with, the consummation of an untrue statement initial Business Combination; provided that the Initial Stockholders shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Company for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with seeking and consummating an initial Business Combination.
(j) The Company will use its best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of a material fact or omit the Securities and the Representative’s Securities on the American Stock Exchange.
(k) The Company will take all necessary actions to state a material fact ensure, that, upon and at all times after the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, it will be in compliance with (i) all applicable provisions of the S▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act that are then in effect and shall take such steps as are necessary to make the statements therein, ensure that it will be in the light compliance with other applicable provisions of the circumstances under S▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act not currently in effect upon the effectiveness of such provisions and (ii) the requirements of the American Stock Exchange’s AMEX Company Guide.
(l) For a period of five years from the Effective Date or until such earlier time upon which the Company is required to be liquidated, the Company, upon request from the Representative, will furnish to the Representative (Attn: Syndicate Manager with a copy to: General Counsel), copies of such financial statements were madeand other periodic and special reports as the Company from time to time furnishes generally to holders of any class of securities, not misleadingand promptly furnish to the Representative: (i) a copy of such registration statements, or if during financial statements and periodic and special reports as the Company shall be required to file with the Commission and from time to time furnishes generally to holders of any such period it is necessary or appropriate in class of its securities; and (ii) such additional documents and information with respect to the opinion Company and the affairs of any future subsidiaries of the Company or its counsel or as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request, all subject to the execution of a satisfactory confidentiality agreement.
(m) For a period equal to five years from the date hereof or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend until such earlier time upon which the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus Company is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed required to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Actliquidated, the Company will promptly notify not take any action or actions which may prevent or disqualify the Representative Company’s use of Form S-1 (or other appropriate form) for the registration of the Warrants and the Representative’s Warrants under the Act.
(n) The Company will amend apply the net proceeds of its sale of the Securities as set forth in the Registration Statement or supplement Statement, Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or and shall file such document reports with the Commission with respect to the sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds therefrom as may be required in accordance with Rule 463 under the Act.
(at o) The Company will maintain a transfer agent, warrant agent and, if necessary under the expense jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company, a registrar for the Units, Common Stock and Warrants.
(p) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company.
(q) The Company will make generally available to its security holders, as soon as it is practicable to do so, but in any event not later than 15 months after the Effective Date, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) in reasonable detail, covering a period of at least 12 consecutive months beginning after the Effective Date, which earnings statement shall satisfy the requirements of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations and will advise you in writing when such statement has been so made available.
(r) In the event any person or entity (excluding attorneys, accountants, engineers, environmental or labor consultants, investigatory firms, technology consultants and specialists and similar service providers that are not affiliated or associated with the NASD and are not brokers or finders) is engaged, in writing, to assist the issuer in finding or evaluating a merger candidate, the Company will provide the following to the NASD and the Representative prior to consummation of an initial Business Combination: (i) copies of agreements governing said services (which details or agreements may be appropriately redacted to account for privilege or confidentiality concerns), and (ii) a justification as to correct why the person or entity providing the merger and acquisition services should not be considered an “underwriter or related person” with respect to the Company’s initial public offering as such term is defined in Rule 2710(a)(6) of the NASD Conduct Rules. The Company also agrees that proper disclosure of such arrangement or potential arrangement will be made in the proxy statement which the Company will file for purposes of soliciting stockholder approval for the initial Business Combination.
(s) The Company will maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or omission specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary in order to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or effect specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(t) The Company shall, on the date hereof, retain its independent public accountants to audit the financial statements of the Company as of the Closing Date (the “Audited Financial Statements”) reflecting the receipt by the Company of the proceeds of the initial public offering. As soon as the Audited Financial Statements become available, the Company shall promptly file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission, which Report shall contain the Company’s Audited Financial Statements.
(u) The Company shall advise the NASD if it is aware that any 5% or greater stockholder of the Company (other than the Representative or its affiliates) becomes an affiliate or associated person of an NASD member participating in the distribution of the Securities.
(v) The Company shall cause the proceeds of the offering to be held in the Trust Fund to be invested only in “government securities” (as defined in the Trust Agreement) with specific maturity dates as set forth in the Trust Agreement and disclosed in the Prospectus. The Company will otherwise use its best efforts to conduct its business (both prior to and after the consummation of an initial Business Combination) in a manner so that it will not become subject to the Investment Company Act.
(w) The Company hereby agrees that until the Company consummates a Business Combination, it shall not issue any shares of Common Stock or any options or other securities convertible into Common Stock, or any shares of Preferred Stock which participate in any manner in the Trust Fund or which vote as a class with the Common Stock on a Business Combination.
(x) The Company hereby agrees that prior to commencing its due diligence investigation of any operating business or real estate assets which the Company seeks to acquire (“Target Business”) or obtaining the services of any vendor it will use its best efforts to attempt to cause the Target Business or the vendor to execute a waiver letter in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and B, respectively. It is understood that the Company may not be able to obtain such complianceletters in some or all circumstances and that, nonetheless, the Company may still proceed with such due diligence investigations and enter into agreements with such parties or obtaining of services, as applicable. Furthermore, each officer and director of the Company (other than the Initial Stockholders) shall execute a waiver letter in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C.
(y) The Company shall not take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the Company to be in breach or violation of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws.
(z) The Company agrees: (i) that, prior to the consummation of any Business Combination, it will submit such transaction to the Company’s stockholders for their approval (“Initial Transaction Vote”) even if the nature of the acquisition is such as would not ordinarily require stockholder approval under applicable state la
Appears in 4 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Grubb & Ellis Realty Advisors, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Grubb & Ellis Realty Advisors, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Grubb & Ellis Realty Advisors, Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. The In further consideration of the agreements of the Underwriters contained in this Agreement, the Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative thateach Underwriter as follows:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of To prepare the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will in a form approved by you and to file the such Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the date of this Agreement; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Prospectus prior to the Closing Date which shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you with copies thereof; to prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of the Securities, in a form approved by you and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory required by such Rule; to file promptly all other material required to be filed by the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act; to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or 163(b)(2information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later delivery of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered a prospectus (or in lieu thereof thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act Act) is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter the offering or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) sale of the receipt of any comments ofSecurities; to advise you, or requests for additional or supplemental information frompromptly after it receives notice thereof, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the effectiveness use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other prospectus in respect of the Securities, of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act, of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, other prospectus or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter suspending any such stop order at any timequalification, the Company will to promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting withdrawal of such order order; and in the event of any such issuance of a notice of objection, promptly to take such steps including, without limitation, amending the Registration Statement or filing a new registration statement, at its own expense, as may be necessary to permit offers and sales of the earliest possible moment. AdditionallySecurities by the Underwriters (references herein to the Registration Statement shall include any such amendment or new registration statement).
(b) If required by Rule 430B(h) under the Act, to prepare a form of prospectus in a form approved by you and to file such form of prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than may be required by Rule 424(b) under the Act; and to make no further amendment or supplement to such form of prospectus which shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof.
(c) If by the third anniversary (the “Renewal Deadline”) of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement, any of the Securities remain unsold by the Underwriters, the Company agrees that will file, if it shall comply with has not already done so and is eligible to do so, a new automatic shelf registration statement relating to the provisions of Rules 424(b)Securities, 430A and 430Bin a form reasonably satisfactory to you. If at the Renewal Deadline the Company is no longer eligible to file an automatic shelf registration statement, as applicablethe Company will, under if it has not already done so, file a new shelf registration statement relating to the Securities Act Securities, in a form reasonably satisfactory to you and will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by cause such registration statement to become effective within 180 days after the Renewal Deadline. The Company under Rule 424(b) will take all other action reasonably necessary or Rule 433 were received appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) expired registration statement relating to the Securities. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new automatic shelf registration statement or Rule 164(b))such new shelf registration statement, as the case may be.
(d) (i) During Prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Prospectus Delivery Period, New York business day next succeeding the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now date of this Agreement and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time, to furnish the Underwriters with written and electronic copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as you may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in force, and by connection with the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance offering or sale of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during if at such period time any event occurs shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus (as then amended or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such statements were madeProspectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is delivered, not misleading, or or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Exchange Trust Indenture Act, the Company will promptly to notify the Representative you and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available upon your request to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many written and electronic copies as you may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the expense of the Company) so as to Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) in connection with sales of any of the Securities at any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon your request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many written and electronic copies as you may request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act.
(e) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than sixteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158).
(f) To pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) under the Act without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Act.
(g) To endeavor to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you shall reasonably request provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 7(g), (ii) file any general consent to service of process, (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not so subject or (iv) make any changes to its certificate of incorporation or bylaws.
(h) Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and the Company’s accountants in connection with the registration of the Securities and all other fees or expenses of the Company in connection with the preparation, printing, production and filing of the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 7(g) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the preparation of any Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum; (iv) any fees charged by rating agencies for the rating of the Securities, (v) any filing fees incident to, and any fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, any required review by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority of the terms of the sale of the Securities; (vi) the costs and charges of the Trustee, and (vii) all other cost and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is understood, however, that except as provided in clauses (iii) and (v) of this Section 7(h), and the last paragraph of Section 10, the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel, transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Securities by them and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Amgen Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Amgen Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Amgen Inc)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (PreTam Holdings Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Society Pass Incorporated.), Underwriting Agreement (Society Pass Incorporated.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the reasonable opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), ) in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Representative reasonably object objects within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing of: (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, ; (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, ; (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, ; and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or the initiation of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Shares from any securities exchange upon which they the Shares are listed for trading, or of the threatening or of initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event or development occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances there existing, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will deliver to the Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel a copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed, and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 A.M., Eastern time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement, and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters copies of the Prospectus in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 P.M., Eastern time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2), and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Securities Act.
(h) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Representative may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process or to subject itself to taxation if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) The Company will make generally available (which includes filings pursuant to the Exchange Act made publicly through the E▇▇▇▇ system) to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations.
(j) Except with respect to (i) securities of the Company which may be issued in connection with an acquisition of another entity (or the assets thereof), (ii) the issuance of securities of the Company intended to provide the Company with proceeds to acquire another entity (or the assets thereof), or (iii) the issuance of securities under the Company’s stock option plans with exercise or conversion prices at fair market value (as defined in such plans) in effect from time to time, during the three (3) months following the Closing Date, the Company or any successor to the Company shall not undertake any public or private offerings of any equity securities of the Company (including equity-linked securities) without the prior written consent of the Representative, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(k) Following the Closing Date, the Company and any of the individuals listed on Schedule B hereto (the “Lock-Up Parties”), without the prior written consent of the Representative, shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company, whether publicly or in a private placement, during the period that their respective lock-up agreements are in effect. The Company will deliver to the Representative the agreements of the Lock-Up Parties to the foregoing effect prior to the Closing Date, which agreements shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex II.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Farmmi, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Farmmi, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Farmmi, Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Shares from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Siyata Mobile Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Siyata Mobile Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Siyata Mobile Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative Underwriters of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the reasonable opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), ) in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the Disclosure Materials or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Underwriters reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative Underwriters in writing of: (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, ; (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package Materials, or the Prospectus, ; (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, ; and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure PackageMaterials, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or the initiation of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Shares from any securities exchange upon which they the Shares are listed for trading, or of the threatening or of initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Registration Statement, Disclosure PackageMaterials, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event or development occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Materials) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative Underwriters or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Materials) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative Underwriters and will promptly amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure PackageMaterials) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) If at any time following the issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances there existing, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(iii) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to continually comply with the PRC laws and regulations governing the Company’s listing on an exchange not in the PRC, rectify or cure any non-compliance, and implement and maintain content control and other measures in continuing compliance with PRC laws and regulations after the Closing Date.
(e) The Company will deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed, and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least three (3) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 A.M., Eastern Time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement, and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters copies of the Prospectus in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Act.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2), and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Act.
(h) The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process or to subject itself to taxation if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) The Company will make generally available (which includes filings pursuant to the Exchange Act made publicly through the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (“▇▇▇▇▇”) system) to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 of the Regulations.
(j) Except with respect to (i) securities of the Company which may be issued in connection with an acquisition of another entity (or the assets thereof), (ii) the issuance of securities of the Company intended to provide the Company with proceeds to acquire another entity (or the assets thereof), or (iii) the issuance of securities under the Company’s stock option plans with exercise or conversion prices at fair market value (as defined in such plans) in effect from time to time, during the three (3) months following the Closing Date, the Company or any successor to the Company shall not undertake any public or private offerings of any equity securities of the Company (including equity-linked securities) without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(k) Starting from the commencement of sales of this Offering, any of the entities and individuals listed on Schedule B hereto (the “Lock-Up Parties”), without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company, whether publicly or in a private placement, during their respective lock-up period in the lock-up agreements that are in effect. The Company will deliver to the Underwriters the agreements of the Lock-Up Parties to the foregoing effect on the date of this Agreement, which agreements shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex IV.
(l) The Company will not issue press releases or engage in any other publicity without the Underwriters’ prior written consent, for a period ending at 5:00 P.M., Eastern time, on the first Business Day following the forty-fifth (45th) day following the Closing Date, other than normal and customary releases issued in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, or as required by law.
(m) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus. Without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Materials, and the Prospectus, no proceeds of the Offering will be used to pay outstanding loans from officers, directors or shareholders or to pay any accrued salaries or bonuses to any employees or former employees.
(n) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market for at least three (3) years after the Effective Date, unless such listing is terminated as a result of a transaction approved by the holders of a majority of the voting securities of the Company.
(o) The Company will use its best efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date and any Additional Closing Date, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Securities.
(p) The Company will not take, and will cause its Controlled Entities not to take, directly or indirectly, any action which constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities.
(q) The Company shall cause to be prepared and delivered to the Underwriters, at its expense, within two (2) Business Days from the date of this Agreement, an Electronic Prospectus to be used by the Underwriters in connection with the Offering. As used herein, the term “Electronic Prospectus” means a form of prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, that meets each of the following conditions: (i) it shall be encoded in an electronic format, satisfactory to the Underwriters, that may be transmitted electronically by the Underwriters to offerees and purchasers of the Securities for at least the period during which a Prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act or the Exchange Act; (ii) it shall disclose the same information as the paper prospectus and prospectus filed pursuant to ▇▇▇▇▇, except to the extent that graphic and image material cannot be disseminated electronically, in which case such graphic and image material shall be replaced in the electronic prospectus with a fair and accurate narrative description or tabular representation of such material, as appropriate; and (iii) it shall be in or convertible into a paper format or an electronic format, satisfactory to the Underwriters, that will allow recipients thereof to store and have continuously ready access to the prospectus at any future time, without charge to such recipients (other than any fee charged for subscription to the Internet as a whole and for online time).
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Baiya International Group Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Baiya International Group Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Baiya International Group Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative each Underwriter that:
(a) The Registration Statement As soon as reasonably possible after the execution and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing delivery of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)this Agreement, the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within 424 under the prescribed time period Securities Act (“Rule 424”), setting forth, among other things, the necessary information with respect to the terms of offering of the Securities and make any other required filings pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act. Upon request, the Company will provide evidence satisfactory promptly deliver to the Representative and to counsel for the Underwriters, to the extent not previously delivered, one fully executed copy or one conformed copy, certified by an officer of such timely filingthe Company, of the Registration Statement, as originally filed, and of all amendments thereto, if any, heretofore or hereafter made (other than those relating solely to Registered Securities other than the Securities), including any post-effective amendment (in each case including all exhibits filed therewith and all documents incorporated therein not previously furnished to the Representative), including signed copies of each consent and certificate included therein or filed as an exhibit thereto, and will deliver to the Representative for distribution to the Underwriters as many conformed copies of the foregoing (excluding the exhibits, but including all documents incorporated therein) as the Representative may reasonably request. The Company will file with also send to the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in Underwriters as soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement and thereafter from time to time as many copies of the Prospectus and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), the Preliminary Prospectus as the case Representative may bereasonably request for the purposes required by the Securities Act.
(b) During such period (not exceeding nine months) after the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later commencement of the Closing Date or such date as, in offering of the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, Securities as the Prospectus is no longer Underwriters may be required by law to be delivered deliver a Prospectus (or in lieu thereof thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be providedAct), in connection with sales by an underwriter if any event relating to or dealer (affecting the “Prospectus Delivery Period”)Company, prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, of which the Company shall furnish to be advised in writing by the Representatives Representative shall occur, which in the Company’s reasonable opinion (after consultation with counsel for review the Representative) should be set forth in a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which or an amendment of the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours Prospectus in order to make the Prospectus not misleading in the light of delivery thereof the circumstances when it is delivered to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
a purchaser (c) After the date of this Agreementor in lieu thereof, the Company shall promptly advise notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments ofSecurities Act), or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment if it is necessary to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, amend the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing comply with the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any timeSecurities Act, the Company will use forthwith at its expense prepare, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and dealers named by the Representative a reasonable efforts number of copies of a supplement or supplements or an amendment or amendments to obtain the lifting of such order at Prospectus that will supplement or amend the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees Prospectus so that as supplemented or amended it shall will comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that not contain any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madewhen the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading. In case any Underwriter is required to deliver a Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) after the expiration of nine months after the commencement of the offering of the Securities, the Company, upon the request of the Representative, will furnish to the Representative, at the expense of such Underwriter, a reasonable quantity of a supplemented or amended prospectus, or supplements or amendments to the Prospectus, complying with Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
(c) The Company will make generally available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event not later than 16 months after the end of the fiscal quarter in which the filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424 occurs, an earnings statement (in form complying with the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, which need not be certified by independent public accountants) covering a period of twelve months beginning not later than the first day of the Company’s fiscal quarter next following the filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424.
(d) The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts promptly to do and perform all things to be done and performed by it hereunder prior to the Closing Date and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery by it of the Securities.
(e) The Company will advise the Representative, or the Representative’s counsel, promptly of the filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424 and of any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or Registration Statement or of official notice of institution of proceedings for, or the entry of, a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, if during such period a stop order should be entered, use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the prompt removal thereof.
(f) If at any time when Securities remain unsold by the Underwriters, the Company receives from the Commission a notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the Securities Act or otherwise ceases to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form, the Company will (i) promptly notify the Representative, (ii) promptly file a new registration statement or post-effective amendment on the proper form relating to the Securities, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, or take such other action, after consultation with counsel, as the Company believes is appropriate, (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any new registration statement or post-effective amendment that may be filed pursuant to clause (ii) above, to be declared effective and (iv) promptly notify the Representative of any such effectiveness. The Company will take all other commercially reasonable action as it is necessary or deems appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in the opinion registration statement that was subject of the Rule 401(g)(2) notice or for which the Company has otherwise become ineligible. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new registration statement or its counsel post-effective amendment, as the case may be.
(g) The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to qualify the Securities, as may be required, for offer and sale under the Blue Sky or legal investment laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate, and will file and make in each year such statements or Underwriters’ Counsel reports as are or may be reasonably required by the laws of such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to amend qualify as a foreign corporation or dealer in securities, or to file any general consents to service of process, under the laws of any jurisdiction.
(h) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus (that shall not have previously been furnished to the Representative or if of which the Prospectus is Representative shall not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act previously have been advised or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative shall reasonably object in writing and will amend which has not been approved by the Registration Statement Representative or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasersits counsel, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense acting on behalf of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such complianceUnderwriters.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Progress Energy Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Progress Energy Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Progress Energy Inc)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date (or such date asOption Closing Date, if any) if in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the ProspectusGeneral Disclosure Package, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Underwriters for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Underwriters reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counseltheir counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative Underwriters in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, effective and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectusProspectus, the General Disclosure Package, or the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Shares from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all applicable requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative Underwriters or Underwriters’ Counsel counsel to the Underwriters to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative Underwriters and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) The Company will promptly deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel, upon their request, a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 A.M., New York time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(e) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(f) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Act by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2).
(g) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Representative may designate and to maintain such qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process or to subject itself to taxation if it is otherwise not so subject.
(h) The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations.
(1) Following the Closing Date, the individuals listed on Schedule B hereto (the “Lock-Up Parties”) shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company, whether publicly or in a private placement during the period that their respective lock-up agreements are in effect. The Company will deliver to the Representative the agreements of Lock-Up Parties to the foregoing effect prior to the Closing Date, which agreements shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex I. The Company will enforce the terms of each lock-up agreement and issue stop-transfer instructions to the transfer agent for the Shares with respect to any transaction or contemplated transaction that would constitute a breach of or default under the applicable lock-up agreement.
(2) The Company, on behalf of itself and any successor entity, agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Representative, it will not, for a period of 180 days after the date of this Agreement (the “Lock-Up Period”), (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company; (ii) file or cause to be filed any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company; or (iii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of capital stock of the Company, whether any such transaction described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of capital stock of the Company or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The restrictions contained in this Section 4(i)(2) shall not apply to (i) the shares of Common Stock to be sold hereunder, (ii) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of a stock option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof or (iii) the issuance by the Company of stock options or shares of capital stock of the Company under any equity compensation plan of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (ii) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results or becomes aware that material news or a material event will occur during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the restrictions imposed by this Section 4(i)(2) shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of such material news or material event, as applicable, unless the Representative waives, in writing, such extension.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Enerpulse Technologies, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Enerpulse Technologies, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Enerpulse Technologies, Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which that would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or promptly will notify the Representative and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will promptly deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents that are exhibits to the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co), Underwriting Agreement (Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co), Underwriting Agreement (Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date term of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing hereby covenants and agrees as follows:
(i) the Company shall comply with:
(A) all Applicable Laws (other than Applicable Laws of the receipt of any comments ofUnited States) in all material respects, or requests for additional or supplemental information fromincluding, to the extent applicable, the CommissionCDSA, the Cannabis Act, if in force at the applicable time, any and all Laws prescribed by and in respect of the ACMPR and all other Laws (other than Laws applicable to the United States) relating to Cannabis which are applicable to the Company’s business, affairs and operations, and, including for greater certainty, the rules of the TSX, the NYSE and any other stock or securities exchange, marketplace or trading market upon which the Company has sought and obtained listing of its securities; and
(B) all Applicable Laws of the United States in all respects, including, to the extent applicable, the Controlled Substances Act and all other Laws relating to Cannabis which are applicable to the Company’s business, affairs and operations in the United States, and, including for greater certainty, the rules of the TSX, the NYSE and any other stock or securities exchange, marketplace or trading market upon which the Company has sought and obtained listing of its securities;
(ii) of the time Company shall only carry on any business, affairs or operations or maintain any activities in Canada and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment other markets to the Registration Statement extent such business, affairs and operations are lawful in such markets or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, become lawful in such markets after the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, date hereof;
(iii) the Company shall deliver to CBG, as promptly as practicable, but in any event no later than 15 days after the end of each month, a compliance certificate executed by a senior officer of the time and date that any post-effective amendment Company, in the form attached to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and this Agreement as Schedule B;
(iv) of the issuance by the Commission Company shall comply in all respects with its internal compliance programs designed to detect and prevent violations of any stop order suspending Applicable Laws related to the Cannabis industry and shall periodically review and update its internal compliance programs to account for any changes in Laws applicable to the Company’s business, affairs or operations;
(v) the Company shall, on at least a quarterly basis, require and supervise internal personnel and third party consultants to perform routine audits to test the effectiveness of the Registration Statement Company’s internal compliance programs and processes and controls related thereto;
(vi) the Company shall promptly notify and consult CBG in connection with: (i) any and all matters relating to any potential, actual or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectusalleged violation of, or of non-compliance with, Laws applicable to the United States; (ii) any proceedings and all material matters relating to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for tradingviolations of, or of non-compliance with, any Laws other than Laws applicable to the threatening United States; and (iii) any and all matters relating to any violations of, or initiation of non-compliance with, any proceedings for any of such purposes. If Laws other than Laws applicable to the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, United States which could reasonably be expected to result in fines or penalties against the Company will use its reasonable efforts or otherwise result in a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, affairs and operations, and, for greater certainty, consultation for these purposes shall include the right of CBG to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts participate in all decisions to confirm that any filings be made by the Company under Rule 424(b) relating to whether purported or Rule 433 were alleged violations or instances of non-compliance will be challenged and how such violations or instances of non-compliance will be remediated, provided that, for greater certainty, the Company shall make all such decisions in its discretion, acting reasonably, after having received any input provided by CBG in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).fashion;
(dvii) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery PeriodCompany shall provide and continue to provide sufficient training to employees responsible for the Company’s internal compliance programs, including informing them of all Applicable Laws, including, to the extent applicable, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Controlled Substances Act, as now the CDSA, the Cannabis Act, if in force at the applicable time, any and hereafter amendedall Laws prescribed by and in respect of the ACMPR and all other Laws relating to the Cannabis industry which are applicable to the Company’s business, affairs and operations, and any changes thereto;
(viii) the Company shall, on at least an annual basis, provide CBG with a list of employees and third party consultants responsible for the Company’s internal compliance programs and processes and controls related thereto, including details regarding the qualifications of such employees and third party consultants and, if requested by the Rules and RegulationsCBG, such further information as may be reasonably requested by CBG from time to time to demonstrate that such employees are properly trained and fully familiar with: (i) the Laws relating to the Cannabis industry which are applicable to the Company’s business, affairs and operations; and (ii) the Company’s internal compliance programs and processes and controls related thereto, in forceeach case, so as to permit CBG to demonstrate due diligence and compliance with its obligations under Applicable Law in the United States;
(ix) upon receipt by the Exchange Act so far Company of a written notice from CBG advising the Company that: (i) the CBG Group has determined based on information not available to it as necessary to permit at the continuance date of sales of or dealings this Agreement that holding an investment in the Securities as contemplated Company could reasonably be expected to trigger a violation of, or any liability, other than any liability arising from obligations required to be performed by the provisions hereofCBG Group under this Agreement or the Subscription Agreement, to the General Disclosure PackageCBG Group under, Applicable Law (which, for greater certainty, shall include any Laws applicable to the Registration Statement United States); and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs (ii) as a result of such determination, the CBG Group wishes to sell all of the Common Shares beneficially owned by the CBG Group on the TSX, NYSE or such other stock exchange, marketplace or trading market on which the Prospectus Common Shares are listed or traded at such time, then, as soon as practicable, and no later than 9:00 a.m. (or if Smiths Falls time) on the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasersfifteenth (15th) day following receipt by the Company of the written notice from CBG outlining the basis upon which CBG has reached the above referenced determination, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of Company shall, through a material fact press release or omit to state a material fact necessary to other publicly filed document (the “Cleansing Document”), make the statements thereinCleansing Announcement, in the light including filing a copy of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in Cleansing Document on the opinion System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval;
(x) the head office of the Company or its counsel or shall be located in Smiths Falls, Ontario, unless otherwise approved by unanimous resolution of the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel Board; and
(xi) for so long as the CBG Group continues to amend hold at least the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange ActTarget Number of Shares, the Company will promptly notify shall not implement or adopt any shareholder rights plan without the Representative prior written consent of CBG.
(b) The Company hereby grants to the CBG Group, effective upon the termination of this Agreement, a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing, perpetual, non-revocable and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense irrevocable license granting all of the Company) so rights contemplated by Section 7.1 of the Commercialization Agreement (as in effect prior to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.its termination), provided that the definition of “Company IP” in Section 1.1 thereof shall be replaced in its entirety with:
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Investor Rights Agreement (CBG Holdings LLC), Investor Rights Agreement (Canopy Growth Corp), Subscription Agreement
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with each of the Representative thatUnderwriters as follows:
(a) The Registration Statement To prepare the Final Prospectus as amended and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, supplemented in relation to the applicable Shares in a form approved by the Underwriters and if Rule 430A is used or to file timely and in the filing of the manner required such Final Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within under the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory Securities Act (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)); to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus (including any prospectus included in the Original Registration Statement or amendment thereto at the time and manner required under Rules 433(dit became effective) or 163(b)(2), to the Final Prospectus as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on amended or supplemented after the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or First Time of Delivery unless the Prospectus, the Company Underwriters shall furnish have had a reasonable opportunity to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file comment upon any such proposed amendment or supplement prior to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof any filing thereof; to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments ofUnderwriters, or requests for additional or supplemental information frompromptly after it receives notice thereof, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of when any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or any amendment or supplement to the Final Prospectus or any prospectusamended Final Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Underwriters with copies thereof; to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), the General Disclosure Package 13(c), 14 or the Prospectus, (iii15(d) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment Exchange Act for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and, during such same period, to advise the Registration Statement becomes effectiveUnderwriters, and promptly after it receives notice thereof, of (ivi) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings examination pursuant to removeSection 8(e) of the Securities Act concerning the Registration Statement, suspend (ii) the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from sale in any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, jurisdiction or of the initiation or threatening or initiation of any proceedings proceeding for any of such purposes. If purpose, (iii) any request by the Commission shall enter for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or Final Prospectus or for additional information or (iv) the Company becoming the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act in connection with the offering of the Shares; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Final Prospectus or suspending any such stop order at any timequalification, the Company will promptly to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the lifting withdrawal of such order at order. The Company shall pay the earliest possible moment. Additionally, required Commission filing fees relating to the Company agrees that it shall comply with Shares within the provisions time required by Rule 456(b)(1) of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act without regard to the proviso therein and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the Securities Act.
(b) Not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York time) on the second business day following the date the Shares are first released by the Underwriters for sale to purchasers and from time to time, furnish at its own expense to the Underwriters and to ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel to the Underwriters, copies of the Final Prospectus (and all amendments and supplements thereto) in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the Underwriters reasonably request for internal use and for distribution to prospective purchasers. The Company under Rule 424(bwill pay the expenses of printing and distributing any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) and the Prospectus and any amendments or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission supplements thereto (including without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)limitation any costs associated with electronic delivery of these materials).
(c) Furnish or deliver to the Underwriters and to ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Original Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Underwriters, without charge, a conformed copy of the Original Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Original Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to ▇▇▇▇▇, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(d) (i) During Promptly to take such action as the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as Underwriters may reasonably request from time to time in force, to qualify the Shares for offering and by sale under the Exchange Act securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may request and to comply with such laws so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or and dealings therein in such jurisdictions in the Securities United States for as contemplated by long as may be necessary to complete the provisions hereofdistribution of the Shares; provided that in connection therewith, the General Disclosure PackageCompany shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or otherwise subject itself to taxation or service of process in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so qualified or subject.
(e) To make generally available to securityholders of the Company as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Securities Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158).
(f) To pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Shares within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Securities Act.
(g) That none of the Company or any of its Affiliates will take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to stabilize or manipulate, or which constitutes or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation, of the price of any security of the Company in connection with the offering of the Shares.
(h) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date of the Final Prospectus. , not to offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose, except as provided hereunder, of any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Shares, including but not limited to any options or warrants to purchase shares of Stock or any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such substantially similar securities (other than pursuant to director or employee stock option or equity plans existing on the date of this Agreement, including for the avoidance of doubt the Company's 2009 Long Term Equity Incentive Plan, or upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of the date of this Agreement), without your prior written consent.
(i) To take such steps as shall be necessary to ensure that it shall not become an "investment company" within the meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act.
(j) The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Securities Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus relating to the Shares, including timely filing with the Commission or retention where required and legending.
(k) If during such period at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event occurs or development as a result of which the such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (included or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madecircumstances, not misleading, the Company has notified or if during will notify promptly the Underwriters so that any use of such period Issuer Free Writing Prospectus may cease until it is necessary amended or appropriate supplemented. The foregoing two sentences do not apply to statements in the opinion of or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act by any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such complianceUnderwriter expressly for use therein.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (American International Group Inc), Master Separation Agreement (American International Group Inc), Underwriting Agreement (American International Group Inc)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or the Prospectusany Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Underwriters for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Underwriters reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counseltheir counsel. The Underwriters shall not unreasonably object to, condition, or delay such filing. In no event shall the foregoing prevent the Company from timely filing any report required to be filed under the Exchange Act.
(c) After For so long as the date of this AgreementRepresentatives’ Warrants are outstanding, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative Underwriters in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package Package, the Prospectus or the Prospectusany Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, (iv) of any distribution of Written Testing-the-Waters Communication by or on behalf of the Company (other than through the Representative), and (ivv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants ADSs from any securities exchange upon which they are it is listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement Package and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative Underwriter or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative Underwriter and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Safe-T Group Ltd.), Underwriting Agreement (Safe-T Group Ltd.), Underwriting Agreement (Safe-T Group Ltd.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Offering Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effectivehas become qualified, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) Final Offering Circular, subject to the prior approval of the Underwriters, pursuant to Rule 424(b) 253 and Regulation A, within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory a copy of such filing to the Representative of Underwriters promptly following such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During The Company will not, during such period as the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer Final Offering Circular would be required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales of the Shares by an underwriter or dealer in connection with the offering contemplated by this Agreement (whether physically or through compliance with Rules 251 and 254 under the “Prospectus Delivery Period”Securities Act or any similar rule(s)), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery Offering Statement or the Final Offering Circular unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives Underwriters within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and Underwriters’ Counselthe Underwriters shall not have reasonably objected thereto in good faith.
(c) After The Company will notify the date of this AgreementUnderwriters promptly, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative and will, if requested, confirm such notification in writing writing: (i1) of the receipt of when any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Offering Statement is filed; (2) of any request by the Commission for any amendments to the Offering Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment supplements to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and Final Offering Circular or for additional information; (iv3) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use the qualification of the Offering Statement or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing ProspectusFinal Offering Circular, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof; (4) of becoming aware of the occurrence of any event that in the judgment of such purposesthe Company makes any statement made in the Offering Statement, the Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Disclosure Materials or the Final Offering Circular untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in the Offering Statement, the Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Disclosure Materials or the Final Offering Circular in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading; and (5) of receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to any suspension of the qualification or exemption from registration of the Shares for offer and sale in any jurisdiction. If at any time the Commission shall enter issue any such stop order at any timesuspending the qualification of the Offering Statement in connection with the offering contemplated hereby or in connection with sales of Common Stock pursuant to market making activities by the Underwriters, the Company will use its make every reasonable efforts effort to obtain the lifting withdrawal of any such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, If the Company agrees that has omitted any information from the Offering Statement, it shall will use its best efforts to comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b)and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to Regulation A, 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts the Rules and Regulations and to confirm that any filings made by notify the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b))Underwriters promptly of all such filings.
(d) (i) During If, at any time when the Prospectus Delivery Period, Final Offering Circular relating to the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by Company becomes aware of the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance occurrence of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (Final Offering Circular, as then amended or if supplemented, would, in the Prospectus is reasonable judgment of counsel to the Company or counsel to the Underwriters, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not yet available misleading, or the Offering Statement, as then amended or supplemented, would, in the reasonable judgment of counsel to prospective purchasersthe Company or counsel to the Underwriters, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or if for any other reason it is necessary, in the reasonable judgment of counsel to the Company or counsel to the Underwriters, at any time to amend or supplement the Final Offering Circular or the Offering Statement to comply with the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters and will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, at the Company’s expense, an amendment to the Offering Statement and/or an amendment or supplement to the Final Offering Circular that corrects such statement and/or omission or effects such compliance and will deliver to the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies thereof as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Final Offering Circular or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agrees to provide to each Investor, prior to the Closing and, as applicable, any Subsequent Closing, a copy of the Final Offering Circular and any amendments or supplements thereto.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Underwriters and their counsel, without charge (i) one conformed copy of the Offering Statement as originally filed with the Commission and each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto, and (ii) so long as an offering circular relating to the Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations, as many copies of each Preliminary Offering Circular or the Final Offering Circular or any amendment or supplement thereto as each Underwriter may reasonably request.
(f) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madeexisting at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has or if during will promptly notify the Underwriters in writing and has or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such period Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission.
(g) The Company will comply with any undertakings contained in the Offering Statement.
(h) Prior to the sale of the Shares to the Investors, the Company will cooperate with the Underwriters and their counsel in connection with the registration or qualification, or exemption therefrom, of the Shares for offer and sale under the state securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is necessary not now so qualified or appropriate to take any action which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(i) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares in the opinion manner set forth in the Final Offering Circular under the caption “Use of Proceeds.”
(j) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Shares are listed on the NASDAQ.
(k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action intended, or which might reasonably be expected, to cause or result in, or which will constitute, stabilization of the price of the Shares to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(l) The Company will not (i) offer, pledge, sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock of the Company or its counsel securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company, (ii) file or cause to be filed any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering for any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company, or (iii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of capital stock of the Company (the “Lock-Up Securities”) during the period commencing on and including the date hereof and ending on and including the 365th day following the date of this Agreement (as the same may be extended as described below, the “Lock-up Period”), except with respect to (A) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (B) the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of a stock option or warrant or the Representative conversion of a security outstanding on the date of the offering, issued after the date of this Agreement pursuant to the Company’s currently existing or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement hereafter adopted equity compensation plans or supplement the Prospectus (employment or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply consulting agreements or arrangements of which each Underwriter has been advised in writing or which have been filed with the Securities Act Commission or to file (C) the issuance by the Company of stock options or shares of capital stock of the Company under any currently existing or hereafter adopted equity compensation plan or employment/consulting agreements or agreements of the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed Company, provided, however, that recipients of such shares of Common Stock agree to be incorporated bound by reference the terms of the lock-up letter described in Section 5(l) hereof. If the Prospectus in order Representative agrees to comply with waive or release any Lock-Up Securities from the Securities Act or the Exchange ActLock-Up Period, the Company will promptly notify announce the Representative and will amend impending release or waiver by press release through a major news service at least two business days before the Registration Statement effective date of such release or supplement the Prospectus waiver.
(m) The Company shall not grant a waiver or if the Prospectus is not yet available consent to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense any of the Companyprovision of the lock-up agreements referenced in Section 9(h) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such complianceherein without the prior written consent of the Representative.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement, Underwriting Agreement (Adomani, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Adomani, Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. The Each of the Company acknowledgesand the Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, jointly and severally, covenants and agrees with the Representative thatUnderwriters as follows:
(a) The Registration Statement Company and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of Subsidiary Guarantor will file the final Prospectus is otherwise required under with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b)) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the Term Sheet in the form of Annex B hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Act; and the Company will file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; and the Company will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City as promptly as practical following the date of this Agreement in such timely filingquantities as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will file with pay the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in registration fees for this offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as in any event prior to the case may beClosing Date.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and ending on the later of the Closing Date before filing any amendment or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law supplement to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, whether before or after the time that the Registration Statement becomes effective, the Company shall will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for review the Underwriters a copy of each such the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplementsupplement for review and will not make, and the Company shall not prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours object. The Company will promptly, upon the reasonable request of delivery thereof the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters, make any amendments or supplements to the Representatives Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus that may be necessary or advisable in connection with the sale of the Securities by the Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After The Company and the date Subsidiary Guarantor will cooperate with the Underwriters to arrange for the qualification of this Agreementthe Securities for offering and sale under the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of such U.S. jurisdictions as the Underwriters may reasonably designate and will continue such qualifications in effect for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Securities; provided, however, that in connection therewith, neither the Company nor the Subsidiary Guarantor shall promptly be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or subject itself to taxation in excess of a nominal dollar amount in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(d) The Company will advise the Representative Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing writing, (i) of when any amendment to the receipt of any comments of, Registration Statement has been filed or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, becomes effective; (ii) of when any supplement to the time and date Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been filed; (iii) of any filing of request by the Commission for any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package Prospectus or the Prospectus, (iii) receipt of any comments from the time and date that any post-effective amendment Commission relating to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, the initiation or threatening of any proceedings proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or Section 8A of the threatening or initiation Act; (v) of the occurrence of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During event within the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, Period (as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs defined below) as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasersProspectus, the General Pricing Disclosure Package ) or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act; and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(e) If at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which any of the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements they were made, not misleading, misleading or if during such period (ii) it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Pricing Disclosure Package ) to comply with applicable law, the Securities Act Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (b) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to file under the Exchange Act Pricing Disclosure Package (or any document which would to be deemed filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in any of the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented (including such documents to be incorporated by reference therein) will not, in the Prospectus in order to light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so that the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the law.
(f) The Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend deliver, without charge, to each Underwriter (i) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement or supplement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and (ii) during the Prospectus Delivery Period, as many copies of the Prospectus (or if including all amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasersRepresentatives may reasonably request. As used herein, the General Disclosure Package) or file term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such document (at period of time after the expense first date of the Companypublic offering of the Securities as in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Act) so as to correct such statement in connection with sales of the Securities by any Underwriter or omission or effect such compliancedealer.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Omega Healthcare Investors Inc), Underwriting Agreement (OHI Healthcare Properties Limited Partnership), Underwriting Agreement (OHI Healthcare Properties Limited Partnership)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Representative for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Representative reasonably object objects within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives Representative and Underwriters’ Counselits counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Transaction Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or promptly will notify the Representative and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will promptly deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Securities Act by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2).
(h) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Transaction Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Transaction Securities of such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Representative may reasonably designate and to maintain such qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof, except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction, to execute a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction, or to subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) Except with respect to the issuance of securities under any current equity compensation plans described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any successor to the Company shall undertake any public or private offerings of any equity securities of the Company (including equity-linked securities) during the 90 day period following the Closing Date without the prior written consent of the Representative.
(j) During the 90 day period following the Closing Date, the Company will not file any registration statement relating to the offer or sale of any of the Company’s securities, except a registration statement on Form S-8, or amendment thereafter filed with the Commission in connection with any current equity compensation plans, without the consent of the Representative.
(k) Following the Closing Date, the Company and any of the individuals listed on Schedule III hereto (the “Lock-Up Parties”), subject to the exceptions set forth in the agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex I, shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company, whether publicly or in a private placement during the period that their respective lock-up agreements are in effect. The Company will deliver to the Representative the agreements of Lock-Up Parties to the foregoing effect prior to the date of this Agreement, which agreements shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex I. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) the Company issues an earnings release or material news, or a material event relating to the Company occurs, during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, or (y) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the restrictions imposed by this clause shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, unless the Representative waives such extension in writing.
(l) If the Representative, in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 4(k) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three business days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by (i) a press release substantially in the form of Annex V hereto through a major news service or (ii) any other method that satisfies the obligations described in FINRA Rule 5131(d)(2) at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (NeuroMetrix, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (NeuroMetrix, Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative, and as applicable, the Representative acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Company, that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Representative for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Representative reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Brain Scientific Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Edible Garden AG Inc)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Cheetah Net Supply Chain Service Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledgescovenants with you, covenants and agrees with each Underwriter participating in the Representative thatoffering of Underwritten Securities, as follows:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effectiveIf the Company does not elect to rely on Rule 434 under the 1933 Act Regulations, and if Rule 430A is used or immediately following the filing execution of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)applicable Terms Agreement, the Company will file prepare a Prospectus Supplement setting forth the number of Underwritten Securities covered thereby and their terms not otherwise specified in the Prospectus (properly completed pursuant to which the Underwritten Securities are being issued, the names of the Underwriters participating in the offering and the number of Underwritten Securities which each severally has agreed to purchase, the names of the Underwriters acting as co-managers in connection with the offering, the price at which the Underwritten Securities are to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company, the initial public offering price, if Rule 430A has been used) any, the selling concession and reallowance, if any, any delayed delivery arrangements, and such other information as you and the Company deem appropriate in connection with the offering of the Underwritten Securities; and the Company will promptly transmit copies of the Prospectus Supplement to the Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) within of the prescribed time period 1933 Act Regulations and will furnish to the Underwriters named therein as many copies of the Prospectus (including such Prospectus Supplement) as you shall reasonably request. If the Company elects to rely on Rule 434 under the 1933 Act Regulations, immediately following the execution of the applicable Terms Agreement, the Company will prepare an abbreviated term sheet that complies with the requirements of Rule 434 under the 1933 Act Regulations and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative Underwriters with copies of the form of Rule 434 Prospectus, in such timely filing. The Company will number as you shall reasonably request, and, if necessary, promptly file or transmit for filing with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses the form of Prospectus complying with Rule 434(c)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be1933 Act Regulations.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the The Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplementwill notify you immediately, and the Company shall not file any confirm such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours notice in writing, of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement, (ii) the transmittal to the Commission for filing of any Prospectus Supplement or other supplement or amendment to the Prospectus to be filed pursuant to the 1934 Act, (iii) the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, from the Commission, (iiiv) of any request by the time and date of Commission for any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package Prospectus or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effectivefor additional information, and (ivv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any that purpose; and the Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at and, if any timestop order is issued, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order thereof at the earliest possible moment. Additionally.
(c) At any time when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities, the Company agrees that it shall comply with will give you notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the provisions of Rules 424(b)Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, 430A and 430Bwhether pursuant to the 1933 Act, as applicable, under 1934 Act or otherwise (including any revised prospectus which the Securities Act and will Company proposes for use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Underwriters in connection with an offering of Underwritten Securities which differs from the Prospectus on file at the Commission at the time the Registration Statement first becomes effective, whether or not such revised prospectus is required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations, or Rule 433 were received any abbreviated term sheet prepared in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) 434 of the 1933 Act Regulations), and will furnish you with copies of any such amendment or Rule 164(b))supplement or other documents proposed to be used or filed a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and, unless required by law, will not file or use any such amendment or supplement or other documents in a form to which you or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the The Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it deliver to each Underwriter a signed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith and documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇) as you reasonably request and will also deliver to each Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including documents incorporated by reference but without exhibits).
(e) The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or dealings in supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request for the Securities as purposes contemplated by the provisions hereof1933 Act, the General Disclosure Package1933 Act Regulations, the Registration Statement and 1934 Act or the Prospectus. 1934 Act Regulations.
(f) If during such period at any time when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities any event occurs shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, to amend or supplement the Prospectus (or if in order that the Prospectus is will not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleadingexisting at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate shall be necessary, in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel such counsel, at any such time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities requirements of the 1933 Act or the Exchange 1933 Act Regulations, then the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission such amendment or supplement, whether by filing documents pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, as may be necessary to correct such untrue statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement and Prospectus comply with such requirements.
(g) If applicable, the Company will promptly notify endeavor, in cooperation with the Representative Underwriters, to qualify the Underwritten Securities and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, if any, for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws and real estate syndication laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States as you may designate; and in each jurisdiction in which the Underwritten Securities and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, if any, have been so qualified, the Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect for so long as may be required for the distribution of the Underwritten Securities and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, if any; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction where it is not so qualified.
(h) With respect to each sale of Underwritten Securities, the Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but not later than 90 days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158 of the 1933 Act Regulations) covering a twelve month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the "effective date" (as defined in such Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.
(i) The Company will continue to elect to qualify as a "real estate investment trust" under the Code and will amend use its best efforts to continue to meet the Registration Statement or supplement requirements to qualify as a "real estate investment trust."
(j) The Company, during the Prospectus (or if period when the Prospectus is not yet available required to prospective purchasersbe delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities, will file promptly all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the 1934 Act within the time periods prescribed by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.
(k) If the Preferred Stock is convertible into Common Stock, the General Disclosure Package) Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights or file other similar rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy any obligations to issue such document (at the expense shares upon conversion of the Preferred Stock.
(l) If the Preferred Stock is convertible into Common Stock, the Company will use its best efforts to list the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock on the New York Stock Exchange or such other national exchange on which the Company's Common Stock is then listed.
(m) so as The Company will use its best efforts to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliancelist the Underwritten Securities on the New York Stock Exchange.
(n) The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Underwritten Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus under the caption "Use of Proceeds."
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (United Dominion Realty Trust Inc), Underwriting Agreement (United Dominion Realty Trust Inc)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative thateach Underwriter as follows:
(a) The Registration Statement Immediately following the execution of this Agreement, the Company will prepare the Prospectus setting forth the aggregate principal amount of Notes covered thereby and any amendments thereto have been declared effectivetheir terms not otherwise specified in the preliminary prospectus, the Underwriters’ names, the price at which the Notes are to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company, and if Rule 430A is used or such other information as the filing Representatives and the Company deem appropriate in connection with the offering of the Prospectus is otherwise Notes; and the Company will effect the filings required under Rule 424(b), in the Company will file manner and within the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to time period required by Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will provide evidence satisfactory furnish to the Representative Underwriters as many copies of such timely filingthe Prospectus as they shall reasonably request including, if requested by the Underwriters, in addition to or in lieu thereof, electronic copies of the Prospectus. The Company will file with shall pay the required Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in filing fees relating to the Notes within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) (i) of the 1933 Act Regulations and manner required under otherwise in accordance with Rules 433(d456(b) or 163(b)(2), as and 457(r) of the case may be1933 Act Regulations.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof Applicable Time and ending on the later of the Closing Date Time or such date asdate, as in the reasonable opinion of Underwriters’ Counselthe Representatives, the Prospectus is no longer required by law under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter the Underwriters or dealer a dealer, including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior the Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B and will notify the Representatives immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) of the transmittal to amending or supplementing the Commission for filing of any amendment to the Registration Statement or Statement, (ii) of the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish transmittal to the Representatives Commission for review a copy filing of each such proposed any supplement or amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
Prospectus or any document to be filed pursuant to the 1934 Act, (c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (iiii) of the receipt of any comments of, from the Commission with respect to the Registration Statement or requests for additional Prospectus or supplemental information from, the Commissiondocuments incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, (iiiv) of any request by the time and date of Commission for any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment Prospectus with respect to the Registration Statement becomes effectiveNotes or for additional information relating thereto, and (ivv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any that purpose. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at and, if any timestop order is issued, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order thereof at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (ic) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement (including any filing under Rule 462(b)), any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (including any amendment or supplement through incorporation by reference of any report filed under the 1934 Act), the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by furnish to the Securities ActRepresentatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as now and hereafter amendedthe case may be, and will not file any such amendment or supplement or use any such prospectus to which counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object. The Company has given the Representatives notice of any filings made pursuant to the 1934 Act or 1934 Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time; the Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to make any such filing from the Applicable Time to the Closing Time and will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object. The Company will prepare a final term sheet substantially in the form set forth as Schedule B hereto (the “Final Term Sheet”) reflecting the final terms of the Notes, and shall file such Final Term Sheet as an “issuer free writing prospectus” pursuant to Rule 433 prior to the close of business two business days after the date hereof; provided that the Company shall furnish the Representatives with copies of any such Final Term Sheet a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not use or file any such document to which the Representatives or counsel to the Underwriters shall reasonably object.
(d) The Company will deliver to each of the Representatives a conformed copy of the Original Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto filed prior to the termination of the initial offering of the Notes (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and the Rules and Regulationsdocuments incorporated by reference into the Prospectus pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3).
(e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives, as from time to time during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in forceconnection with the offering, and by such number of copies of the Exchange Act so far Prospectus (as necessary to permit amended or supplemented) as the continuance of sales of or dealings in Underwriters may reasonably request for the Securities as purposes contemplated by the provisions hereof1933 Act, the General Disclosure Package1933 Act Regulations, the Registration Statement and 1934 Act or 1934 Act Regulations including, if requested by the Underwriters, in addition to or in lieu thereof, electronic copies of the Prospectus. If during such period .
(f) If, at any time when a prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with the sale of the Notes, any event occurs shall occur as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, to amend or supplement the Prospectus (or if in order to make the Prospectus not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is not yet available to prospective purchasersdelivered, the General Disclosure Package Company will either (i) would forthwith prepare and furnish to the Representatives an amendment of or supplement to the Prospectus or (ii) make an appropriate filing pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the 1934 Act, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, which will amend or supplement the Prospectus so that it will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madeexisting at the time it is delivered, not misleading. If at any time after the date hereof, an event or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion development occurs as a result of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, which the General Disclosure Package ) contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus state a material fact necessary in order to comply with make the Securities Act or statements therein, in the Exchange Actlight of the circumstances existing at the time it is used, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative Representatives and will promptly amend the Registration Statement or supplement in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasersRepresentatives, at its own expense, the General Disclosure PackagePackage to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement (or any other registration statement relating to the Notes) or the Statutory Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(g) The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Notes that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 433, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission; provided, however, that prior to the preparation of the Final Term Sheet in accordance with Section 3(c), the Underwriters are authorized to use the information with respect to the final terms of the Notes in communications conveying information relating to the offering to investors. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Representatives is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping.
(h) The Company will endeavor in good faith, in cooperation with the Representatives, to qualify the Notes for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws and real estate syndication laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States as the Representatives may designate; provided that, in connection therewith, the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or trust or to file any general consent to service of process. In each jurisdiction in which the Notes have been so qualified the Company will file such document statements and reports as may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution of the Notes.
(i) The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as reasonably practicable, but not later than 90 days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earning statement of the Company (in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158 of the 1933 Act Regulations) covering a period of at least twelve months beginning not later than the expense first day of the Company’s fiscal quarter next following the effective date of the Registration Statement. “Earning statement”, “make generally available” and “effective date” will have the meanings contained in Rule 158 of the 1933 Act Regulations.
(j) so The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Notes in the manner specified in the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in all material respects.
(k) The Company currently intends to continue to elect to qualify as a “real estate investment trust” under the Code, and use its best efforts to correct such statement continue to meet the requirements to qualify as a “real estate investment trust” under the Code.
(l) The Company will timely file any document which it is required to file pursuant to the 1934 Act prior to the termination of the offering of the Notes.
(m) The Company will not, between the date of this Agreement and the termination of any trading restrictions or omission Closing Time, whichever is later, with respect to the Notes, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer or effect such compliancesell, grant any option for the sale of, or enter into any agreement to sell, any debt securities of the Company with a maturity of more than one year (other than the Notes which are to be sold pursuant to this Agreement and additional or expanded commitments to participate in the Company’s revolving line of credit) except as may otherwise be provided in this Agreement and as otherwise set forth in and contemplated by the Prospectus.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (HRPT Properties Trust), Underwriting Agreement (HRPT Properties Trust)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative Underwriters of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the reasonable opinion of Underwriters’ Underwriter’s Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), ) in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Underwriter and Underwriter’s Counsel for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Underwriters reasonably object objects within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Underwriter’s Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement. The term “General Disclosure Package” means, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing collectively, (i) of the receipt of any comments ofPreliminary Prospectus, as amended or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commissionsupplemented, (ii) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) (as defined below in Section 4(c)) issued at or prior to the date hereof, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus related to this Offering if any, identified in Schedule B hereto, (iii) the pricing information set forth in Schedule C to this Agreement, and (iv) any other free writing prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the time and date General Disclosure Package. As of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectusApplicable Time, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that did not contain any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements they were made, not misleading, . The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, omissions from the General Disclosure Package ) to comply based upon and in conformity with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such complianceUnderwriters Information.
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (FG Holdings LTD), Underwriting Agreement (FG Holdings LTD)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative Underwriters of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the reasonable opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), ) in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the Disclosure Materials or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Underwriters reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative Underwriters in writing of: (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, ; (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package Materials or the Prospectus, ; (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, ; and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectusthe Disclosure Materials, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or the initiation of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Securities from any securities exchange upon which they the Securities are listed for trading, or of the threatening or of initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure PackageRegistration Statement, the Registration Statement Disclosure Materials, and the Prospectus. If during such period any event or development occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Materials) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative Underwriters or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Materials) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative Underwriters and will promptly amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure PackageMaterials) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) If at any time following the issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances there existing, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed, and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. On the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement, and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters copies of the Prospectus in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Act.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2), and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Act.
(h) The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the Offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process or to subject itself to taxation if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) The Company will make generally available (which includes filings pursuant to the Exchange Act made publicly through the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (“▇▇▇▇▇”) system) to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 of the Regulations.
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Pinnacle Food Group LTD), Underwriting Agreement (Pinnacle Food Group LTD)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Ordinary Shares from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities Shares as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(e) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representative and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(f) The Company will promptly upon request deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies (electronic or otherwise) of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(g) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(h) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Securities Act by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2).
(i) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Shares of such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Representative may reasonably designate and to maintain such qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof, except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction, to execute a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction, or to subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is otherwise not so subject.
(j) During the 180 days period following the date of this Agreement (the “Company Lock-up Period”), the Company may not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, (A) offer, issue, sell, agree or contract to sell, encumber, issue or grant any option for the sale of or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company, except for (i) the Ordinary Shares to be sold in the Offering, (ii) any Option Shares, (iii) any shares of Common Stock issued or options to purchase Common Stock or other Common Stock-based awards granted pursuant to any stock incentive plan, stock purchase plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Effective Date), (iv) the issuance by the Company of Common Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities or the exercise of warrants or options, in each case outstanding at the Effective Date (v) the issuance of Common Stock in connection with strategic acquisitions, or (vi) transfers by a stockholder (1) by bona fide gift, (2) by will or intestacy to the spouse, parents, siblings, first cousins or any lineal descendant of such stockholder or such stockholder’s spouse, including step relationships and relationships by adoption (each a, “family member”), (3) to any trust for the benefit of such stockholder or a family member of such stockholder, (4) to the estate of such stockholder, or (5) to any affiliate of such stockholder or by distribution to any partners, members or stockholders of such stockholder; or (B) file any registration statement relating to the offer or sale of any of the Company’s securities.
(k) Schedule II hereto contains a complete and accurate list of the Company’s executive officers and directors (collectively, and together with the Company, the “Lock-Up Parties”). The Company has caused each of the Lock-Up Parties to deliver to the Representative an executed Lock-Up Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Annex I (the “Lock-Up Agreement”), prior to the execution of this Agreement.
(l) If the Representative, in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a Lock-Up Agreement described in Section 4(j) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three (3) Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by (i) a press release substantially in the form of Annex V hereto through a major news service or (ii) any other method that satisfies the obligations described in FINRA Rule 5131(d)(2) at least two (2) Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(m) For a period of one year from the Closing Date, the Company shall retain [ ] as the Company’s transfer agent and registrar for the Ordinary Shares or a transfer and registrar agent for the Ordinary Shares reasonably acceptable to the Representative.
(n) [Reserved].
(o) For a period of at least two (2) years from the Effective Date, the Company shall retain a nationally recognized PCAOB registered independent public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Representative. The Representative acknowledges that the Auditor is acceptable to the Representative.
(p) During the period of one (1) year from the Effective Date, the Company will make available to the Representative copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to security holders or from time to time published or publicly disseminated by the Company, and will deliver to the Representative: (i) as soon as practicable after they are available, copies of any reports, financial statements and proxy or information statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request in writing pursuant to a specific regulatory or liability issue or; provided, that any such item which is available on the E▇▇▇▇ system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form.
(q) The Company will not issue press releases or engage in any other publicity, without the Representative’s prior written consent, for a period ending at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the first Business Day following the twenty-fifth (25th) day following the Closing Date, other than normal and customary releases issued in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, or as required by law.
(r) The Company hereby grants the Representative the right of first refusal for a period of twelve (12) months after the closing of this Offering to co-manage any future public or private equity or debt offering, including all equity linked financings (excluding (i) shares issued under any compensation or stock option plan approved by the Company’s shareholders, (ii) shares issued as consideration of an acquisition or as part of a strategic partnership or transaction and (iii) conventional banking arrangements and commercial debt financing) (each a “Subject Transaction”), undertaken by the Company or any successor to or current or future subsidiary of the Company. The Company shall notify the Representative in writing of its intention to pursue a Subject Transaction. In such event, the Representative shall notify the Company of its election to pursue a Subject Transaction within ten (10) days of written notice by the Company.
(s) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares as set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.
(t) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market, the NYSE or the NYSE American for at least three (3) years after the Closing Date.
(u) The Company, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations within the time periods required thereby.
(v) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Shares.
(w) The Company will not take, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its Affiliates not to take, directly or indirectly, any action which constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(x) The Company shall cause to be prepared and delivered to the Representative, at its expense, within two (2) Business Days from the effective date of this Agreement, an Electronic Prospectus to be used by the Underwriters in connection with the Offering. As used herein, the term “Electronic Prospectus” means a form of prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, that meets each of the following conditions: (i) it shall be encoded in an electronic format, satisfactory to the Representative, that may be transmitted electronically by the other Underwriters to offerees and purchasers of the Shares for at least the period during which a Prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act; (ii) it shall disclose the same information as the paper prospectus and prospectus filed pursuant to E▇▇▇▇, except to the extent that graphic and image material cannot be disseminated electronically, in which case such graphic and image material shall be replaced in the electronic prospectus with a fair and accurate narrative description or tabular representation of such material, as appropriate; and (iii) it shall be in or convertible into a paper format or an electronic format, satisfactory to the Representative, that will allow recipients thereof to store and have continuously ready access to the prospec
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Fast Track Group), Underwriting Agreement (Fast Track Group)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative, and as applicable, the Representative acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Company, that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Representative for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Representative reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or promptly will notify the Representative and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will promptly deliver to the Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to the Representative such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Representative with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Edible Garden AG Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Edible Garden AG Inc)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date asdate, as in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counselcounsel for the Underwriter, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Underwriter for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Underwriter reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives Underwriter and Underwriters’ Counselits counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative Underwriter in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectusProspectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, effective and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectusProspectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are it is listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
. (d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects as far as it is able with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative Underwriter or Underwriters’ Counsel counsel to the Underwriter to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative Underwriter and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Jintai Mining Group, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Golden Green Enterprises Ltd.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the reasonable opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), ) in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Representative reasonably object objects within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing of: (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, ; (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, ; (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, ; and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or the initiation of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Shares from any securities exchange upon which they the Shares are listed for trading, or of the threatening or of initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event or development occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances there existing, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will deliver to the Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel a copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed, and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 A.M., Eastern time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement, and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters copies of the Prospectus in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act , the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 P.M., Eastern time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2), and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Securities Act.
(h) The Company will use its reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Representative may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process or to subject itself to taxation if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) The Company will make generally available (which includes filings pursuant to the Exchange Act made publicly through the ▇▇▇▇▇ system) to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 16 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement (which, for purposes of this paragraph, will be deemed to be the effective date of the Rule 462(b) registration statement, if applicable) that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations.
(j) Except with respect to (i) securities of the Company which may be issued in connection with an acquisition of another entity (or the assets thereof), (ii) the issuance of securities of the Company intended to provide the Company with proceeds to acquire another entity (or the assets thereof), (iii) the issuance of securities under the Company’s stock option plans with exercise or conversion prices at fair market value (as defined in such plans) in effect from time to time, (iv) the Shares to be sold hereunder, and (v) the issuance by the Company of Shares upon the exercise of a Share option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof during the three (3) months following the date of execution of this Agreement, the Company or any successor to the Company shall not undertake any public or private offerings of any equity securities of the Company (including equity-linked securities) without the prior written consent of the Representative, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(k) Following the Closing Date, the Company and any of the individuals listed on Schedule B hereto (the “Lock-Up Parties”), without the prior written consent of the Representative, shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company, whether publicly or in a private placement, during the period that their respective lock-up agreements are in effect. The Company will deliver to the Representative the agreements of the Lock-Up Parties to the foregoing effect prior to the Closing Date, which agreements shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex II.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Global Internet of People, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Global Internet of People, Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are it is listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Star Equity Holdings, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Star Equity Holdings, Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Offering Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effectivehas become qualified, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) Final Offering Circular, subject to the prior approval of the Underwriters, pursuant to Rule 424(b) 253 and Regulation A, within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory a copy of such filing to the Representative of Underwriters promptly following such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During The Company will not, during such period as the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer Final Offering Circular would be required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales of the Shares by an underwriter or dealer in connection with the offering contemplated by this Agreement (whether physically or through compliance with Rules 251 and 254 under the “Prospectus Delivery Period”Securities Act or any similar rule(s)), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery Offering Statement or the Final Offering Circular unless a copy thereof shall first have been submitted to the Representatives Underwriters within a reasonable period of time prior to the filing thereof and Underwriters’ Counselthe Underwriters shall not have reasonably objected thereto in good faith.
(c) After The Company will notify the date of this AgreementUnderwriters promptly, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative and will, if requested, confirm such notification in writing writing: (i1) of the receipt of when any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Offering Statement is filed; (2) of any request by the Commission for any amendments to the Offering Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment supplements to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and Final Offering Circular or for additional information; (iv3) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use the qualification of the Offering Statement or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing ProspectusFinal Offering Circular, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof; (4) of becoming aware of the occurrence of any event that in the judgment of such purposesthe Company makes any statement made in the Offering Statement, the Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Disclosure Materials or the Final Offering Circular untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in the Offering Statement, the Preliminary Offering Circular, the Pricing Disclosure Materials or the Final Offering Circular in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading; and (5) of receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to any suspension of the qualification or exemption from registration of the Shares for offer and sale in any jurisdiction. If at any time the Commission shall enter issue any such stop order at any timesuspending the qualification of the Offering Statement in connection with the offering contemplated hereby or in connection with sales of Common Stock pursuant to market making activities by the Underwriters, the Company will use its make every reasonable efforts effort to obtain the lifting withdrawal of any such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, If the Company agrees that has omitted any information from the Offering Statement, it shall will use its best efforts to comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b)and make all requisite filings with the Commission pursuant to Regulation A, 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts the Rules and Regulations and to confirm that any filings made by notify the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b))Underwriters promptly of all such filings.
(d) (i) During If, at any time when the Prospectus Delivery Period, Final Offering Circular relating to the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by Company becomes aware of the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance occurrence of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (Final Offering Circular, as then amended or if supplemented, would, in the Prospectus is reasonable judgment of counsel to the Company or counsel to the Underwriters, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not yet available misleading, or the Offering Statement, as then amended or supplemented, would, in the reasonable judgment of counsel to prospective purchasersthe Company or counsel to the Underwriters, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or if for any other reason it is necessary, in the reasonable judgment of counsel to the Company or counsel to the Underwriters, at any time to amend or supplement the Final Offering Circular or the Offering Statement to comply with the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters and will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, at the Company’s expense, an amendment to the Offering Statement and/or an amendment or supplement to the Final Offering Circular that corrects such statement and/or omission or effects such compliance and will deliver to the Underwriters, without charge, such number of copies thereof as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Final Offering Circular or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agrees to provide to each Investor, prior to the Initial Closing and, as applicable, any Subsequent Closing, a copy of the Final Offering Circular and any amendments or supplements thereto.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Underwriters and their counsel, without charge (i) one conformed copy of the Offering Statement as originally filed with the Commission and each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto, and (ii) so long as an offering circular relating to the Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations, as many copies of each Preliminary Offering Circular or the Final Offering Circular or any amendment or supplement thereto as each Underwriter may reasonably request.
(f) If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madeexisting at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has or if during will promptly notify the Underwriters in writing and has or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such period Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission.
(g) The Company will comply with any undertakings contained in the Offering Statement.
(h) Prior to the sale of the Shares to the Investors, the Company will cooperate with the Underwriters and their counsel in connection with the registration or qualification, or exemption therefrom, of the Shares for offer and sale under the state securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may reasonably request; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is necessary not now so qualified or appropriate to take any action which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(i) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares in the opinion manner set forth in the Final Offering Circular under the caption “Use of Proceeds.”
(j) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Shares are listed on the NASDAQ.
(k) The Company will not at any time, directly or indirectly, take any action intended, or which might reasonably be expected, to cause or result in, or which will constitute, stabilization of the price of the Shares to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares.
(l) The Company will not (i) offer, pledge, sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock of the Company or its counsel securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company, (ii) file or cause to be filed any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering for any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company, or (iii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of capital stock of the Company (the “Lock-Up Securities”) during the period commencing on and including the date hereof and ending on and including the 365th day following the date of this Agreement (as the same may be extended as described below, the “Lock-up Period”), except with respect to (A) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (B) the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of a stock option or warrant or the Representative conversion of a security outstanding on the date of the offering, issued after the date of this Agreement pursuant to the Company’s currently existing or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement hereafter adopted equity compensation plans or supplement the Prospectus (employment or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply consulting agreements or arrangements of which each Underwriter has been advised in writing or which have been filed with the Securities Act Commission or to file (C) the issuance by the Company of stock options or shares of capital stock of the Company under any currently existing or hereafter adopted equity compensation plan or employment/consulting agreements or agreements of the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed Company, provided, however, that the Company’s Chief Executive Officer agree to be incorporated bound by reference the terms of the lock-up letter described in Section 5(l) hereof. If the Prospectus in order Representative agrees to comply with waive or release any Lock-Up Securities from the Securities Act or the Exchange ActLock-Up Period, the Company will promptly notify announce the Representative and will amend impending release or waiver by press release through a major news service at least two business days before the Registration Statement effective date of such release or supplement the Prospectus waiver.
(m) The Company shall not grant a waiver or if the Prospectus is not yet available consent to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense any of the Companyprovision of the lock-up agreements referenced in Section 9(i) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such complianceherein without the prior written consent of the Representative.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (VirTra, Inc), Underwriting Agreement (VirTra, Inc)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative Underwriters of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the reasonable opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), ) in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the Disclosure Materials or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Underwriters reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative Underwriters in writing of: (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, ; (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package Materials, or the Prospectus, ; (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, ; and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure PackageMaterials, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or the initiation of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Shares from any securities exchange upon which they the Shares are listed for trading, or of the threatening or of initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now in effect and as may be hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Registration Statement, Disclosure PackageMaterials, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event or development occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Materials) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative Underwriters or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Materials) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative Underwriters and will promptly amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure PackageMaterials) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) If at any time following the issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances there existing, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(iii) The Company shall continually comply with the PRC laws and regulations governing the Company’s listing on an exchange not in the PRC, rectify or cure any non-compliance, and implement and maintain content control and other measures in continuing compliance with PRC laws and regulations.
(e) The Company will deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed, and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least three (3) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. On the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement, and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters copies of the Prospectus in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Act.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2), and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Act.
(h) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may reasonably designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process or to subject itself to taxation if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) The Company will make generally available (which includes filings pursuant to the Exchange Act made publicly through the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (“▇▇▇▇▇”) system) to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 of the Regulations.
(j) Except with respect to (i) securities of the Company which may be issued in connection with an acquisition of another entity (or the assets thereof), (ii) the issuance of securities of the Company intended to provide the Company with proceeds to acquire another entity (or the assets thereof), or (iii) the issuance of securities under the Company’s share option plans with exercise or conversion prices at fair market value (as defined in such plans) in effect from time to time, during the three (3) months following the Closing Date, the Company or any successor to the Company shall not undertake any public or private offerings of any equity securities of the Company (including equity-linked securities) without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(k) Starting from the commencement of sales of this Offering, any of the entities and individuals listed on Schedule B hereto (the “Lock-Up Parties”), without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company, whether publicly or in a private placement, during their respective lock-up period in the lock-up agreements that are in effect. The Company will deliver to the Underwriters the agreements of the Lock-Up Parties to the foregoing effect on the date of this Agreement, which agreements shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex IV.
(l) The Company will not issue press releases or engage in any other publicity without the Underwriters’ prior written consent, for a period ending at 5:00 P.M., Eastern time, on the first Business Day following the twenty-fifth (25th) day following the Closing Date, other than normal and customary releases issued in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, or as required by law.
(m) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus. Without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Materials, and the Prospectus, no proceeds of the Offering will be used to pay outstanding loans from officers, directors or shareholders or to pay any accrued salaries or bonuses to any employees or former employees.
(n) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market for at least three (3) years after the commencement of sales of this offering, unless such listing is terminated as a result of a transaction approved by the holders of a majority of the voting securities of the Company.
(o) The Company will use commercially reasonably efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date and any Additional Closing Date and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Securities.
(p) The Company will not take, and will cause its Subsidiaries not to take, directly or indirectly, any action which constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities.
(q) The Company shall cause to be prepared and delivered to the Underwriters, at its expense, within two (2) Business Days from the date of this Agreement, an Electronic Prospectus to be used by the Underwriters in connection with the Offering. As used herein, the term “Electronic Prospectus” means a form of prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, that meets each of the following conditions: (i) it shall be encoded in an electronic format, satisfactory to the Underwriters, that may be transmitted electronically by the Underwriters to offerees and purchasers of the Securities for at least the period during which a Prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act or the Exchange Act; (ii) it shall disclose the same information as the paper prospectus and prospectus filed pursuant to ▇▇▇▇▇, except to the extent that graphic and image material cannot be disseminated electronically, in which case such graphic and image material shall be replaced in the electronic prospectus with a fair and accurate narrative description or tabular representation of such material, as appropriate; and (iii) it shall be in or convertible into a paper format or an electronic format, satisfactory to the Underwriters, that will allow recipients thereof to store and have continuously ready access to the prospectus at any future time, without charge to such recipients (other than any fee charged for subscription to the Internet as a whole and for online time).
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Zhengye Biotechnology Holding LTD), Underwriting Agreement (Zhengye Biotechnology Holding LTD)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date (or Option Closing Date, if any) or such date asdate, as in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counselcounsel for the Underwriter, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Underwriter for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Underwriter reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives Underwriter and Underwriters’ Counselits counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative Underwriter in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectusProspectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, effective and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectusProspectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Ordinary Shares from any securities exchange upon which they are it is listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects as far as it is able with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative Underwriter or Underwriters’ Counsel counsel to the Underwriter to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative Underwriter and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Tri-Tech Holding, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Tri-Tech Holding, Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Underwriter for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Underwriter reasonably object objects within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives Underwriter and Underwriters’ Counselits counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative Underwriter in writing of (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package prospectus or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are it is listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects as far as it is able with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative Underwriter or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative Underwriter and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(e) The Company will promptly deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act; provided that such Preliminary Prospectus was filed with the Commission on or after November 18, 2013.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Securities Act by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2).
(h) The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such domestic jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and to maintain such qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process or to subject itself to taxation if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations.
(1) Except with respect to (i) securities of the Company which may be issued in connection with an acquisition of H&N (or the assets thereof), (ii) the issuance of securities pursuant to the exercise or conversion of Company securities or other rights to receive securities of the Company that exist as of the Closing Date, or (iii) the issuance of securities pursuant to an equity incentive plan, during the ninety (90) days following the Closing Date, the Company shall not undertake any public or private offerings of any equity securities of the Company without the written consent of the Representative, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (RiceBran Technologies), Underwriting Agreement (RiceBran Technologies)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative thatRepresentatives and with each Underwriter participating in the offering of Underwritten Securities, as follows:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing In respect to each offering of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)Underwritten Securities, the Company will file prepare a Prospectus Supplement setting forth the number of Underwritten Securities covered thereby and their terms not otherwise specified in the Prospectus (properly completed pursuant to which the Underwritten Securities are being issued, the names of the Underwriters participating in the offering and the number of Underwritten Securities which each severally has agreed to purchase, the names of the Underwriters acting as co-managers in connection with the offering, the price at which the Underwritten Securities are to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company, the initial public offering price, if Rule 430A has been used) any, the selling concession and reallowance, if any, and such other information as the Representatives and the Company deem appropriate in connection with the offering of the Underwritten Securities; and the Company will promptly transmit copies of the Prospectus Supplement to the Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) within of the prescribed time period 1933 Act Regulations and will provide evidence satisfactory furnish to the Representative Underwriters named therein as many copies of the Prospectus (including such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(dProspectus Supplement) or 163(b)(2), as the case may beRepresentatives shall reasonably request.
(b) During If, at the period beginning on time the date hereof and ending on Prospectus Supplement was filed with the later Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Closing Date or such date as1933 Act Regulations, any information shall have been omitted therefrom in reliance upon Rule 430A of the opinion 1933 Act Regulations, then immediately following the execution of Underwriters’ Counselthe Terms Agreement, the Prospectus is no longer Company will prepare, and file or transmit for filing with the Commission in accordance with such Rule 430A and Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations, a copy of an amended Prospectus, or, if required by law such Rule 430A, a post-effective amendment to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement (including amended Prospectuses), containing all information so omitted. If required, the Company will prepare and file or transmit for filing a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement not later than the Prospectusdate of execution of the Terms Agreement. If a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement is filed, the Company shall furnish make payment of, or arrange for payment of, the additional registration fee owing to the Representatives for review a copy Commission required by Rule 111 of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel1933 Act Regulations.
(c) After The Company will notify the date Representatives immediately, and confirm such notice in writing, of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement, (ii) the transmittal to the Commission for filing of any Prospectus Supplement or other supplement or amendment to the Prospectus to be filed pursuant to the 1933 Act, (iii) the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, from the Commission, (iiiv) of any request by the time and date of Commission for any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package Prospectus or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effectivefor additional information, and (ivv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any that purpose; and the Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at and, if any timestop order is issued, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order thereof at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During At any time when the Prospectus Delivery Periodis required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by give the Securities Representatives notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, whether pursuant to the 1933 Act, 1934 Act or otherwise, will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such amendment or supplement a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and, unless required by law, will not file or use any such amendment or supplement or other documents in a form to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.
(e) The Company will deliver to the Representatives as now soon as available as many signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and hereafter amendedof each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated by reference therein) as the Representatives may reasonably request and will also deliver to the Representatives as many conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including documents incorporated by reference into the Prospectus) as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(f) The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in forceduring the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, and by such number of copies of the Exchange Act so far Prospectus (as necessary to permit amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request for the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as purposes contemplated by the provisions hereof, 1933 Act or the General Disclosure Package, 1934 Act or the Registration Statement respective applicable rules and regulations of the Prospectus. Commission thereunder.
(g) If during such period any event occurs shall occur as a result of which it is necessary, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the Prospectus not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, the Company will forthwith amend or supplement the Prospectus (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters) so that, as so amended or if supplemented, the Prospectus is will not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madeexisting at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, and the Company will furnish to the Underwriters a reasonable number of copies of such amendment or if during supplement.
(h) The Company will endeavor, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Underwritten Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws and real estate syndication laws of such period states and other jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation in a jurisdiction it is necessary not so qualified, (ii) file any general consent to service of process or appropriate (iii) take any actions that would subject it to income taxation in any such jurisdiction. In each jurisdiction in which the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Underwritten Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Acthave been so qualified, the Company will promptly notify file such statements and reports as may be required by the Representative and laws of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect for so long as may be required for the distribution of the Underwritten Securities.
(i) With respect to each sale of Underwritten Securities, the Company will amend make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but not later than 90 days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158 of the 1933 Act Regulations) covering a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the "effective date" (as defined in said Rule 158) of the Registration Statement or supplement Statement.
(j) The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Underwritten Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus under "Use of Proceeds."
(or if k) The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is not yet available required to prospective purchasersbe delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15 of the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.
(l) The Company will file with the New York Stock Exchange all documents and notices required by the New York Stock Exchange of companies that have securities listed on such exchange and, to the extent the Preferred Stock, Common Stock Warrants or Debt Securities are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the General Disclosure PackageCompany will use its best efforts to maintain the listing of any such Underwritten Securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
(m) In respect to each offering of Debt Securities, the Company will qualify an Indenture under the 1939 Act and will endeavor to have a Statement of Eligibility submitted on behalf of the Trustee.
(n) The Company will take all reasonable action necessary to enable Standard & Poor's Corporation ("S&P"), ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. ("▇▇▇▇▇'▇") or file such document any other nationally recognized statistical rating organization to provide their respective credit ratings of any Underwritten Securities, if applicable.
(at o) During the expense period specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Company and the Partnerships will not, without the prior written consent of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co., directly or indirectly, sell, offer to sell, transfer, hypothecate, grant any option for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of, (i) any securities of the Companysame class or series or ranking on a parity with any Underwritten Securities (other than the Underwritten Securities covered by such Prospectus Supplement) so or any security convertible into or exchangeable for such Underwritten Securities and (ii) if such Prospectus Supplement relates to Common Stock Warrants or Debt Securities or Preferred Stock that is convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, any Common Stock or Units or any security convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock. This transfer restriction does not apply to (i) grants of options, and the issuance of shares in respect of such options; (ii) the issuance of shares and units pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan or stock purchase plan; (iii) the issuance of Common Stock on the exchange of Units; and (iv) the issuance of shares of Common Stock, or any security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock, in connection with the acquisition of real property or an interest or interests in real property.
(p) With respect to the Common Stock issuable on exercise of Common Stock Warrants and the conversion of any Debt Securities and Preferred Stock (including Preferred Stock represented by Depositary Shares) if such securities are convertible into Common Stock, the Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights and other similar rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy any obligations to issue such Common Stock upon exercise of the Common Stock Warrants and conversion of the Debt Securities or Preferred Stock.
(q) With respect to the Common Stock issuable on exercise of Common Stock Warrants and the conversion of any Debt Securities and Preferred Stock (including Preferred Stock represented by Depositary Shares) if such securities are convertible into Common Stock, the Company will use its best efforts to list such Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange.
(r) The Company will use its best efforts to continue to meet the requirements to qualify as a "real estate investment trust" under the Code.
(s) During the period from the Closing Time until five years after the Closing Time, the Company will deliver to correct the Representatives, (i) promptly upon their becoming available, copies of all current, regular and periodic reports of the Company mailed to its stockholders or filed with any securities exchange or with the Commission or any governmental authority succeeding to any of the Commission's functions, and (ii) such statement or omission or effect such complianceother information concerning the Company and the Partnerships as the Representatives may reasonably request.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Terms Agreement (Carramerica Realty Corp), Terms Agreement (Carramerica Realty Corp)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the last Option Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Representative for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Representative reasonably object objects within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives Representative and Underwriters’ Counselits counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Transaction Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Blue Calypso, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (NeuroMetrix, Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative thateach Underwriter as follows:
(a) The To furnish to the Representatives, without charge, three signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and for delivery to each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and to furnish to the Representatives in New York, New York, without charge, prior to 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the period mentioned in Section 7(g) or 7(h) below, as many copies of the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and any supplements and amendments (including prospectus wrappers) thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), Registration Statement as the case Representatives may bereasonably request.
(b) During To cause to be prepared and delivered, at its expense, within one business day from the period beginning on effective date of this Agreement, to the date hereof Representatives and ending on the later other Underwriters an “electronic Prospectus” to be used by the Underwriters in connection with the Offering of the Closing Date Shares. As used herein, the term “electronic Prospectus” means a form of Time of Sale Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, that meets each of the following conditions: (i) it shall be encoded in an electronic format, satisfactory to the Representatives, including, but not limited to, portable document format, or PDF, that may be transmitted electronically by the Representatives and the other Underwriters to offerees and purchasers of the Shares; and (ii) it shall disclose the same information as the paper Time of Sale Prospectus, except to the extent that graphic and image material cannot be disseminated electronically, in which case such date asgraphic and image material shall be replaced in the electronic Prospectus with a fair and accurate narrative description or tabular representation of such material, as appropriate. The Company hereby confirms that it has included or will include in the Prospectus filed pursuant to ▇▇▇▇▇ or otherwise with the Commission and in the Registration Statement at the time it was declared effective an undertaking that, upon receipt of a request by an investor or his or her representative, the Company shall transmit or cause to be transmitted promptly, without charge, a paper copy of the Time of Sale Prospectus.
(c) Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, to furnish to the Representatives a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and not to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object, to file with the Commission within the applicable period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act any prospectus (including the Prospectus) required to be filed pursuant to such Rule, and to file any issuer free writing prospectus to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
(d) To furnish to the Representatives a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus to be prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and not to use or refer to any proposed free writing prospectus to which the Representatives reasonably object.
(e) Not to take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.
(f) To advise the Representatives promptly (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective, (ii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective, (iii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any issuer free writing prospectus or any Permitted Testing-the-Waters Communication or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed or distributed, (iv) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or for additional information with respect thereto, or (v) of notice of institution of proceedings for, or the entry of a stop order, suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus; and if the Commission should enter such a stop order, to use its best efforts to obtain the lifting or removal of such order as soon as practicable.
(g) If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Shares at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters’ Counsel, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
(h) If, during such period after the first date of the Offering as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act Act) is no longer required by law to be provided), delivered in connection with sales by an underwriter Underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”)dealer, prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under which such statements were madethe Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if during such period if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses the Representatives will furnish to the Company) to which Shares may have been sold by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
(i) If, at or after the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, it is necessary or appropriate for a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, or a Rule 462 Registration Statement, to be filed with the Commission and become effective before the Shares may be sold, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such post-effective amendment or such Registration Statement to be filed and become effective, and will pay any applicable fees in accordance with the opinion Securities Act, as soon as practicable; and the Company will advise the Representatives promptly and, if requested by the Representatives, will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when such post-effective amendment or such Registration Statement has become effective, and (ii) if Rule 430A or 430C under the Securities Act is used, when the Prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (which the Company agrees to file in a timely manner in accordance with such Rules).
(j) To file in a timely manner all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act) is required in connection with the Offering of the Shares.
(k) Promptly to furnish such information or to take such action as the Representatives may reasonably request and otherwise to qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representatives shall reasonably request, and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Shares; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or its counsel to file a consent to service of process in any jurisdiction (excluding service of process with respect to the offer and sale of the Shares); and to promptly advise the Representatives of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offer or sale in any jurisdiction or the Representative initiation or Underwriters’ Counsel threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
(l) To make generally available to amend the Company’s security holders and to the Representatives as soon as practicable an earnings statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Securities Act), which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder.
(m) To use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Shares to be listed on the Exchange and to maintain such listing.
(n) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, and without the prior written consent of the Representatives with the authorization to release the lock-up letter on behalf of the Underwriters, not to (i) issue, offer, sell, pledge, contract to sell, sell any option or supplement contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, make any short sale, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Common Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Shares, (ii) enter into any swap, forward contract, hedging transaction or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Shares, whether such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of the Common Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, (iii) file any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any Common Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Shares, or (iv) publicly disclose or announce an intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above. The restrictions contained in the preceding sentence shall not apply to (A) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (B) the grant of options to purchase Common Shares pursuant to the Company’s share option plans under the terms of such plans in effect on the date hereof and disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, provided such options are granted at fair market value and in amounts and with exercise terms consistent with the Company’s past practice, or the sale of Common Shares to employees pursuant to the Company’s employee share purchase plans and disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus (or the filing of a registration statement on Form S-8 to register the Common Shares issuable under such plans), (C) the issuance by the Company of Common Shares upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date of the Agreement of which the Representatives have been advised in writing, or (D) the issuance of Common Shares or securities exercisable for, convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares in connection with any acquisition, merger, amalgamation, collaboration, licensing or other joint venture or strategic transaction involving the Company in an amount not to exceed 10% of the Company’s outstanding Common Shares as of the Closing Date, provided further that, in the case of an issuance pursuant to this clause (D), any recipient of Common Shares shall have executed and delivered to the Representatives a lock-up agreement in the form of Exhibit A hereto. If the Representatives agree to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(k) above for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three business days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(o) To prepare, if the Representatives reasonably request, a final term sheet relating to the Offering, containing only information that describes the final terms of the Offering in a form consented to by the Representatives, and to file such final term sheet within the period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) under the Securities Act following the date on which the final terms have been established for the Offering.
(p) To comply with Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act (without reliance on Rule 164(b) under the Securities Act) and with Rule 433(g) under the Securities Act.
(q) Not to take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or which will constitute, or has constituted, or might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(r) Not, at any time at or after the execution of this Agreement, to offer or sell any Shares by means of any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Securities Act) or use any “prospectus” (within the meaning of the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares, except in each case other than the Prospectus.
(s) To maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company, a registrar for the Common Shares.
(t) To apply the net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Shares in the manner set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.
(u) To use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Securities to be eligible for clearance through DTC.
(v) To promptly notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (a) the time when a prospectus relating to the Shares is not yet available required by the Securities Act to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply be delivered (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act or any similar rule) and (b) the expiration of the lock-up period described in Section 7(n) above.
(w) If at any time following the distribution of any Permitted Testing-the-Waters Communication, there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Permitted Testing-the-Waters Communication included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus state a material fact necessary in order to comply with make the Securities Act or statements therein, in light of the Exchange Actcircumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative Representatives and will promptly amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.supplemen
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (IBEX LTD), Underwriting Agreement (IBEX LTD)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the reasonable opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), ) in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Representative reasonably object objects within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing of: (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, ; (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, ; (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, ; and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or the initiation of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Shares from any securities exchange upon which they the Shares are listed for trading, or of the threatening or of initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event or development occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) If at any time following the issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances there existing, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will deliver to the Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel a copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed, and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 A.M., Eastern time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement, and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters copies of the Prospectus in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 P.M., Eastern time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2), and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Securities Act.
(h) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process or to subject itself to taxation if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) The Company will make generally available (which includes filings pursuant to the Exchange Act made publicly through the ▇▇▇▇▇ system) to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations.
(j) Except with respect to (i) securities of the Company which may be issued in connection with an acquisition of another entity (or the assets thereof), (ii) the issuance of securities of the Company intended to provide the Company with proceeds to acquire another entity (or the assets thereof), or (iii) the issuance of securities under the Company’s stock option plans with exercise or conversion prices at fair market value (as defined in such plans) in effect from time to time, during the three (3) months following the Closing Date, the Company or any successor to the Company shall not undertake any public or private offerings of any equity securities of the Company (including equity-linked securities) without the prior written consent of the Representative, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(k) Following the Closing Date, any of the entities and individuals listed on Schedule B hereto (the “Lock-Up Parties”), without the prior written consent of the Representative, shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company, whether publicly or in a private placement, during the period that their respective lock-up agreements are in effect. The Company will deliver to the Representative the agreements of the Lock-Up Parties to the foregoing effect prior to the Closing Date, which agreements shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex II.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Cornerstone Management, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Cornerstone Management, Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative thatRemarketing Agents as follows:
(a) The Registration Statement and Company will provide prompt notice by telephone, confirmed in writing (which may include facsimile or other electronic transmission), to the Remarketing Agents of (i) any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used notification or the filing announcement by a “Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization” (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Prospectus is otherwise required ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇) with regard to the ratings of any securities of the Company, including, without limitation, notification or announcement of a downgrade in or withdrawal of the rating of any security of the Company or notification or announcement of the placement of any rating of any securities of the Company under Rule 424(bsurveillance or review, including placement on CreditWatch or on Watch List with negative implications, or (ii) the occurrence at any time of any event set forth in Section 8(b)(ii), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(diii)(A), (v) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be(vi) of this Agreement.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date asThe Company, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counselat its expense, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall will furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ CounselRemarketing Agents:
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) (A) if required as provided in paragraph (e) below for purposes of the receipt of any comments ofremarketing, or requests a then currently effective registration statement under the 1933 Act and a then current preliminary and/or final prospectus relating to the Debentures to be used by the Remarketing Agents for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) remarketing and resale of the time Debentures (such registration statement and date of any filing of amendments thereto, including any post-effective amendment such preliminary and/or final prospectus relating to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effectiveDebentures constituting a part thereof, and (iv) of the issuance all documents incorporated therein by reference and all documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities 1933 Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time amended or supplemented pursuant to the 1934 Act, the 1933 Act, or otherwise, are referred to herein as the “Registration Statement” and the “Prospectus,” respectively, except that if any revised preliminary or final prospectus shall be provided to the Remarketing Agents by the Company for use in forceconnection with the remarketing of the Debentures which differs from the Prospectus on file at the Commission, the term “Prospectus” shall refer to such revised preliminary or final prospectus from and after the time it is first provided to the Remarketing Agents for such use), (B) if so requested by the Remarketing Agents, a final term sheet (the “Final Term Sheet”) reflecting the final terms of the Debentures being remarketed, in form and substance satisfactory to the Remarketing Agents, and (C) any other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus relating to the remarketing of the Debentures;
(ii) each 1934 Act Document filed after the date hereof;
(iii) in connection with the remarketing of Debentures, such other information as the Remarketing Agents may reasonably request from time to time; it being understood that, if a Prospectus is not prepared pursuant to paragraph (e) below, the Remarketing Agents may, in their discretion, deliver to purchasers and prospective purchasers, in connection with the remarketing, a preliminary and final remarketing memorandum or other form of written communication describing the Company and/or the terms of the Debentures (each, a “Remarketing Memorandum”), the form of each of which shall be delivered to the Company not less than two Business Days prior to its use. Any such Remarketing Memorandum shall be subject to the approval of the Company prior to its use by the Exchange Act so far Remarketing Agents; and
(iv) an officers’ certificate, a favorable opinion (including a statement as necessary to permit the continuance absence of sales material misstatements in or omissions from the then-current Remarketing Materials relating to the remarketing of the Debentures) of ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esq., counsel for the Company and a “comfort letter” or dealings letters from the Company’s independent accountants, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Remarketing Agents, of the same tenor as the officers’ certificate, opinion and comfort letter, respectively, delivered pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, but modified to relate to the then-current Remarketing Materials relating to the remarketing of the Debentures, and in each case as of the date or dates and times specified by the Remarketing Agents in Annex I hereto. The Company agrees to provide the Remarketing Agents with as many copies of the foregoing written materials and other Company-approved information as the Remarketing Agents may reasonably request for use in connection with the remarketing of Debentures and consents to the use thereof for such purpose.
(c) If, at any time during which the Remarketing Agents would be obligated to take any action under this Agreement, any event or condition known to the Company relating to or affecting the Company, any subsidiary thereof or the Debentures shall occur which could reasonably be expected to cause any of the reports, documents, materials or information referred to in paragraph (b)(i), (ii) or (iii) above or any document incorporated therein by reference (collectively, the “Remarketing Materials”) to contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact, or, in the Securities as contemplated by case of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if applicable, forming part of the provisions hereofRemarketing Materials, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information otherwise contained in the Remarketing Materials, the Company shall promptly notify the Remarketing Agents in writing of the circumstances and details of such event or condition; and the Company, at its expense, shall promptly prepare and provide to the Remarketing Agents such report or other document as may be necessary to eliminate or correct such statement, omission or conflict, and, if required, will file such report or other document with the Commission and will forward to the Remarketing Agents copies thereof a reasonable amount of time prior to the proposed filing.
(d) So long as the Debentures are outstanding and the Remarketing Agents would be obligated to take any action under this Agreement, the Company will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.
(e) The Company will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations and the 1939 Act and the 1939 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the remarketing of the Debentures as freely transferable securities, as contemplated in this Agreement and in the offering memorandum relating to the initial issuance of the Debentures. In furtherance of the foregoing, if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Remarketing Agents or for the Company to use a Registration Statement and a Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations and the Commission’s interpretations of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, or if at any time when a Prospectus is required by the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations to be delivered in connection with remarketing and resales of the Debentures, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Remarketing Agents or for the Company, to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus (or if in order that the Prospectus is will not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, the Company, at its expense, will promptly prepare and timely file with the Commission such Registration Statement (which Registration Statement shall not be the subject of a pending proceeding or examination under which such statements were madeSection 8(d) or 8(e) of the 1933 Act, and the Company shall not misleadingbe the subject of a pending proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the remarketing of the Debentures) and Prospectus, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement amendment or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would as may be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as necessary to correct such statement or omission as referred to above or to make the Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply with such requirements as referred to above, prepare and timely file any Final Term Sheet as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or such amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission as referred to above or any conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, and, if applicable, timely pay any required Commission filing fees relating to the remarketing of the Debentures and update the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in accordance with the 1933 Act Regulations.
(f) The Company shall provide to the Remarketing Agents and any other broker-dealer participating in the remarketing of the Debentures the opportunity to conduct an underwriter’s due diligence investigation of the Company in a scope customarily provided in connection with a public offering of the Company’s debt securities.
(g) To the extent that a Registration Statement and a Prospectus are required as contemplated in paragraph (e) above and to the extent not otherwise already provided in this Agreement, the Company agrees to provide representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification of the same tenor as those set forth in the Underwriting Agreement, but modified to relate to the Registration Statement, Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or other communications relating to the remarketing of the Debentures and to comply with then applicable law and regulations, including, without limitation, the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations and the 1939 Act and the 1939 Act Regulations, applicable to a registered public offering of securities.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Remarketing Agents, and each Remarketing Agent, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has obtained or will obtain, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Debentures that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433 under the 1933 Act. Any such Free Writing Prospectus consented to by the Remarketing Agents or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 under the 1933 Act applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
(i) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Debentures for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Remarketing Agents may designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect such complianceso long as required to complete the remarketing of the Debentures; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to general or unlimited service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject or subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
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Sources: Remarketing Agreement, Remarketing Agreement (Wells Fargo & Co/Mn)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Unless filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) as part of the Additional Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or in accordance with the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)next sentence, the Company will file the Prospectus Final Prospectus, in a form approved by the Representative, with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with subparagraph (properly completed 1) (or, if applicable and if consented to by the Representative, subparagraph (4)) of Rule 430A has been used424(b) not later than the earlier of (i) the second Business Day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement or (ii) the fifteenth Business Day after the Effective Time of the Initial Registration Statement. The Company will advise the Representative promptly of any such filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide satisfactory evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later If an Additional Registration Statement is necessary to register a portion of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) Securities under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (but the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing Effective Time thereof has not occurred as of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, execution and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company will file the Additional Registration Statement or, if filed, will file a post-effective amendment thereto with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 462(b) on or prior to 10:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, on or prior to the time the Final Prospectus is finalized and distributed to any Underwriter, or will make such filing at such later date as shall have been consented to by the Representative.
(b) The Company will promptly advise the Representative in writing of any proposal to amend or supplement at any time the Initial Registration Statement, any Additional Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus and will not effect such amendment or supplementation without the Representative’s consent; and the Company will also advise the Representative promptly of (i) of the receipt effectiveness of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, Additional Registration Statement (if its Effective Time is subsequent to the Commissionexecution and delivery of this Agreement), (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package prospectus or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) any amendment or supplementation of a Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus, (v) any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment to any Registration Statement, for any supplement to any Statutory Prospectus or for any additional information (the Representative acknowledges such information may be considered material inside information), (vi) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the or Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are it is listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes, and (vii) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Securities in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceedings for such purpose. If The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the Commission shall enter issuance of any such stop order at or the suspension of any timesuch qualification and, the Company will use its reasonable efforts if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the lifting of such order at the earliest possible momentwithdrawal thereof. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(dc) At any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (ior but for the exemption in Rule 172 would be) During required to be delivered under the Prospectus Delivery PeriodSecurities Act by any Underwriter or dealer, the Company will comply in all material respects as far as it is able with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Registration Statement, Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement Package and the Final Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus (or if the Final Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus (or if the Final Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange ActLaws, the Company will promptly notify prepare and file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and the dealers and any other dealers upon request of the Representative, an amendment or supplement so that the statements in the Final Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will comply with applicable law and will not be misleading in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when the Final Prospectus is delivered to a prospective purchaser. Neither the Representative’s consent to, nor the Underwriters’ delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 6 hereof.
(d) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the date of this Agreement which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 under the Securities Act.
(e) The Company will promptly deliver to the Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will amend maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Representative may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Representative may reasonably request in writing. Representative will make such request sufficiently in advance of such time to give the Company time to comply.
(f) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative designates and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution.
(g) For the period specified below (the “Lock-Up Period”), the Company will not, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions with respect to its shares of Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any of its Common Stock (“Lock-Up Securities”): (i) offer, sell, pledge, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of Lock-Up Securities, (ii) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, contract to purchase or grant any option, right or warrant to purchase Lock-Up Securities, (iii) establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position in Lock-Up Securities within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (iv) file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to Lock-Up Securities, other than (A) registration statements on Form S-8 relating to the issuance, vesting, exercise or settlement of equity awards granted or to be granted pursuant to any employee benefit plan or employment agreement described in the Final Prospectus or (B) registration statement(s) relating to any underwritten public offering of equity securities of the Company by the Company or (C) registration statement(s) on Form S-4; provided, however, that the Company shall be permitted during the Lock-Up Period to (1) sell the Offered Securities to be sold hereunder, (2) issue shares of Common Stock or the grant of options to purchase shares of Common Stock or restricted share units or other securities under the Company’s share incentive plans, as such plans may be amended from time to time, including any increases to shares issuable under such plans pursuant to “evergreen” provisions in such plans after a period of six (6) months from the Effective Date, (3) issue securities upon the exercise of an option or a warrant, the vesting of a restricted share unit or the conversion of a security, (4) issue any securities by the Company in connection with the Company’s acquisition of one or more businesses, products or technologies, joint ventures, commercial relationships or other strategic corporate transactions, (5) issue and sell equity securities in an underwritten public offering pursuant to the registration statement(s) described in clause (iv)(B) of this paragraph, provided that the purchase or underwriting agreement for any such issuance is executed no earlier than 150 days after the date of the Final Prospectus, (6) shares of Common Stock and warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock the Company is obliged to issue on a contractual basis based on contracts executed on or prior to the date of the Final Prospectus as described in the Final Prospectus and additional warrants as compensation to the Company’s contract sales organization, and (7) during the period from three (3) months from the Effective Date until six (6) months from the Effective Date, issue and sell equity securities by the Company pursuant to the At-the-Market Issuance Sales Agreement between the Company and MLV & Co. LLC dated April 2, 2014 at prices greater than the Purchase Price. The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date hereof and continue for 180 days after the date of the Final Prospectus or such earlier date that Maxim Group LLC acting on behalf of the Underwriters consents to in writing; provided, however, that if (x) during the last 17 days of the initial Lock-Up Period the Company releases earnings results or announces material news or a material event, or (y) prior to the expiration of the initial Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 15-day period following the last day of the initial Lock-Up Period, then in each case the Lock-Up Period will be automatically extended until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of release of the earnings results or the announcement of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless the Representative waives, in writing, such extension. The Company shall provide the Representative and each shareholder subject to the Lock-Up Period pursuant to the lock-up letters described in Section 6(h) with prior notice of any such announcement that gives rise to an extension of the initial Lock-up Period.
(h) The Company will use its best efforts to maintain the listing of the Offered Securities on the Trading Market.
(i) If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Offered Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters the Final Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Final Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Final Prospectus (or if in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses the Representative will furnish to the Company) to which Offered Securities may have been sold by the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon reasonable request, either amendments or supplements to the Final Prospectus so that the statements in the Final Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Final Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is not yet available delivered to prospective purchasersa purchaser, be misleading or so that the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
(j) Upon reasonable request of any Underwriter in writing, the General Disclosure Package) Company will furnish, or file cause to be furnished, to such document (at the expense Underwriter an electronic version of the Company’s patents, trademarks, service marks and corporate logo for use on the website, if any, operated by such Underwriter solely for the purpose of facilitating the offering of the Offered Securities.
(k) so The Company agrees (A) to apply the net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Offered Securities in the manner set forth under the heading “Use of Proceeds” in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and to file such reports with the Commission with respect to the sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds therefrom as may be required by Rule 463 under the Securities Act; (B) not to correct use the proceeds to pay principal on outstanding loans from officers, directors or stockholders other than as described in the Prospectus, (C) not to invest, or otherwise use the proceeds received by the Company from its sale of the Offered Securities in such statement a manner as would require the Company to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act; and (D) not to, directly or omission indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or effect lend, contribute or otherwise make available such complianceproceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person in any manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions (defined below) by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise). Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the Company does not have any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of any Underwriter. For purposes of clarity, the Company has an ongoing relationship with MLV & Co. LLC and the Company agreed to pay compensation to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ in the event the Company sells the shares of Ruthigen that it currently holds.
(l) The Company will comply with and will require the Company’s directors and executive officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with all applicable Securities Laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act.
(m) With the prior written consent of the Company, the Representative acting on behalf of the Underwriters may release or waive the restrictions set forth in a lock-up letter described in Section 6(h) for any party thereunder. If the Representative, with prior written consent of the Com
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Oculus Innovative Sciences, Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date asdate, as in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counselcounsel for the Underwriter, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Underwriter for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Underwriter reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives Underwriter and Underwriters’ Counselits counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative Underwriter in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectusProspectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, effective and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectusProspectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Shares from any securities exchange upon which they are it is listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects as far as it is able with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative Underwriter or Underwriters’ Counsel counsel to the Underwriter to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative Underwriter and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Regenerx Biopharmaceuticals Inc), Underwriting Agreement (Regenerx Biopharmaceuticals Inc)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel; provided, however, that the notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will file all reports and other documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the Exchange Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder regardless as to whether the Company receives a response from the Representatives or Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this AgreementAgreement and through the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or Shares or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for tradingthe Exchange, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (NLS Pharmaceutics Ltd.), Underwriting Agreement (NLS Pharmaceutics Ltd.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative several Sales Agents that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been usedA) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period prepare and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a424(b) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), a Prospectus in connection with sales a form approved by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing Sales Agents containing information previously omitted at the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement in reliance on Rules 430A, 430B or 430C under the ProspectusAct, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall (B) not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any distribute an amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus of which the Sales Agents shall not previously have been advised and furnished with a copy or to which the Sales Agents shall have reasonably objected in writing or which is not in compliance with the Rules and Regulations and (C) file on a timely basis all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission subsequent to the date of the Prospectus Supplement and for the duration of the Delivery Period. For the duration of the Delivery Period, to include in its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and in its Annual Reports on Form 10-K, a summary detailing, for the relevant reporting period, (i) the number of Shares sold through the Sales Agents pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) the net proceeds received by the Company from such sales and (iii) the compensation paid by the Company to the Sales Agents with respect to such sales (or alternatively, to prepare a prospectus supplement (each, an “Interim Prospectus Supplement”) with such summary information and, at least once a quarter and subject to Section 5(b), file such Interim Prospectus Supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act (and within the time periods required by Rule 424(b) and Rules 430A, 430B or 430C under the Act)).
(b) The Company will (i) not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus unless the Sales Agents approve its use in writing prior to first use (each, a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus”); provided that the prior written consent of the Sales Agents hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) included on Schedule III hereto, (ii) treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (iii) comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 under the time Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including the requirements relating to timely filing with the Commission, legending and date record keeping and (iv) not take any action that would result in a Sales Agent or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Sales Agent that such Sales Agent otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder. The Company will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 under the Act to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show.
(c) During the Delivery Period, the Company will advise the Sales Agents promptly (A) when the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto shall have become effective, (B) of receipt of any comments from the Commission, (C) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any supplement to the Prospectus has been filed, (D) of any request by the Commission for the amending or the supplementing of the Registration Statement becomes effectiveStatement, and the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or for any additional information, (ivE) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectusProspectus Supplement, the General Disclosure Package, the any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing the Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation institution of any proceedings for any that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by (F) of the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance occurrence of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs within the Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasersProspectus, the General Disclosure Package ) or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which existing when the Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or any such statements were madeIssuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, and (G) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any order referred to in clause (E) or (G) of this paragraph and to obtain as soon as possible the lifting thereof, if during issued.
(d) The Company will cooperate with the Sales Agents in endeavoring to qualify the Shares for sale under the securities laws of such period jurisdictions as the Sales Agents may reasonably have designated in writing (and continue such qualifications in effect so long as necessary under such laws for the distribution of the Shares), and will make such applications, file such documents, and furnish such information as may be reasonably required for that purpose; provided that the Company shall not be required to (x) qualify as a foreign corporation, (y) file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction where it is necessary not now so qualified or appropriate required to file such a consent, or (z) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject. The Company will, from time to time, prepare and file such statements, reports, and other documents, as are or may be required to continue such qualifications in effect for so long a period as the Sales Agents may reasonably request for distribution of the Shares.
(e) The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Sales Agents, from time to time, as many copies of the Registration Statement (excluding exhibits) and copies of the Prospectus (or the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented) as the Sales Agents may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Sales Agents, from time to time, as many copies of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Sales Agents may reasonably request. In case the Sales Agents are required to deliver, under the Act (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule), a prospectus relating to the Shares after the nine-month period referred to in Section 10(a)(3) of the Act, or after the time a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement is required pursuant to Item 512(a) of Regulation S-K under the Act, upon the request of the Sales Agents, and at its own expense, the Company shall prepare and deliver to the Sales Agents as many copies as the Sales Agents may request of an amended Registration Statement or amended or supplemented prospectus complying with Item 512(a) of Regulation S-K or Section 10(a)(3) of the Act, as the case may be.
(f) The Company will comply with the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Shares as contemplated in this Agreement and the Prospectus. If during the Delivery Period any event shall occur as a result of which, in the opinion judgment of the Company or its counsel or in the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel reasonable opinion of the Sales Agents, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or, if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with any law, the Company as promptly as practicable will prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus so that the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when it is so delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will comply with the law.
(or if g) If the General Disclosure Package is being used to solicit offers to buy the Shares at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchaserspurchasers and any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable opinion of the Sales Agents, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or to make the statements therein not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package to comply with any law, the Company as promptly as practicable will prepare, file with the Commission (if required) and furnish to the Sales Agents an appropriate amendment or supplement to the General Disclosure Package.
(h) The Company will make generally available to its security holders, as soon as it is practicable to do so, but in any event not later than 15 months after the effective date of the Registration Statement, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) in reasonable detail, covering a period of at least 12 consecutive months beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the requirements of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act and will advise you in writing when such statement has been so made available.
(i) The Company will cause the Shares to be listed for trading on the Exchange and to maintain such listing.
(j) Upon commencement of the offering of the Shares under this Agreement (and upon the recommencement of the offering of the Shares under this Agreement following the termination of a suspension of sales hereunder), and each time that (i) the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented (other than a prospectus supplement relating solely to the offering of Shelf Securities other than the Shares or an amendment or supplement effected by the filing with the Commission of any document incorporated by reference therein which shall be subject to the provisions of subclause (ii) or (iii) below), (ii) the Company files an Annual Report on Form 10-K or a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, (iii) the Company files with the Commission any document (other than an Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q) incorporated by reference into the Prospectus which contains additional or amended financial information or (iv) on such other dates as may reasonably be requested by the Sales Agents (such commencement date (and any such recommencement date, if applicable) and each such date referred to in (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, a “Representation Date”), the Company agrees to furnish or cause to be furnished to the Sales Agents forthwith a certificate dated and delivered as of such date, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Sales Agents, to the effect that the statements contained in the certificate referred to in Section 7(f) of this Agreement are true and correct at the time of such commencement, recommencement, amendment, supplement or filing, as the case may be, as though made at and as of such time modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such certificate.
(k) On each Representation Date (other than a Representation Date referred to in subclause (iii) of such definition), the Company shall cause to be furnished to the Sales Agents, dated as of such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Sales Agents, the written opinion of, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ L.L.P., counsel for the Company, as described in Section 7(b), modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such opinion.
(l) On each Representation Date (other than a Representation Date referred to in subclause (iii) of such definition), ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel to the Sales Agents, shall furnish to the Sales Agents a written opinion, dated as of such date in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Sales Agents. With respect to Sections 5(k) and (l) above, in lieu of delivering such an opinion for dates subsequent to the commencement of the offering of the Shares under this Agreement such counsel may furnish the Sales Agents with a letter (a “Reliance Letter”) to the effect that the Sales Agents may rely on a prior opinion delivered under Section 5(k) or Section 5(l) as the case may be, to the same extent as if it were dated the date of such letter (except that statements in such prior opinion shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented as of such subsequent date).
(m) On each Representation Date, Ernst & Young LLP and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, shall each deliver to the Sales Agents the comfort letters described in Section 7(d).
(n) On each Representation Date, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company shall deliver to the Sales Agents the certificate with respect to certain financial information contained in the General Disclosure Package, Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented as of such date, as described in Section 7(e).
(o) The Company agrees to comply with the Securities Act Due Diligence Protocol attached hereto on Schedule IV and any other due diligence review or call reasonably requested by the Sales Agents.
(p) The Company agrees to file reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights, Shares for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy its obligations hereunder.
(q) The Company consents to the Sales Agents trading in the Common Stock, subject to any restrictions under applicable law, for the Exchange Act any document which would Sales Agents’ own accounts and for the account of its clients at the same time as sales of the Shares occur pursuant to this Agreement.
(r) The Company agrees that each acceptance by the Company of an offer to purchase the Shares hereunder shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in an affirmation to the Prospectus in order to comply with Sales Agents that the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, representations and warranties of the Company contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement are true and correct as of the date of such acceptance as though made at and as of such date, and an undertaking that such representations and warranties will promptly notify be true and correct as of the Representative Time of Sale and will amend the Settlement Date for the Shares relating to such acceptance as though made at and as of each of such dates (except that such representations and warranties shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement or supplement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented relating to such Shares).
(s) Prior to instructing the Sales Agents pursuant to Section 2 hereof to make sales on any given day (or if as otherwise agreed between the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasersCompany and the Sales Agents), the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense one of the Company’s representatives listed in Schedule V hereto (individually, a “Representative” and collectively, the “Representatives”), shall have approved the minimum price and maximum number of Shares to be sold on such day.
(t) so as No offering, pledge, sale, contract to correct such statement sell, short sale or omission other disposition of any shares of Common Stock of the Company or effect such compliance.other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock or derivative of Common Stock (or agreement for such) will be made, during the Delivery Period, directly or indirectly, by the Company, except for (i) registration of the Shares and the sales through the Sales Agents pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) grants of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units or other stock-based awards pursuant to existing employee benefit plans of the Company, (iii) issuances of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise, conversion or vesting of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, deferred stock units or other stock-based awards outstanding on the date hereof or granted or awarded pursuant to an existing employee benefit plan of the Comp
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Equity Distribution Agreement (LGI Homes, Inc.), Equity Distribution Agreement (LGI Homes, Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement Statement, and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ CounselOrtoli Rosenstadt LLP, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Representative for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Representative reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement Statement, or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement Statement, or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Ordinary Shares from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement Statement, and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement Statement, or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(e) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or promptly will notify the Representative and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(f) The Company will promptly deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(g) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(h) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Securities Act by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2).
(i) The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Representative may reasonably designate and to maintain such qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof, except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction, to execute a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction, or to subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is otherwise not so subject.
(j) During the six-month period following the date of this Agreement (the “Company Lock-up Period”), the Company may not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, (i) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, pledge or grant any option to purchase, make any short sale, lend or otherwise dispose of , except in the Offering, any of our ordinary shares, including but not limited to any options or warrants to purchase the Company’s ordinary shares, or any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, the Company’s ordinary shares, or any such substantially similar securities, other than (A) pursuant to employee stock option plans existing on, or (B) upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date this Agreement was executed, or (C) in connection with any business acquisition.
(k) Schedule II hereto contains a complete and accurate list of the Company’s executive officers, directors, pre-initial public offering investors, employees who hold the Company’s outstanding ordinary shares, and holders of 5% or more of the Company’s outstanding ordinary shares (collectively, the “Lock-Up Parties”). The Company has caused each of the Lock-Up Parties to deliver to the Representative an executed Lock-Up Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Annex I (the “Lock-Up Agreement”), prior to the execution of this Agreement.
(l) If the Representative, in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a Lock-Up Agreement described in Section 4(k) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three business days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by (i) a press release substantially in the form of Annex VI hereto through a major news service or (ii) any other method that satisfies the obligations described in FINRA Rule 5131(d)(2) at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(m) For a period of at least two (2) years from the Effective Date, the Company shall retain a nationally recognized PCAOB registered independent public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Representative. The Representative acknowledges that Kreit & C▇▇▇ CPA is acceptable to the Representative.
(n) During the period of one (1) year from the Effective Date, the Company will make available to the Representative copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to security holders or from time to time published or publicly disseminated by the Company, and will deliver to the Representative: (i) as soon as practicable after they are available, copies of any reports, financial statements and proxy or information statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request in writing pursuant to a specific regulatory or liability issue or; provided, that any such item which is available on the E▇▇▇▇ system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form.
(o) The Company will not issue press releases or engage in any other publicity, without the Representative’s prior written consent, for a period ending at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the first Business Day following the fortieth (40th) day following the Closing Date, other than normal and customary releases issued in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, or as required by law.
(p) The Company hereby grants the Representative the right of first refusal for a period of eighteen (18) months after the closing of this Offering the right, on at least the same terms and conditions offered to us by other investment banking service providers, to provide investment banking services in all matters for which investment banking services are sought, which right is exercisable in the Representative’s sole discretion but non-assignable. For these purposes, investment banking services shall include, without limitation, (i) acting as sole manager for any underwritten public offering; (ii) acting as an exclusive placement agent, or sole sales agent for any private equity, equity-linked or debt (excluding commercial bank debt) offerings in the United States. The Representative shall notify the Company of its intention to exercise its Right of First Refusal within ten (10) business days following notice in writing by the Company.
(q) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.
(r) The Company will use its best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Firm Shares on the NYSE American for at least three (3) years after the Closing Date.
(s) The Company, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations within the time periods required thereby.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Ryde Group LTD), Underwriting Agreement (Ryde Group LTD)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Underwriter for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Underwriter reasonably object objects within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives Underwriter and Underwriters’ Counselits counsel. The Underwriter shall not unreasonably object to, condition or delay such filing. In no event shall the foregoing prohibit the Company from timely filing any report under the Exchange Act.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative Underwriter in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Ordinary Shares from any securities exchange upon which they are it is listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative Underwriter or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative Underwriter and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd.), Underwriting Agreement (Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledgescovenants with you, covenants and agrees with each Underwriter participating in the Representative thatoffering of Underwritten Securities, as follows:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effectiveIf the Company does not elect to rely on Rule 434 under the 1933 Act Regulations, and if Rule 430A is used or immediately following the filing execution of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)applicable Terms Agreement, the Company will file prepare a Prospectus Supplement setting forth the number of Underwritten Securities covered thereby and their terms not otherwise specified in the Prospectus (properly completed pursuant to which the Underwritten Securities are being issued, the names of the Underwriters participating in the offering and the number of Underwritten Securities which each severally has agreed to purchase, the names of the Underwriters acting as co-managers in connection with the offering, the price at which the Underwritten Securities are to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company, the initial public offering price, if Rule 430A has been used) any, the selling concession and reallowance, if any, any delayed delivery arrangements, and such other information as you and the Company deem appropriate in connection with the offering of the Underwritten Securities; and the Company will promptly transmit copies of the Prospectus Supplement to the Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) within of the prescribed time period 1933 Act Regulations and will furnish to the Underwriters named therein as many copies of the Prospectus (including such Prospectus Supplement) as you shall reasonably request. If the Company elects to rely on Rule 434 under the 1933 Act Regulations, immediately following the execution of the applicable Terms Agreement, the Company will prepare an abbreviated term sheet that complies with the requirements of Rule 434 under the 1933 Act Regulations and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative Underwriters with copies of the form of Rule 434 Prospectus, in such timely filing. The Company will number as you shall reasonably request, and promptly file or transmit for filing with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses the form of Prospectus complying with Rule 434(c)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be1933 Act Regulations.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the The Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplementwill notify you immediately, and the Company shall not file any confirm such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours notice in writing, of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement, (ii) the transmittal to the Commission for filing of any Prospectus Supplement or other supplement or amendment to the Prospectus or any document to be filed pursuant to the 1934 Act, (iii) the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, from the Commission, (iiiv) of any request by the time and date of Commission for any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package Prospectus or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effectivefor additional information, and (ivv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any that purpose; and the Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at and, if any timestop order is issued, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order thereof at the earliest possible moment. Additionally.
(c) At any time when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities, the Company agrees that it shall comply with will give you notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the provisions of Rules 424(b)Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, 430A and 430Bwhether pursuant to the 1933 Act, as applicable, under 1934 Act or otherwise (including any revised prospectus which the Securities Act and will Company proposes for use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Underwriters in connection with an offering of Underwritten Securities which differs from the Prospectus on file at the Commission at the time the Registration Statement first becomes effective, whether or not such revised prospectus is required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations, or Rule 433 were received any abbreviated term sheet prepared in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) 434 of the 1933 Act Regulations), and will furnish you with copies of any such amendment or Rule 164(b))supplement or other documents proposed to be filed or used a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file any such amendment or supplement or other documents in a form to which you or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the The Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it deliver to each Underwriter as many signed and conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by the Securities Actreference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) as such Underwriter reasonably requests.
(e) The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or dealings in supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request for the Securities as purposes contemplated by the provisions hereof1933 Act, the General Disclosure Package1933 Act Regulations, the Registration Statement and 1934 Act or the Prospectus. 1934 Act Regulations.
(f) If during such period at any time when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities any event occurs shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or counsel for the Company, to amend or supplement the Prospectus (or if in order that the Prospectus is will not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleadingexisting at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate shall be necessary, in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel either such counsel, at any such time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities requirements of the 1933 Act or the Exchange 1933 Act Regulations, then the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission such amendment or supplement, whether by filing documents pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, as may be necessary to correct such untrue statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement and Prospectus comply with such requirements.
(g) The Company will endeavor, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Underwritten Securities, the Warrant Securities, if any, and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares or the Depositary Shares, if any, for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws and real estate syndication laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States as you may designate. In each jurisdiction in which the Underwritten Securities, the Warrant Securities, if any, and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares or the Depositary Shares, if any, have been so qualified, the Company will promptly notify file such statements and reports as may be required by the Representative laws of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect for so long as may be required for the distribution of the Underwritten Securities and the Warrant Securities, if any; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction where it is not so qualified.
(h) With respect to each sale of Underwritten Securities, the Company will amend make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but not later than 90 days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158 of the 1933 Act Regulations) covering a twelve month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the "effective date" (as defined in such Rule 158) of the Registration Statement or supplement Statement.
(i) The Company will use its best efforts to meet the Prospectus requirements to qualify as a "real estate investment trust" under the Code for the taxable year in which sales of the Underwritten Securities are to occur.
(or if j) The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is not yet available required to prospective purchasersbe delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the 1934 Act within the time periods prescribed by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.
(k) The Company will not, during a period of 90 days from the date of the applicable Terms Agreement, with respect to the Underwritten Securities covered thereby, without your prior written consent, offer or sell, grant any option for the sale of, or enter into any agreement to sell, any Securities of the same class or series or ranking on a parity with such Underwritten Securities (other than the Underwritten Securities which are to be sold pursuant to such Terms Agreement) or, if such Terms Agreement relates to Underwritten Securities that are convertible into Common Stock, any Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock (except for Common Stock issued pursuant to reservations, agreements, employee benefit plans, dividend reinvestment plans, employee and director stock option plans or as partial or full payment for properties to be acquired by the Company), except as may be otherwise provided in the applicable Terms Agreement.
(l) If the Preferred Shares or Depositary Shares are convertible into shares of Common Stock or if Common Stock Warrants are issued, the General Disclosure Package) Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive or file other similar rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock or Preferred Shares, as the case may be, for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy any obligations to issue such document (at the expense shares upon conversion of the Preferred Shares or the Depositary Shares, as the case may be, or upon exercise of the Common Stock Warrants.
(m) If the Preferred Shares or Depository Shares are convertible into shares of Common Stock, the Company will use its best efforts to list the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares or Depositary Shares on the New York Stock Exchange or such other national exchange on which the Company's shares of Common Stock are then listed.
(n) so The Company has complied and will comply with the provisions of Florida H.B. 1771, codified as Section 517.075 of the Florida Statutes, 1987, as amended, and all regulations thereunder relating to correct such statement or omission or effect such complianceissuers doing business with Cuba.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: u.s. Underwriting Agreement (Kimco Realty Corp), Underwriting Agreement (Kimco Realty Corp)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative each Underwriter ------------------------ that:
(a) The Registration Statement As soon as possible after the execution and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing delivery of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)this Agreement, the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within 424, setting forth, among other things, the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory necessary information with respect to the Representative terms of such timely filingoffering of the Securities. The Company will file with promptly deliver to the Commission Representative and to counsel for the Underwriters, to the extent not previously delivered, one fully executed copy or one conformed copy, certified by an officer of the Company, of the Registration Statement, as originally filed, and of all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in amendments thereto, heretofore or hereafter made, (other than those relating solely to securities other than the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2Securities), including any post-effective amendment (in each case including all exhibits filed therewith and all documents incorporated therein not previously furnished to the Representative), including signed copies of each consent and certificate included therein or filed as an exhibit thereto, and will deliver to the Representative for distribution to the Underwriters as many conformed copies of the foregoing (excluding the exhibits, but including all documents incorporated therein) as the case Representative may bereasonably request. The Company will also send to the Underwriters as soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement and thereafter from time to time as many copies of the Prospectus as the Representative may reasonably request for the purposes required by the Securities Act.
(b) During such period (not exceeding nine months) after the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later commencement of the Closing Date or such date as, in offering of the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, Securities as the Prospectus is no longer Underwriters may be required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the deliver a Prospectus, if any event relating to or affecting the Company, or of which the Company shall furnish to be advised in writing by the Representatives for review Representative shall occur, which in the Company's opinion should be set forth in a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) or an amendment of the receipt Prospectus in order to make the Prospectus not misleading in the light of any comments ofthe circumstances when it is delivered to a purchaser, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment if it is necessary to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, amend the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing comply with the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any timeSecurities Act, the Company will use forthwith at its expense prepare and furnish to the Underwriters and dealers named by the Representative a reasonable efforts number of copies of a supplement or supplements or an amendment or amendments to obtain the lifting of such order at Prospectus which will supplement or amend the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees Prospectus so that as supplemented or amended it shall will comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that not contain any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madewhen the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if during such period it . In case any Underwriter is necessary or appropriate in required to deliver a Prospectus after the opinion expiration of nine months after the commencement of the Company or its counsel or offering of the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasersSecurities, the General Disclosure Package ) Company, upon the request of the Representative, will furnish to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange ActRepresentative, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of such Underwriter, a reasonable quantity of a supplemented or amended prospectus, or supplements or amendments to the Prospectus, complying with Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
(c) The Company will make generally available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event not later than 16 months after the end of the fiscal quarter in which the filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424 occurs, an earning statement (in form complying with the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, which need not be certified by independent public accountants) covering a period of twelve months beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424.
(d) so The Company will use its best efforts promptly to do and perform all things to be done and performed by it hereunder prior to the Closing Date and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery by it of the Securities.
(e) The Company will advise the Representative promptly of the filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424 and of any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or Registration Statement or of official notice of institution of proceedings for, or the entry of, a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, if such a stop order should be entered, use its best efforts to obtain the prompt removal thereof.
(f) The Company will use its best efforts to qualify the Securities, as may be required, for offer and sale under the Blue Sky or legal investment laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate, and will file and make in each year such statements or reports as are or may be reasonably required by the laws of such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to correct such statement qualify as a foreign corporation or omission dealer in securities, or effect such complianceto file any general consents to service of process under the laws of any jurisdiction.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Cp&l Energy Inc), Underwriting Agreement (North Carolina Natural Gas Corp)
Covenants of the Company. The In connection with each offering of Purchased Securities, the Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative several Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used Company will advise the Underwriters or the filing Representatives promptly of any proposed amendment or supplementation of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)Registration Statement, or the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filingProspectus. The Company will file with also advise the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in Underwriters or the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later Representatives of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance institution by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending part thereof, and will use its use or best efforts to prevent the use issuance of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts and to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest as soon as possible moment. Additionallyits lifting, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b))if issued.
(db) (i) During If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Prospectus Delivery Period, Purchased Securities is required to be delivered under the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (as then amended or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact fact, or omit to state a any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements they were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel at any time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company promptly will promptly notify prepare and file with the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement Commission an amendment or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to that will correct such statement or omission or an amendment that will effect such compliance.
(c) As soon as practicable, but not later than 18 months, after the date of the Terms Agreement relating to the Purchased Securities, the Company will make generally available to its security holders an earning statement or statements (which need not be audited) covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(d) The Company will furnish to the Underwriters or the Representatives such copies of the Registration Statement (including one copy of the Registration Statement for each Representative, or for each Underwriter if there are no Representatives, and for the counsel for the Underwriters, which is signed and includes all exhibits), any related preliminary prospectus supplements and the Prospectus, including all amendments or supplements to such documents, as may be reasonably requested.
(e) The Company will arrange or cooperate in arrangements for the qualification of the Purchased Securities for sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters or the Representatives designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Purchased Securities, provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation in any State, to consent to service of process in any State other than with respect to claims arising out of the offering or sale of the Purchased Securities, or to meet other requirements deemed by it to be unduly burdensome.
(f) During the period of five years after the date of the Terms Agreement relating to the Purchased Securities, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters or the Representatives thereunder, and, upon request, each of the other Underwriters, (i) as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a balance sheet and statements of income and retained earnings of the Company as at the end of and for such year, all in reasonable detail and certified by independent public accountants, and (ii) (A) as soon as practicable after the end of each quarterly fiscal period (except for the last quarterly fiscal period of each fiscal year), a balance sheet and statement of income of the Company as at the end of and for such period, all in reasonable detail and certified by a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, (B) as soon as available, a copy of each report of the Company filed with the Commission, and (C) from time to time, such other information concerning the Company as may reasonably be requested. So long as the Company has active subsidiaries, such financial statements will be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated.
(g) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, and will reimburse the Underwriters for any reasonable expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by them in connection with the qualification of the Purchased Securities with respect to which the Terms Agreement relating to the Purchased Securities has been entered for sale, and the determination of their eligibility for investment, under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives or, if there are no Representatives, the Underwriters designate, and the printing of memoranda relating thereto, and for any fees charged by investment rating agencies for the rating of the Purchased Securities.
(h) The Company will not offer or sell any other of its Securities for a period beginning at the time of execution of the Terms Agreement relating to the Purchased Securities and ending on the Closing Date relating thereto without prior consent of the Underwriter or the Representatives.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Pinnacle West Capital Corp), Underwriting Agreement (Pinnacle West Capital Corp)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)) or Rule 434, the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative Lead Managers of such timely filing. If the Company elects to rely on Rule 434, the Company will prepare and file a term sheet that complies with the requirements of Rule 434, and the Prospectus shall not be "materially different" (as such term is used in Rule 434) from the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time it became effective. The Company will file with notify you immediately (and, if requested by the Lead Managers, will confirm such notice in writing) (i) when the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto become effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in for any amendment of or supplement to the time and manner required under Rules 433(dRegistration Statement or the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iii) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date Company's intention to file or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law prepare any supplement or amendment to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (iiv) of the receipt of any comments of, mailing or requests the delivery to the Commission for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment of or supplement to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, including but not limited to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (ivv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use the initiation, or the use of any prospectusthreatening, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings therefor, it being understood that the Company shall make every reasonable effort to removeavoid the issuance of any such stop order, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or (vi) of the threatening or initiation receipt of any proceedings comments from the Commission, and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of such purposesany proceeding for that purpose. If the Commission shall propose or enter any such a stop order at any time, the Company will use its make every reasonable efforts effort to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and, if issued, to obtain the lifting of such order at as soon as possible. The Company will not file any amendment to the earliest possible moment. Additionally, Registration Statement or any amendment of or supplement to the Company agrees that it shall comply with Prospectus (including the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts prospectus required to confirm that any filings made by the Company under be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received 434) that differs from the prospectus on file at the time of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or file any document under the Exchange Act if such document would be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus to which the Lead Managers shall object in writing after being timely furnished in advance a timely manner by copy thereof. The Company will provide the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) Lead Managers with copies of all such amendments, filings and other documents a sufficient time prior to any filing or Rule 164(b))other publication thereof to permit the Lead Managers a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(db) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the The Company will shall comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now Act and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit completion of the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities distribution as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Packagein this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act in connection with the sales of Securities, any event occurs shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus (as then amended or if supplemented would, in the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasersjudgment of the Underwriters or the Company, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madeexisting at the time of delivery to the purchaser, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Rules and Regulations it shall be necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Prospectus or Registration Statement, or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, the Company will notify you promptly and prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 4(a) hereof, an appropriate amendment or supplement (in form and substance satisfactory to the Lead Managers) which will correct such statement or omission or which will effect such compliance and will use its best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as possible.
(c) The Company will promptly deliver to each of you and Underwriters' Counsel a signed or conformed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company's files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five years after the date of filing. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto as you may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 A.M., New York time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in order New York City in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) The Company consents to comply the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(e) The Company will use its reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Lead Managers, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Lead Managers may designate and to maintain such qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process.
(f) The Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Underwriters, to the extent not available on EDGAR, as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than twelve ▇▇▇▇▇s after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Securities Act), an earnings statement of the Company and the Subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158).
(g) During the period of 90 days from the date of the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of the Lead Managers the Company (i) will not, directly or indirectly, issue, offer, sell, agree to issue, offer or sell, solicit offers to purchase, grant any call option, warrant or other right to purchase, purchase any put option or other right to sell, pledge, borrow or otherwise dispose of any United States dollar-denominated debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company and having a maturity of more than one year from the date of issue or any Relevant Security, or make any announcement of any of the foregoing, (ii) will not establish or increase any "put equivalent position" or liquidate or decrease any "call equivalent position" (in each case within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) with respect to any Relevant Security, and (iii) will not otherwise enter into any swap, derivative or other transaction or arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any economic consequence of ownership of a Relevant Security, whether or not such transaction is to be settled by delivery of Relevant Securities, other securities, cash or other consideration, other than the sale of Securities as contemplated by this Agreement and the Company's issuance of Underlying Shares upon conversion of Securities or the Company's issuance of Common Stock upon (x) the exercise of currently outstanding warrants; and (y) the grant and exercise of options under, or the issuance and sale of shares pursuant to, employee stock option plans in effect on the date hereof, each as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The Company will not file a registration statement under the Securities Act in connection with any transaction by the Company or any person that is prohibited pursuant to the foregoing, except for registration statements on Form S-8 relating to employee benefit plans.
(h) During the period of five years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Company will furnish to you, to the extent not available on EDGAR, copies of all repo▇▇▇ ▇r other communications (financial or other) furnished to security holders or from time to time published or publicly disseminated by the Company, and will deliver to you, to the extent not available on EDGAR, (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports, finan▇▇▇▇ statements and proxy or information statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as you may from time to time reasonably request (such financial information to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and the Subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its security holders generally or to the Commission).
(i) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as set forth under the caption "Use of Proceeds" in the Prospectus.
(j) The Company will use its reasonable efforts to list the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities for quotation on the Nasdaq and maintain the listing of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities on the Nasdaq.
(k) The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations within the time periods required thereby.
(l) The Company will use its best efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Date, as the case may be, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Firm Securities and the Additional Securities.
(m) The Company will promptly notify the Representative not take, and will amend cause its affiliates that it controls (within the Registration Statement meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act) not to take, directly or supplement the Prospectus (indirectly, any action which constitutes or if the Prospectus is not yet available designed to prospective purchaserscause or result in, or which could reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the General Disclosure Package) stabilization or file such document (at the expense manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities or Underlying Shares issuable upon conversion of Securities.
(n) The Company will execute and deliver the Indenture in the form and substance satisfactory to the Lead Managers and the Company.
(o) so The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Securities to be accepted for clearance and settlement through the facilities of DTC.
(p) The Company will take such steps as shall be necessary to correct such statement or omission or effect such complianceensure that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries becomes an "investment company" as defined, and subject to regulation, under the Investment Company Act.
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Komag Inc /De/), Underwriting Agreement (Komag Inc /De/)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriter that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative Underwriter of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the reasonable opinion of Underwriters’ Underwriter’s Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), ) in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Underwriter and Underwriter’s Counsel for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Underwriter reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counselobject.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative Underwriter in writing of: (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, ; (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, ; (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, ; and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or the initiation of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Securities from any securities exchange upon which they the Securities are listed for trading, or of the threatening or of initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event or development occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative Underwriter or Underwriters’ Underwriter’s Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative Underwriter and will promptly amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) If at any time following the issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances there existing, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriter and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will deliver to the Underwriter and Underwriter’s Counsel a copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed, and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith. The Company will promptly deliver to the Underwriter such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriter may reasonably request. Prior to 12:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the next Business Day succeeding the date of this Agreement, and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish to the Underwriter copies of the Prospectus in such quantities as the Underwriter may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriter in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2), and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Securities Act.
(h) The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriter, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions as the Underwriter may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process or to subject itself to taxation if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) The Company will make generally available (which includes filings pursuant to the Exchange Act made publicly through the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (“E▇▇▇▇”) system) to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Regulations.
(j) During the six months following the Closing Date, the Company or any successor to the Company shall not undertake any public or private offerings of any equity securities of the Company (including equity-linked securities) without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(k) Starting from the date of this Offering, any of the entities and individuals listed on Schedule B hereto (the “Lock-Up Parties”), without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company, whether publicly or in a private placement, during their respective lock-up period in the lock-up agreements that are in effect. The Company will deliver to the Underwriter the agreements of the Lock-Up Parties to the foregoing effect on the date of this Agreement, which agreements shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex IV.
(l) The Company will not issue press releases or engage in any other publicity without the Underwriter’s prior written consent, for a period ending at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the first Business Day following the forty-fifth (45th) day following the Closing Date, other than normal and customary releases issued in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, or as required by law.
(m) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus. Without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, and the Prospectus, no proceeds of the Offering will be used to pay outstanding loans from officers, directors or shareholders or to pay any accrued salaries or bonuses to any employees or former employees. The application of the net proceeds from the Offering will not, (i) contravene any provision of any current and applicable laws or the current constituent documents of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, (ii) contravene the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument currently binding upon the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or (iii) contravene or violate the terms or provisions of any governmental authorization applicable to any of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries.
(n) The Company will use its best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Ordinary Shares on NYSE for at least three (3) years from the date of the Offering, unless such listing is terminated as a result of a transaction approved by the holders of a majority of the voting securities of the Company.
(o) The Company will use its best efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date and any Additional Closing Date, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Securities.
(p) The Company will not take, and will cause its Subsidiaries not to take, directly or indirectly, any action which constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities.
(q) The Company shall cause to be prepared and delivered to the Underwriter, at its expense, within two (2) Business Days from the date of this Agreement, an Electronic Prospectus to be used by the Underwriter in connection with the Offering. As used herein, the term “Electronic Prospectus” means a form of prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, that meets each of the following conditions: (i) it shall be encoded in an electronic format, satisfactory to the Underwriter, that may be transmitted electronically by the Underwriter to offerees and purchasers of the Securities for at least the period during which a Prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act; (ii) it shall disclose the same information as the paper prospectus and prospectus filed pursuant to E▇▇▇▇, except to the extent that graphic and image material cannot be disseminated electronically, in which case such graphic and image material shall be replaced in the electronic prospectus with a fair and accurate narrative description or tabular representation of such material, as appropriate; and (iii) it shall be in or convertible into a paper format or an electronic format, satisfactory to the Underwriter, that will allow recipients thereof to store and have continuously ready access to the prospectus at any future time, without charge to such recipients (other than any fee charged for subscription to the Internet as a whole and for online time).
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (ChowChow Cloud International Holdings LTD), Underwriting Agreement (ChowChow Cloud International Holdings LTD)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative thateach Underwriter as follows:
(a) The Company will furnish to the Representatives, without charge, four (4) signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and for delivery to each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and to furnish to the Representatives in New York City, without charge, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the period mentioned in Section 6(e) or 6(f) below, as many copies of the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus and any supplements and amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or to the filing Registration Statement as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(b) Prior to the termination of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)Offering, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus (or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement unless the Company has furnished the Representatives with a copy for their review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment, supplement or Rule 462(b) Registration Statement to which the Representatives reasonably object. The Company will cause the Prospectus, properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will file promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(dpursuant to Rule 424(b) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(bwhen any Rule 462(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, have been filed with the Commission, (ii) when, prior to termination of the time and date of Offering, any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectusbecome effective, (iii) of any request by the time and date that Commission or its staff for any post-effective amendment of the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or for any supplement to the Registration Statement becomes effectiveProspectus or for any additional information, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing the Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation institution of any proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Public Units for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purposespurpose. If The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the Commission shall enter issuance of any such stop order at or the occurrence of any timesuch suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared or become effective as soon as practicable.
(c) Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, the Company will use its reasonable efforts furnish to obtain the lifting Representatives a copy of each such order at proposed amendment or supplement and not to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the earliest possible moment. AdditionallyRepresentatives reasonably object, the Company agrees that it shall comply and to file with the provisions of Rules Commission within the applicable period specified in Rule 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, ) under the Securities Act and any prospectus required to be filed pursuant to such Rule.
(d) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts not make any offer relating to confirm the Public Units or the securities contained therein that any filings made constitutes or would constitute a free writing prospectus or a portion thereof required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by of the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b))Securities Act.
(de) (i) During If the Time of Sale Prospectus Delivery Period, is being used to solicit offers to buy the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from Public Units at a time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchaserspurchasers and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, the General Disclosure Package Company will prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Time of Sale Prospectus is delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
(f) would include If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Public Units as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an untrue statement Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of a material fact which it is necessary to amend or omit to state a material fact necessary supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madewhen the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel , it is necessary to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with applicable law, the Company will prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses the Representatives will furnish to the Company) to which Units may have been sold by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.
(g) The Company will endeavor to qualify the Public Units for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request.
(h) The Company will make generally available to the Company’s security holders and to the Representatives as soon as practicable an earnings statement covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the date of this Agreement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(i) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters against any documentary, stamp or similar issue tax, including any interest and penalties, on the creation, issue and sale of the Offered Securities and on the initial resale thereof by the Underwriters and on the execution and delivery of this Agreement. All payments to file be made by the Company hereunder shall be made without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties or governmental charges whatsoever unless the Company is compelled by law to deduct or withhold such taxes, duties or charges. In that event, the Company shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received after such withholding or deduction shall equal the amounts that would have been received if no withholding or deduction had been made.
(j) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, (x) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction that is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company), directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to, any other securities, Common Stock, Warrants or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, Common Stock or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 180 days after the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to the forfeiture of a portion of the Founder Shares pursuant to their terms or any transfer of Founder Shares to any current or future independent director of the Company (provided that such current or future independent director transferee is subject to the Insider Letter or executes an agreement substantially identical to the Insider Letter, as applicable to directors and officers, at the time of such transfer, and provided further that to the extent any Section 16 reporting obligation is triggered as a result of such transfer, any related Section 16 filing includes a practical explanation as to the nature of the transfer) and the Company may (1) issue and sell the Private Placement Warrants and the Working Capital Warrants, (2) issue and sell the Additional Units on exercise of the option provided for in Section 2 hereof, (3) register with the Commission pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the resale of the securities covered thereby, and (4) issue securities in connection with a Business Combination, including the Forward Purchase Securities, or (y) release the Sponsor or any officer or director from the 180-day lock-up contained in the Insider Letter.
(k) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any document security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Public Units.
(l) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the Public Units, the Public Shares and the Public Warrants on the NYSE.
(m) The Company will file with the Commission such reports as may be required by Rule 463 under the Securities Act.
(n) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Securities Act.
(o) The Company shall, on the date hereof, retain its independent registered public accounting firm to audit the balance sheet of the Company as of the Closing Date (the “Audited Balance Sheet”) reflecting the receipt by the Company of the proceeds of the Offering on the Closing Date. As soon as the Audited Balance Sheet becomes available, the Company shall promptly, but not later than four (4) Business Days after the Closing Date, file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission, which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference Current Report shall contain the Company’s Audited Balance Sheet. Additionally, upon the Company’s receipt of the proceeds from the exercise of all or any portion of the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof, the Company shall promptly, but not later than four (4) Business Days after the receipt of such proceeds, file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Commission, which report shall disclose the Company’s sale of the Additional Units and its receipt of the proceeds therefrom, unless the receipt of such proceeds are reflected in the Prospectus Current Report on Form 8-K referenced in order the immediately prior sentence.
(p) For a period commencing on the initial effective date of the Registration Statement and ending five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the Business Combination or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs, the Company will use its best efforts to comply maintain the registration of the Public Units, Public Shares and Public Warrants (or such other security into which the Common Stock may be exchanged in connection with a Business Combination) under the Securities Act or provisions of the Exchange Act, except after giving effect to a going private transaction after the completion of a Business Combination. During such period, the Company will promptly notify not deregister the Representative and will amend Public Units, Public Shares or Public Warrants under the Exchange Act (except in connection with an exchange of the Common Stock pursuant to a Business Combination or a going private transaction after the completion of a Business Combination) without the prior written consent of the Representatives.
(q) For a period commencing on the initial effective date of the Registration Statement and ending five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the Business Combination or supplement until such earlier time at which the Prospectus (Liquidation occurs or if the Prospectus is not yet available Public Shares and Public Warrants cease to prospective purchasersbe publicly traded, the General Disclosure PackageCompany, at its expense, shall cause its regularly engaged independent registered public accounting firm to review (but not audit) or file such document (at the expense Company’s financial statements for each of the first three fiscal quarters prior to the announcement of quarterly financial information, the filing of the Company’s Form 10-Q quarterly report and the mailing, if any, of quarterly financial information to stockholders.
(r) so For a period commencing on the initial effective date of the Registration Statement and ending five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the Business Combination or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs or the Public Shares and Public Warrants cease to be publicly traded, the Company shall retain a transfer and warrant agent.
(s) For a period commencing on the initial effective date of the Registration Statement and ending five (5) years from the date of the consummation of the Business Combination or until such earlier time at which the Liquidation occurs, the Company shall, to the extent such information or documents are not otherwise publicly available, upon written request from the Representatives, furnish to the Representatives (i) copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company from time to correct time furnishes generally to holders of any class of securities, and (ii) such statement additional documents and information with respect to the Company and the affairs of any future subsidiaries of the Company as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request, all subject to the execution of a satisfactory confidentiality agreement. Any registration statements, financial statements, periodic and special reports or omission other additional documents referred to in the preceding sentence filed or effect such compliancefurnished on the Commission’s ▇▇▇▇▇ website and publicly available will be considered furnished for the purposes of this Section 6(s).
(t) The Company will not consummate a Business Combination with any entity that is affiliated with the Sponsor or any of the Company
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp. III), Underwriting Agreement (Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp. III)
Covenants of the Company. The Each of the Company acknowledgesand the Operating Partnership covenants with ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and with each Underwriter participating in the offering of Underwritten Securities, covenants and agrees with the Representative thatas follows:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or Immediately following the filing execution of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)applicable Terms Agreement, the Company will file prepare a Prospectus Supplement setting forth the number of Underwritten Securities covered thereby and their terms not otherwise specified in the Prospectus (properly completed pursuant to which the Underwritten Securities are being issued, the names of the Underwriters participating in the offering and the number of Underwritten Securities which each severally has agreed to purchase, the names of the Underwriters acting as co-managers in connection with the offering, the price at which the Underwritten Securities are to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company, the initial public offering price, if Rule 430A has been used) any, the selling concession and reallowance, if any, any delayed delivery arrangements, and such other information as ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and the Company deem appropriate in connection with the offering of the Underwritten Securities; and the Company will, by the close of business in New York on the business day immediately succeeding the date of the applicable Terms Agreement, transmit copies of the Prospectus Supplement to the Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) within of the prescribed time period 1933 Act Regulations and will furnish to the Underwriters named therein as many copies of the Prospectus (including such Prospectus Supplement) as ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ shall reasonably request. If the Company elects to rely on Rule 434 under the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will prepare an abbreviated term sheet that complies with the requirements of Rule 434 under the 1933 Act Regulations and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative Underwriters with copies of the form of Rule 434 Prospectus, in such timely filing. The Company will number as the Underwriters may reasonably request, and file or transmit for filing with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses the form of Prospectus complying with Rule 434(c)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as 1933 Act Regulations by the case may beclose of business in New York on the business day immediately succeeding the date of the applicable Terms Agreement.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the The Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplementwill notify ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ immediately, and the Company shall not file any confirm such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours notice in writing, of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement, (ii) the transmittal to the Commission for filing of any Prospectus Supplement or other supplement or amendment to the Prospectus or any document to be filed pursuant to the 1934 Act, (iii) the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, from the Commission, (iiiv) of any request by the time and date of Commission for any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package Prospectus or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effectivefor additional information, and (ivv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any that purpose. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at and, if any timestop order is issued, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order thereof at the earliest possible moment. Additionally.
(c) At any time when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities, the Company agrees that it shall comply with will give ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the provisions of Rules 424(b)Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, 430A and 430Bwhether pursuant to the 1933 Act, as applicable1934 Act or otherwise, under (including any revised Prospectus which the Securities Act and will Company proposes for use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Underwriters in connection with an offering of Underwritten Securities which differs from the Prospectus on file at the Commission at the time the Registration Statement first becomes effective, whether or not such revised Prospectus is required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations, or Rule 433 were received any abbreviated term sheet prepared in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8434 of the 1933 Act Regulations) and will ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ with copies of any such amendment or Rule 164(b))supplement a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or preparation, as the case may be, and will not file or prepare any such amendment or supplement or other documents in a form to which ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the The Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it deliver to each Underwriter as many signed and conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by the Securities Actreference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) as such Underwriter reasonably requests.
(e) The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or dealings in supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request for the Securities as purposes contemplated by the provisions hereof1933 Act, the General Disclosure Package1933 Act Regulations, the Registration Statement and 1934 Act or the Prospectus. 1934 Act Regulations.
(f) If during such period at any time when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities any event occurs shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or counsel for the Company, to amend or supplement the Prospectus (or if in order that the Prospectus is will not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleadingexisting at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate shall be necessary, in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel either such counsel, at any such time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities requirements of the 1933 Act or the Exchange 1933 Act Regulations, then the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission such amendment or supplement, whether by filing documents pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, as may be necessary to correct such untrue statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement and Prospectus comply, in the opinion of Counsel to the Underwriters, with such requirements, and the Company will furnish to the Underwriters a reasonable number of copies of such amendment or supplement.
(g) The Company will endeavor, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Underwritten Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws and real estate syndication laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States as ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ may designate; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction where it is not so qualified. In each jurisdiction in which the Underwritten Securities have been so qualified, the Company will promptly notify file such statements and reports as may be required by the Representative and laws of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect for so long as may be required for the distribution of the Underwritten Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction where it is not so qualified.
(h) With respect to each sale of Underwritten Securities, the Company will amend make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but not later than 60 days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158 of the 1933 Act Regulations) covering a twelve month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the "effective date" (as defined in such Rule 158) of the Registration Statement or supplement Statement.
(i) The Company will use its best efforts to meet the requirements to qualify as a "real estate investment trust" under the Code for the taxable year in which sales of the Underwritten Securities are to occur.
(j) The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Underwritten Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus under the caption "Use of Proceeds."
(or if k) The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is not yet available required to prospective purchasersbe delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities, will file all documents required to be filed with the General Disclosure PackageCommission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the 1934 Act within the time periods prescribed by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.
(l) Neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership will, during a period of 90 days from the date of the applicable Terms Agreement, with respect to the Underwritten Securities covered thereby, without ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ prior written consent, directly or file such document (at indirectly, sell, offer to sell, grant any option for the expense sale of, or otherwise dispose of, any of the Company's or the Operating Partnership's equity securities (other than the Underwritten Securities which are to be sold pursuant to such Terms Agreement) so or any securities convertible into or exchangeable into or exercisable for equity securities of either the Company or the Operating Partnership, except in accordance with this Agreement, pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan, pursuant to employee or director stock option plans, or as partial or full payment for properties to correct be acquired by the Operating Partnership.
(m) If applicable, the Company will use its best efforts to list the Initial Underwritten Securities on the New York Stock Exchange or such statement or omission or effect such complianceother national exchange on which the Company's Initial Underwritten Securities are then listed.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Beacon Properties Corp), Underwriting Agreement (Beacon Properties L P)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Ordinary Shares from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(i) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or promptly will notify the Representative and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will promptly deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Securities Act by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2).
(h) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Representative may reasonably designate and to maintain such qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof, except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction, to execute a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction, or to subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) During the six-month period following the date of this Agreement (the “Company Lock-up Period”), the Company may not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, (i) offer, sell, issue, agree or contract to sell or issue or grant any option for the sale of any securities of the Company, except for (A) the issuance of securities under any equity compensation plan of the Company, (B) the issuance of Ordinary Shares upon the exercise or conversion of securities that are issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement and are described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with stock splits, adjustments or combinations as set forth in such securities) or to extend the term of such securities, and (C) the issuance of securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and carry no registration rights that require or permit the filing of any registration statement in connection therewith within 180 days following the Closing Date, and provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equity holders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities; or (ii) file any registration statement relating to the offer or sale of any of the Company’s securities.
(j) Schedule II hereto contains a complete and accurate list of the Company’s executive officers, directors and holders of 5% or more of the Company’s Ordinary Shares (collectively, the “Lock-Up Parties”). The Company has caused each of the Lock-Up Parties to deliver to the Representative an executed Lock-Up Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Annex I (the “Lock-Up Agreement”), prior to the execution of this Agreement
(k) If the Representative, in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a Lock-Up Agreement described in Section 4(j) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three business days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by (i) a press release substantially in the form of Annex VI hereto through a major news service or (ii) any other method that satisfies the obligations described in FINRA Rule 5131(d)(2) at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Simpple Ltd.), Underwriting Agreement (Simpple Ltd.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Ainos, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Ainos, Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and hereby agrees with the Representative Placement Agent that:
(a) The Company consents to the use by the Placement Agent of the Registration Statement and Prospectus and any amendments issuer free writing prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is any issuer information used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the referred to in any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been usedas defined below) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file in connection with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may beOffering.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later The Company will make “generally available” (as such term is described in Rule 158(b) of the Closing Date or such Act) to its security holders and to the Placement Agent as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than twelve months after the effective date as, in of the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered Registration Statement (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to as defined in Rule 173(a158(c) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be providedAct), an earnings statement of the Company and the Subsidiaries which need not be audited, complying with Section 11(a) of the Act (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158 under the Act).
(c) The Company will take all action required in connection with sales by an underwriter the qualification of the Shares under the securities or dealer (blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the ProspectusPlacement Agent may request and continue such qualification in effect so long as reasonably required; provided, the Company shall furnish not be required to the Representatives for review qualify as a copy foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of each process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or required to file such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b))consent.
(d) Whether or not the Offering or any of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the Registration Statement and Prospectus are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay (i) During all costs, expenses, fees and taxes incidental to and in connection with: (A) the preparing, printing, filing and distributing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus Delivery Periodand any issuer free writing prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto (including, without limitation, financial statements and exhibits), and all other agreements, memoranda, correspondence and other documents prepared and delivered in connection herewith, (B) negotiating, printing, processing and distributing (including, without limitation, word processing and duplication costs) and delivering, each of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any issuer free writing prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto (including, without limitation, financial statements and exhibits), and all other agreements, memoranda, correspondence and other documents prepared and delivered in connection herewith, (C) the preparing, issuing and delivering the Shares, (D) qualifying the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states and (E) furnishing such copies of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as may reasonably be requested for use by the Placement Agent, (ii) all reasonable fees and expenses of the counsel, accountants and any other experts or advisors retained by the Company, (iii) all fees and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) of the Company in connection with approval of the Shares by the Depository Trust Company for “book-entry” transfer, (iv) any listing fees of the Shares on the NASDAQ Stock Market, (v) the registration, issue, sale and delivery of the Shares including any stock or transfer taxes and stamp or similar duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Shares to the Placement Agent, (vi) all fees, disbursements and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Placement Agent in connection with its services to be rendered hereunder including, without limitation, reasonable travel and lodging expenses, reasonable expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel, lodging and other expenses incurred by any such consultants, word processing charges, messenger and duplicating services, facsimile expenses and other customary expenditures, including (subject to the following sentence) reasonable legal fees, (vii) the fees of FINRA in connection with its review of the Offering, and (viii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Placement Agent will not incur any costs to be reimbursed hereunder without the prior written consent of the Company; provided, at Closing, the Company shall reimburse the Placement Agent’s reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred by it in connection with the Offering, up to a maximum aggregate of $30,000; provided, further, that such reimbursement payment will comply fully satisfy all obligations of the Company to reimburse the Placement Agent’s legal fees for the Placement Agent’s selling efforts for the Offering through and including the Closing. The parties hereto agree that there are no outstanding reimbursable expenses or fees owing to the Placement Agent in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it respect of prior offerings of securities by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amendedCompany.
(e) Not to, and by to ensure that no “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 501(b) of the Rules Act) of the Company will, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any “security” (as defined in the Act) that would be integrated with the sale of the Shares and Regulations, as from time to time in forcecause a violation of federal securities laws.
(f) Not to, and by not to authorize or permit any person acting on its behalf to, distribute any offering material in connection with the Exchange Act so far as necessary offer and sale of the Shares other than the Registration Statement, any issuer free writing prospectus permitted to permit be distributed and the continuance of sales of Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period Prospectus prepared in compliance with this Agreement.
(g) The Company will not take and will cause its controlled affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Act) not to take, directly or indirectly, any event occurs as a result of action designed to or which the Prospectus (has constituted or if the Prospectus is not yet available which might reasonably be expected to prospective purchaserscause or result, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act or otherwise, in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any document security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares in violation of applicable law.
(h) To pay all stamp, documentary and transfer taxes and other duties, if any, which would may be deemed imposed by the United States or any political subdivision thereof or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with issuance of the Securities Act Shares or the Exchange Act, sale thereof to the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliancesubscribers.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Placement Agent Agreement (Superconductor Technologies Inc), Placement Agent Agreement (Superconductor Technologies Inc)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the last Option Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Representative for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Representative reasonably object objects within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives Representative and Underwriters’ Counselits counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. , provided, however, that the Company need not comply with clauses (ii) and (iii) above if the post-effective amendment or prospectus supplement is filed in connection with the Company’s filing of a Form 8-K, Form 10-Q or Form 10-K. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Transaction Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Perseon Corp), Underwriting Agreement (Perseon Corp)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative Underwriters of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the reasonable opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), ) in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the Disclosure Materials or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Underwriters reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative Underwriters in writing of: (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, ; (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package Materials, or the Prospectus, ; (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, ; and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure PackageMaterials, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or the initiation of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Securities from any securities exchange upon which they the Securities are listed for trading, or of the threatening or of initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Registration Statement, Disclosure PackageMaterials, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event or development occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Materials) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative Underwriters or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Materials) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative Underwriters and will promptly amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure PackageMaterials) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) If at any time following the issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances there existing, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed, and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least three (3) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 A.M., Eastern Time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement, and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters copies of the Prospectus in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Act.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2), and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Act.
(h) The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process or to subject itself to taxation if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) After the Closing of this Offering, the Company will make generally available (which includes filings pursuant to the Exchange Act made publicly through the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (“▇▇▇▇▇”) system) to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 of the Regulations.
(j) Except with respect to (i) securities of the Company which may be issued in connection with an acquisition of another entity (or the assets thereof), (ii) the issuance of securities of the Company intended to provide the Company with proceeds to acquire another entity (or the assets thereof), or (iii) the issuance of securities under the Company’s stock option plans with exercise or conversion prices at fair market value (as defined in such plans) in effect from time to time, during the three (3) months following the Closing Date, the Company or any successor to the Company shall not undertake any public or private offerings of any equity securities of the Company (including equity-linked securities) without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(k) Starting from the commencement of sales of this Offering, any of the entities and individuals listed on Schedule B hereto (the “Lock-Up Parties”), without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company, whether publicly or in a private placement, during their respective lock-up period in the lock-up agreements that are in effect. The Company will deliver to the Underwriters the agreements of the Lock-Up Parties to the foregoing effect on the date of this Agreement, which agreements shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex IV.
(l) The Company will not issue press releases or engage in any other publicity without the Underwriters’ prior written consent, for a period ending at 5:00 P.M., Eastern time, on the first Business Day following the forty-fifth (45th) day following the Closing Date, other than normal and customary releases issued in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, or as required by law.
(m) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus. Without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Materials, and the Prospectus, no proceeds of the Offering will be used to pay outstanding loans from officers, directors or shareholders or to pay any accrued salaries or bonuses to any employees or former employees.
(n) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of its ordinary shares on Nasdaq for at least three (3) years after the commencement of sales of this offering, unless such listing is terminated as a result of a transaction approved by the holders of a majority of the voting securities of the Company.
(o) The Company will use its best efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date and any Additional Closing Date, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Securities.
(p) The Company will not take, and will cause its Subsidiaries not to take, directly or indirectly, any action which constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities.
(q) The Company shall cause to be prepared and delivered to the Underwriters, at its expense, within two (2) Business Days from the date of this Agreement, an Electronic Prospectus to be used by the Underwriters in connection with the Offering. As used herein, the term “Electronic Prospectus” means a form of prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, that meets each of the following conditions: (i) it shall be encoded in an electronic format, satisfactory to the Underwriters, that may be transmitted electronically by the Underwriters to offerees and purchasers of the Securities for at least the period during which a Prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act or the Exchange Act; (ii) it shall disclose the same information as the paper prospectus and prospectus filed pursuant to ▇▇▇▇▇, except to the extent that graphic and image material cannot be disseminated electronically, in which case such graphic and image material shall be replaced in the electronic prospectus with a fair and accurate narrative description or tabular representation of such material, as appropriate; and (iii) it shall be in or convertible into a paper format or an electronic format, satisfactory to the Underwriters, that will allow recipients thereof to store and have continuously ready access to the prospectus at any future time, without charge to such recipients (other than any fee charged for subscription to the Internet as a whole and for online time).
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (CTRL GROUP LTD), Underwriting Agreement (CTRL GROUP LTD)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the reasonable opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), ) in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Representative reasonably object objects within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing of: (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, ; (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, ; (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, ; and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or the initiation of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Shares from any securities exchange upon which they are the Shares is listed for trading, or of the threatening or of initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event or development occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances there existing, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will deliver to the Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel a copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed, and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 A.M., Eastern time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement, and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters copies of the Prospectus in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 P.M., Eastern time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2), and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Securities Act.
(h) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Representative may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process or to subject itself to taxation if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) The Company will make generally available (which includes filings pursuant to the Exchange Act made publicly through the ▇▇▇▇▇ system) to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations.
(j) Except with respect to (i) securities of the Company which may be issued in connection with an acquisition of another entity (or the assets thereof), (ii) the issuance of securities of the Company intended to provide the Company with proceeds to acquire another entity (or the assets thereof), or (iii) the issuance of securities under the Company’s stock option plans with exercise or conversion prices at fair market value (as defined in such plans) in effect from time to time, during the three (3) months following the Closing Date, the Company or any successor to the Company shall not undertake any public or private offerings of any equity securities of the Company (including equity-linked securities) without the prior written consent of the Representative, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(k) Following the Closing Date, the Company and any of the individuals listed on Schedule B hereto (the “Lock-Up Parties”), without the prior written consent of the Representative, shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company, whether publicly or in a private placement, during the period that their respective lock-up agreements are in effect. The Company will deliver to the Representative the agreements of the Lock-Up Parties to the foregoing effect prior to the Closing Date, which agreements shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex II.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (TDH Holdings, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (TDH Holdings, Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Ordinary Shares from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(i) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representative and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will promptly deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Securities Act by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2).
(h) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Representative may reasonably designate and to maintain such qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof, except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction, to execute a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction, or to subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) During the 180 days period following the date of this Agreement (the “Company Lock-up Period”), the Company may not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, (i) offer, sell, issue, agree or contract to sell or issue or grant any option for the sale of any securities of the Company, except for (A) the issuance of Ordinary Shares upon the exercise or conversion of securities that are issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement and are described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with stock splits, adjustments or combinations as set forth in such securities) or to extend the term of such securities, and (B) the issuance of securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and carry no registration rights that require or permit the filing of any registration statement in connection therewith within 180 days following the Closing Date, and provided that any such issuance shall only be to a person (or to the equity holders of a person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities; or (ii) file any registration statement relating to the offer or sale of any of the Company’s securities.
(j) Schedule II hereto contains a complete and accurate list of the Company’s executive officers, directors and holders of 5% or more of the Company’s Ordinary Shares except for the Selling Shareholders and the Resale Shareholders pursuant to the Resale Prospectus (collectively, the “Lock-Up Parties”). The Company has caused each of the Lock-Up Parties to deliver to the Representative an executed Lock-Up Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Annex I (the “Lock-Up Agreement”), prior to the execution of this Agreement.
(k) If the Representative, in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a Lock-Up Agreement described in Section 4(j) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by (i) a press release substantially in the form of Annex VI hereto through a major news service or (ii) any other method that satisfies the obligations described in FINRA Rule 5131(d)(2) at least two Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(l) For a period of two years from the Closing Date, the Company shall retain VStock Transfer LLC as the Company’s transfer agent and registrar for the Ordinary Shares or a transfer and registrar agent for the Ordinary Shares reasonably acceptable to the Representative.
(m) [Reserved].
(n) For a period of at least two (2) years from the Effective Date, the Company shall retain a nationally recognized PCAOB registered independent public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Representative.
(o) During the period of one (1) year from the Effective Date, the Company will make available to the Representative copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to security holders or from time to time published or publicly disseminated by the Company, and will deliver to the Representative: (i) as soon as practicable after they are available, copies of any reports, financial statements and proxy or information statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request in writing pursuant to a specific regulatory or liability issue or; provided, that any such item which is available on the E▇▇▇▇ system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form.
(p) The Company will not issue press releases or engage in any other publicity, without the Representative’s prior written consent, for a period ending at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the first Business Day following the fortieth (40th) day following the Closing Date, other than normal and customary releases issued in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, or as required by law.
(q) The Company hereby grants the Representative the right of first refusal for a period of twelve (12) months after the closing of this Offering to act as sole investment banker, sole book-runner and/or sole placement agent, at the Representative’s sole discretion, for any and all future private and public equity, or debt offerings, including all equity linked financings (each a “Subject Transaction”), undertaken by the Company or any successor to or current or future subsidiary of the Company. The Representative shall have the sole right to determine whether any other broker dealer shall have the right to participate in a Subject Transaction and the economic terms of such participation. The Company shall not retain, engage or solicit any additional investment banker, book-runner, financial advisor, underwriter and/or placement agent in a Subject Transaction unless Representative has either elected not to participate in the Subject Transaction or not responded within fifteen business days of the Company’s request to participate in the Subject Transaction.
(r) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.
(s) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market, the NYSE, or the NYSE American for at least three (3) years after the Closing Date.
(t) The Company, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations within the time periods required thereby.
(u) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Securities.
(v) The Company will not take, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its Affiliates not to take, directly or indirectly, any action which constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(w) The Company shall cause to be prepared and delivered to the Representative, at its expense, within two (2) Business Days from the effective date of this Agreement, an Electronic Prospectus to be used by the Underwriters in connection with the Offering. As used herein, the term “Electronic Prospectus” means a form of prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, that meets each of the following conditions: (i) it shall be encoded in an electronic format, satisfactory to the Representative, that may be transmitted electronically by the other Underwriters to offerees and purchasers of the Securities for at least the period during which a Prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act; (ii) it
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (COR3&Co. (Holdings) LTD), Underwriting Agreement (COR3&Co. (Holdings) LTD)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will shall file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will shall provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date asdate, as in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counselcounsel for the Representative, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Representative for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Representative reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives Representative and Underwriters’ Counselits counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative Underwriter in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-post- effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectusProspectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, effective and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectusProspectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Issuer- Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Ordinary Shares from any securities exchange upon which they are it is listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will shall use its all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will shall use its all commercially reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i1) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will shall comply in all material respects as far as it is able with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative Underwriter or Underwriters’ Counsel counsel to the Underwriter to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will shall promptly notify the Representative Underwriter and will shall amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(i) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company shall promptly notify the Underwriter and shall promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company shall promptly deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and shall maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company shall promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 A.M., New York time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company shall furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Securities Act by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2).
(h) The Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Representative may designate and to maintain such qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process or to subject itself to taxation if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) The Company shall make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations.
(j) For a period of six (6) months from the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Company may not sell or issue, or agree to sell or issue, any equity security (which, for the purposes of this paragraph, shall include Ordinary Shares, preferred stock, or any similar security, regardless of how classified for accounting purposes) or security convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for an equity security, except for (i) securities issued to the sellers of an operating business in bona fide transactions that result in the Company acquiring all or a portion of an operating business or other strategic transaction (including but not limited to any issuances made in connection with the share purchase agreement, dated January 18, 2018, by and among the Company, Shenzhen Crave Communication Co., Ltd. and Colmei Technology International Ltd.), provided that such transaction is not for the primary purpose of benefiting the affiliates of the Company or any of their respective affiliates or family members, and (ii) options to purchase Ordinary Shares issued to employees, directors and consultants of the Company (“Employee Options”). The maximum number of Employee Options that may be issued pursuant to (ii), above, is equal to 9% of the number Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after the Closing ((i) and (ii), collectively, the “Exempt Issuances”).
(k) Except with respect to any Exempt Issuances, during the six (6) months following the Closing Date, without the consent of the Representative which shall not be unreasonably withheld, the Company shall not file any registration statement relating to the offer or sale of any of the Company’s securities, except Form S-8 filed with the Commission in connection with any Company stock incentive plan.
(l) Following the Closing Date, the Company and any of the individuals listed on Schedules B-1 and B-2 hereto (collectively, the “Lock-Up Parties”) shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company, whether publicly or in a private placement during the period that their respective lock-up agreements are in effect. The Company shall deliver to the Representative the agreements of Lock-Up Parties to the foregoing effect prior to the Closing Date, which agreements shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex I-A with respect to the persons listed on Schedule B-I and Annex I-B with respect to the persons named on Schedule B-II.
(m) For a period of one (1) year from the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Company, at its expense, shall, at the Representative’s request, provide the Representative on a weekly basis with a copy of the Company’s weekly transfer sheets from the previous week and securities positions listings.
(n) If the Company fails to maintain the listing of its Ordinary Shares on a nationally recognized exchange, for a period of three (3) years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Company, at its expense, shall obtain and keep current a listing in the Standard & Poor’s Corporation Records Services or the ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Industrial Manual; provided that ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ OTC Industrial Manual is not sufficient for these purposes.
(o) During the period of three (3) years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Company shall make available to the Underwriters copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to security holders or from time to time published or publicly disseminated by the Company, and shall deliver to the Underwriters: (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports, financial statements and proxy or information statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request (such financial information to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and the Subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its security holders generally or to the Commission); provided, that any such item which is available on the ▇▇▇▇▇ system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form.
(p) The Company shall not issue press releases or engage in any other publicity relating to the Offering, without the Representative’ prior written consent, for a period ending at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the first business day following the fortieth (40th) day following the Closing Date, other than normal and customary releases issued in the ordinary course of the Company’s business.
(q) Prior to the consummation of the Offering, the Company shall engage or continue to engage (for no less than two (2) years from the date of the Closing Date) a financial public relations firm mutually acceptable to the Company and the Representative. The Company further agrees to consult with the Representative as is customary within the securities industry prior to distribution to third parties of any financial information, news releases, and/or other publicity regarding the Company, its business, or any terms of the proposed Offering, it being agreed that the Company shall give the Representative no less than twelve (12) hours prior notice of any such distribution and a reasonable opportunity during or prior to such period to review the contents of the proposed distribution.
(r) The Company has or shall retain Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (or a transfer agent reasonably acceptable to the Representative) as transfer agent for the Securities and shall continue to retain such transfer agent (or a transfer agent reasonably acceptable to the Representative) for a period of three (3) years following the Closing Date.
(s) The Company has or shall retain ▇▇▇▇▇ Agents, LLC (or a financial printer of similar competence and quality) as financial printer for the Offering and shall continue to retain such financial printer for a period of 45 days following the Closing Date.
(t) The Company has or shall retain the Auditors (or other independent PCAOB registered public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Representative) as independent public accountants for the Company and shall continue to retain independent PCAOB registered public accountants of comparable quality for a period of three (3) years following the Closing Date.
(u) The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus. Without the written consent of the Representative, no proceeds of the Offering may be used to pay outstanding loans from officers, directors or shareholders or to pay any accrued salaries or bonuses to any employees or former employees.
(v) The Company will obtain, within 60 days from Closing, and will use its good faith best efforts to maintain its key person life insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 each on the lives of ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ with an insurer rated at least AA or better in the most recent edition of “Best’s Life Reports” in full force and effect for a period of three (3) years from the Closing Date.”
(w) The Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Securities on the NASDAQ Capital Market for at least three (3) years after the Closing Date.
(x) The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations within the time periods required thereby.
(y) The Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of th
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Borqs Technologies, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (Borqs Technologies, Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with ------------------------ the Representative several Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b) within not later than the prescribed time period second business day following the execution and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative delivery of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may bethis Agreement.
(b) During Prior to the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later termination of the Closing Date or such date as, in offering of the opinion of Underwriters’ CounselBonds, the Prospectus is no longer required by law Company will advise the Representatives promptly of any proposal to be delivered (amend or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, Prospectus and will not effect such amendment or supplementation without the consent of the Representatives. The Company shall furnish to will also advise the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance institution by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any timeand, the Company will use its reasonable efforts if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b))withdrawal thereof.
(dc) (i) During If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Prospectus Delivery Period, Bonds is required to be delivered under the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (as then amended or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact fact, or omit to state a any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements they were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel at any time to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company promptly will promptly notify prepare and file with the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement Commission an amendment or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance. Neither the Representatives' consent to, nor the Underwriters' delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.
(d) For a period of at least eighteen months after the date of this Agreement, the Company will file with the Commission, within the times required by the Rules and Regulations, annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q containing all information required by the Rules and Regulations or will otherwise make generally available to its security holders as promptly as practicable an earnings statement which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of the Registration Statement (one of which will be signed and will include all exhibits), any preliminary prospectus used in connection with the offering of the Bonds, the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the Representatives request.
(f) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Bonds for sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and will continue such qualifications in effect as long as required for the distribution.
(g) During the period of five years hereafter, the Company will furnish to the Representatives, and upon request, to each of the other Underwriters, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its annual report for such year; and the Company will furnish to the Representatives (i) as soon as available, a copy of each report or definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or mailed to securityholders generally and (ii) from time to time, such other information concerning the Company as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(h) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including all expenses incurred in connection with qualification of the Bonds for sale and determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and the printing of memoranda relating thereto, any fees charged by investment rating agencies for rating the Bonds, the cost of printing or other reproduction of this Agreement and any related documents and all expenses incurred in distributing to the Underwriters any preliminary prospectuses used in connection with the offering of the Bonds.
(i) During the period from the date of this Agreement to and including the earlier of (i) the termination of trading restrictions on the Bonds, as notified to the Company by the Representatives, or (ii) the third business day after the Closing Date, the Company will not offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any of its debt securities (other than the Bonds), except pursuant to prior or concurrent contractual commitments which have been disclosed to the Representatives prior to the execution hereof and except for borrowings under the Company's revolving credit agreements and lines of credit, the private placement of securities and issuances of commercial paper, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Rochester Gas & Electric Corp), Underwriting Agreement (Rochester Gas & Electric Corp)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Ordinary Shares from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(i) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or promptly will notify the Representative and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will promptly deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Securities Act by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2).
(h) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Representative may reasonably designate and to maintain such qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof, except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction, to execute a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction, or to subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) During the six-month period following the date of this Agreement (the “Company Lock-up Period”), the Company may not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, (i) offer, sell, issue, agree or contract to sell or issue or grant any option for the sale of any securities of the Company, except for (A) the issuance of securities under any equity compensation plan of the Company, (B) the issuance of Ordinary Shares upon the exercise or conversion of securities that are issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement and are described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with stock splits, adjustments or combinations as set forth in such securities) or to extend the term of such securities, and (C) the issuance of securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and carry no registration rights that require or permit the filing of any registration statement in connection therewith within 180 days following the Closing Date, and provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equity holders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities; or (ii) file any registration statement relating to the offer or sale of any of the Company’s securities.
(j) Schedule II hereto contains a complete and accurate list of the Company’s executive officers, directors and holders of 5% or more of the Company’s Ordinary Shares (collectively, the “Lock-Up Parties”). The Company has caused each of the Lock-Up Parties to deliver to the Representative an executed Lock-Up Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Annex I (the “Lock-Up Agreement”), prior to the execution of this Agreement.
(k) If the Representative, in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a Lock-Up Agreement described in Section 4(j) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three business days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by (i) a press release substantially in the form of Annex VI hereto through a major news service or (ii) any other method that satisfies the obligations described in FINRA Rule 5131(d)(2) at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(l) The Company shall comply with the PRC Overseas Investment and Listing Regulations, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its securityholders that are Chinese residents or Chinese citizens, or that are directly or indirectly owned or controlled by Chinese residents or Chinese citizens, to comply with the PRC Overseas Investment and Listing Regulations applicable to them, including, without limitation, requesting each such shareholder to complete any registration and other procedures required under applicable PRC Overseas Investment and Listing Regulations (including any applicable rules and regulations of the SAFE).
(m) Where there is any material information that shall be reported to the CSRC pursuant to the applicable laws (including, without limitation, the Trial Administrative Measures of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies and supporting guidelines issued by the CSRC (effective from March 31, 2023), as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the “CSRC Filing Rules”) and the Provisions on Strengthening Confidentiality and Archives Administration of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies issued by the CSRC, Ministry of Finance of the PRC, National Administration of State Secrets Protection of the PRC, and National Archives Administration of the PRC, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the “CSRC Archive Rules”), the Company shall promptly notify the CSRC or the relevant PRC governmental authority and provide it with such material information in accordance with the applicable laws, and promptly notify the Representative of such material information to the extent permitted by the applicable laws.
(n) For a period of at least two (2) years from the Effective Date, the Company shall retain a nationally recognized PCAOB registered independent public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Representative. The Representative acknowledges that the Auditor is acceptable to the Representative.
(o) During the period of one (1) year from the Effective Date, the Company will make available to the Representative copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to security holders or from time to time published or publicly disseminated by the Company, and will deliver to the Representative: (i) as soon as practicable after they are available, copies of any reports, financial statements and proxy or information statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request in writing pursuant to a specific regulatory or liability issue or; provided, that any such item which is available on the E▇▇▇▇ system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form.
(p) The Company will not issue press releases or engage in any other publicity, without the Representative’s prior written consent, for a period ending at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the first Business Day following the fortieth (40th) day following the Closing Date, other than normal and customary releases issued in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, or as required by law.
(q) The Company hereby grants the Representative the right of first refusal for a period of twelve (12) months after the closing of this Offering to act as the sole managing underwriter and book runner, or sole placement agent or sales agent, for any and all future public or private equity, equity-linked or debt (excluding commercial bank debt) offerings for which the Company retains the service of an underwriter, agent, advisor, finder or other person or entity in connection with such offering during such twelve (12) month period of the Company, or any successor to or any subsidiary of the Company. The Company shall not offer to retain any entity or person in connection with any such offering on terms more favorable than terms on which it offers to retain the Representative. Such offer shall be made in writing in order to be effective. The Representative shall notify the Company within ten (10) business days of its receipt of the written offer contemplated above as to whether or not it agrees to accept such retention. If the Representative should decline such retention, the Company shall have no further obligations to the Representative with respect to the offering for which it has offered to retain the Representative, except as otherwise provided for herein.
(r) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.
(s) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market, the NYSE,
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Eastern International Ltd.), Underwriting Agreement (Eastern International Ltd.)
Covenants of the Company. SECTION 1. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees agrees, so long as any of the bonds of Series NN are outstanding or until provision shall have been made for the redemption or payment thereof by the deposit with the Representative thatTrustee of money necessary to effect such redemption or payment, as follows:
(a) The Registration Statement Company, during or at the close of the calendar year 2003, and any amendments thereto during or at the close of each calendar year thereafter, shall charge against the income for such calendar year and place to the credit of a "depreciation reserve account" to be kept on its books, the greater of the following two amounts: (i) the amount of $1,550,000, or (ii) an amount equal to 2 1/2% of the sum of
(i) the aggregate principal amount of all bonds which, at the time such credit is placed to said "depreciation reserve account", shall be outstanding and shall have been declared effectiveoutstanding under the Mortgage as supplemented for a period of not less than six (6) months, or which at such time shall have been outstanding under the Mortgage as supplemented for less than six (6) months, if such bonds shall have been issued, or the proceeds thereof shall have been used, directly or indirectly, for or on account of the pledge, acquisition, exchange, cancellation, payment, refundment, redemption or discharge at, before or after maturity of the bonds of any series theretofore issued under the Mortgage or of any "underlying bonds" or "specified obligations" as defined in Section 4 of Article III of the Mortgage; and
(ii) the aggregate principal of all indebtedness of the Company secured by a mortgage lien upon the properties or assets of the Company, which is a lien superior to the lien of the Mortgage, except (A) any such mortgage indebtedness the evidences of which shall then be pledged with the Trustee under the provisions of the Mortgage or pledged with the Trustee under any mortgage constituting a lien superior to the lien of the Mortgage on any part of the properties or assets of the Company, and if Rule 430A is used (B) any such mortgage indebtedness for the payment or redemption of which the filing necessary moneys shall have been deposited with the Trustee under the Mortgage securing the same; provided, however, that (1) the amount required by this subparagraph (a) to be placed to the credit of such "depreciation reserve account" in or for any calendar year shall be deemed to include and not to be in addition to amounts which, by the provisions of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)Mortgage, the Company will file is required to add to any depreciation reserve account for such year, (2) nothing in this subparagraph (a) shall prevent the Prospectus Company from crediting to such "depreciation reserve account", during or at the close of any calendar year, an amount greater than the amount required by this subparagraph (properly completed a) for such year, and (3) the Company may, from time to time, during each such calendar year, charge against such "depreciation reserve account" the cost of depreciable property retired by it during such year, including the cost, if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative any, of dismantling such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2)retired property, as the case may beless any salvage credits applicable thereto.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later The Company, after it shall have issued any of the Closing Date bonds of Series NN-1 and bonds of Series NN-2, shall not request the Trustee
(i) to authenticate bonds of any series under the Mortgage
(A) pursuant to Section 2 of Article III of the Mortgage for or such date ason account of the acquisition and cancellation, or of the payment, cancellation, redemption or other discharge at, before or after maturity, affected prior to January 1, 1951, of any bonds of any series theretofore issued under the Mortgage, or
(B) pursuant to Section 4 of Article III of the Mortgage, for or on account of the pledge, acquisition, exchange, cancellation, payment, refundment, redemption or discharge effected prior to January 1, 1951, of "underlying bonds" or "specified obligations" mentioned in said Section 4, or
(C) pursuant to Section 5 of Article III of the opinion of Underwriters’ CounselMortgage, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (for or in lieu thereof respect of expenditures made prior to January 1, 1951, for or on account of "permanent property", or
(ii) to pay to the notice referred Company any cash pursuant to Section 6 of said Article III for or on account of any transactions mentioned in Rule 173(aclause (A) or clause (B) of subdivision (i) of this subparagraph (b) or for or in respect of any expenditures mentioned in clause (C) of subdivision (i) of this subparagraph (b). Neither shall the Company request the Trustee to authenticate bonds of any series under the Securities Act is no longer required provisions of Section 4 of Article III of the Mortgage or to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, pay the Company shall furnish to any moneys under Section 6 of said Article III or under Article IX of the Representatives Mortgage for review a copy or on account of each such proposed amendment the payment, discharge and cancellation effected on or supplementafter January 1, and 1944, at, before or after maturity of any of the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which Refunding Mortgage Five Per Cent Gold Bonds of the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ CounselCompany, dated September 1, 1897, due September 1, 1947.
(c) After The Company shall not request the date Trustee to authenticate bonds of this Agreement, any series under the Mortgage or to pay to the Company any cash deposited with or received by the Trustee under the Mortgage (except cash deposited with or received by the Trustee as and for a sinking fund for any series of bonds which have been or may hereafter be issued under the Mortgage), unless the Company as a part of such request, and in addition to all other documents required by the Mortgage to be delivered to the Trustee in connection with such request, shall promptly advise deliver to the Representative in writing Trustee a certificate or certificates, signed by the President or the Executive Vice President or the Chief Financial Officer or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Company (i) showing, in case such request is for the authentication of bonds pursuant to Section 5 of Article III of the receipt Mortgage or for the payment of any comments of, cash pursuant to Section 6 of said Article III for or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) in respect of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings expenditures made by the Company under Rule 424(b) on or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance after January 1, 1951, for or on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).account of "permanent property":
(dA) the total amount of expenditures (i) During reduced to the Prospectus Delivery Periodextent required, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Actif any, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereofof clause (G) of this subdivision (i)) made on or after January 1, 1951, for or on account of "permanent property";
(B) the original cost of all properties, subject to the lien of the Mortgage at any time on or after January 1, 1951, replaced or retired on or after January 1, 1951, less, if any such property shall have been released from the lien of the Mortgage pursuant to any applicable provision of the Mortgage and to obtain such release cash shall have been deposited with the Trustee, the General Disclosure Package, amount of such cash;
(C) an amount equal to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result sum of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package 1) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light 133-1/3% of the circumstances under aggregate principal amount of bonds which have been authenticated after January 1, 1951, pursuant to Section 5 of Article III of the Mortgage for or on account of such statements were madeexpenditures made on or after January 1, not misleading1951, plus (2) 133-1/3% of the aggregate amount of deposited cash withdrawn after January 1, 1951, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6 of Article III of the Mortgage for or if during in respect of such period it is necessary expenditures made on or appropriate after January 1, 1951, plus (3) 133-1/3% of the aggregate amount of excess of the nature described in subdivision (2) of Section 4 of Article III of the opinion Mortgage eliminated or compensated, as in said subdivision (2) provided, for or in respect of expenditures of the Company for or its counsel on account of "permanent property" during said period commencing January 1, 1951;
(D) an amount equal to 100% of the aggregate amount of moneys withdrawn by the Company pursuant to the provisions of Article IX of the Mortgage on or after January 1, 1951, for or in respect of expenditures made for or on account of "permanent property";
(E) an amount equal to the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel excess, if any, of the amount shown pursuant to amend clause (A) above over the Registration Statement or supplement sum of the Prospectus amounts shown pursuant to clauses (or if B), (C) and (D) above;
(F) that, for a period of twelve (12) consecutive calendar months (to be selected by the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasersCompany) ending within ninety (90) days next preceding such request, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense "net earnings of the Company" shall have been at least twice the amount of the annual interest requirement of all "mortgage and prior lien debt of the Company";
(G) so that the amount of the expenditure, if any, included in the expenditures set forth in clause (A) above in respect of any particular "permanent property", which at the time of its acquisition was subject to the lien of any mortgage existing or placed thereon at the time of its acquisition, does not exceed an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the value (determined as provided in the first paragraph of Section 8 of Article III of the Mortgage) of such particular "permanent property" at the time of acquisition of such property over 133-1/3% of the principal amount of all indebtedness secured by all such mortgages existing or placed on such particular property at the time of the acquisition thereof, and that the amount of the expenditure, if any, included in the expenditures set forth in clause (A) above in respect of any particular "permanent property", which at the time of its acquisition was not subject to correct any such statement or omission or effect lien, does not exceed an amount equal to the value (determined as provided in the first paragraph of Section 8 of Article III of the Mortgage) of such compliance.particular "permanent property" at the time of acquisition of such property;
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative thatIssuer and the Underwriter as follows:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus If either during (properly completed if Rule 430A has been usedi) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on between the date hereof of this Underwriting Agreement and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) the period between the Closing Date and the date 90 days after the end of the time and underwriting period (as defined in the Rule) (or, if earlier, the date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to by which the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement Limited Offering Memorandum is available to any prospectusperson from the MSRB, but in no event less than 25 days after the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) end of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to underwriting period (as defined in the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(bRule)), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs shall occur as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus (or if Limited Offering Memorandum in order to make the Prospectus statements therein, in light of the circumstances when the Limited Offering Memorandum is not yet available delivered to a prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement purchaser true and correct in all material respects and with no omission of a material fact or omit to state a material fact facts necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made not misleading, the Company will cooperate in the preparation of a revised Limited Offering Memorandum or amendments or supplements to the Limited Offering Memorandum so that the statements in the Limited Offering Memorandum, as revised, or the Limited Offering Memorandum, as so amended or supplemented, will not, in light of the circumstances when such Limited Offering Memorandum is delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading. As required by Section 4 hereof, the Underwriter shall promptly notify the Company (i) if the date of the end of the underwriting period (as defined in the Rule) is more than 90 days after the Closing Date, and (ii) regardless of the notice in clause (i) of this sentence, the date that is the end of the underwriting period. In the absence of such notice, the Company shall deem the end of the underwriting period to be 90 days after the Closing Date;
(b) The Company will cooperate with the Underwriter and its counsel in any endeavor to qualify the Bonds for offering and sale under the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of such jurisdictions of the United States as the Underwriter may request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general written consent to suit or service of process in any jurisdiction;
(c) Between the Date Hereof and the Closing, the Company will not take any action that would cause the representations and warranties contained in Section 6 of this Underwriting Agreement to be untrue as of the Closing. On the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered all opinions, certificates and other documents to be delivered by it or on its behalf as provided for in this Underwriting Agreement, and to deliver such additional certificates and other documents as the Issuer may reasonably request to evidence performance of or compliance with the provisions of this Underwriting Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Limited Offering Memorandum and the Financing Documents, all such certificates and other documents to be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and the Issuer;
(d) In order to permit the Underwriter to satisfy its obligations under Section 4 of this Underwriting Agreement, the Company will furnish to the Underwriter copies of the Limited Offering Memorandum and any amendments and supplements thereto, in each case as soon as practicable, which copies shall be furnished at a minimum in such quantities as shall be reasonably requested by the Underwriter to fulfill its obligations under paragraph (b)(4) of Rule 15c2-12. In order to assist the Underwriter in complying with Rule 15c2-12, the Company will undertake, pursuant to the Continuing Disclosure Agreement, to provide annual financial information and notices of the occurrence of specified events;
(e) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless (except to the extent, if any, that a court of competent jurisdiction determines that such agreement to indemnify and hold harmless is not enforceable as a result of being contrary to law or public policy) the Issuer, each officer, director, employee and agent of the Issuer and each person, if any, who controls (as such term is defined in Section 15 of the Securities Act, or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, any of such parties (hereinafter collectively called the “Issuer Indemnified Parties”), against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs or expense whatsoever arising out of: (i) any breach by the Company of any of its representations and warranties as set forth in Section 6 hereof; and (ii) any allegation that there is as of the Date Hereof or as of the Closing Date any untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Indemnified Information (as defined below) or the omission therefrom of any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made in light of the circumstances under which such statements they were made, made not misleading, . In case any claim shall be made or if during such period it is necessary action brought against one or appropriate in the opinion more of the Company or its counsel or Issuer Indemnified Parties, in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasersCompany, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act Issuer Indemnified Party or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will Parties shall promptly notify the Representative Company in writing setting forth the particulars of such claim or action and will amend the Registration Statement Company shall assume the defense thereof including the retention of counsel and the payment of all reasonable expenses. The Issuer Indemnified Party or supplement Parties shall have the Prospectus (or if right to retain separate counsel in any such action and to participate in the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasersdefense thereof, but the General Disclosure Package) or file fees and expenses of such document (counsel shall be at the expense of such Issuer Indemnified Party unless (1) the retention of such counsel has been specifically authorized by the Company, (2) so as the Issuer Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest between it and the Company in the conduct of the defense of such action, or (3) the Company shall not in fact have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to correct such statement or omission or effect such complianceIssuer Indemnified Party.
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Ordinary Shares from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities Shares as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or promptly will notify the Representative and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (VivoPower International PLC)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Ordinary Shares from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(i) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or promptly will notify the Representative and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will promptly deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Securities Act by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2).
(h) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Representative may reasonably designate and to maintain such qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof, except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction, to execute a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction, or to subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) During the 180 days period following the date of this Agreement (the “Company Lock-up Period”), the Company may not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, (i) offer, sell, issue, agree or contract to sell or issue or grant any option for the sale of any securities of the Company, except for (A) the issuance of securities under the Company’s 2021 Stock Option Plan, as described in the Registration Statement, and the Prospectus, (B) the issuance of Ordinary Shares upon the exercise or conversion of securities that are issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement and are described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with stock splits, adjustments or combinations as set forth in such securities) or to extend the term of such securities, and (C) the issuance of securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and carry no registration rights that require or permit the filing of any registration statement in connection therewith within 180 days following the Closing Date, and provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equity holders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities; or (ii) file any registration statement relating to the offer or sale of any of the Company’s securities.
(j) Schedule II hereto contains a complete and accurate list of the Company’s executive officers, directors and holders of 5% or more of the Company’s Ordinary Shares (collectively, the “Lock-Up Parties”). The Company has caused each of the Lock-Up Parties to deliver to the Representative an executed Lock-Up Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Annex I (the “Lock-Up Agreement”), prior to the execution of this Agreement
(k) If the Representative, in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a Lock-Up Agreement described in Section 4(j) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three business days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by (i) a press release substantially in the form of Annex VI hereto through a major news service or (ii) any other method that satisfies the obligations described in FINRA Rule 5131(d)(2) at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(l) For a period of two years from the Closing Date, the Company shall retain VStock Transfer LLC as the Company’s transfer agent and registrar for the Ordinary Shares or a transfer and registrar agent for the Ordinary Shares reasonably acceptable to the Representative.
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Regencell Bioscience Holdings LTD)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative thatseveral Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to notify the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, time when the Registration Statement or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has become effective; (ii) any supplement to the Prospectus or the Sale Preliminary Prospectus has been filed; (iii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission; and (iv) of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to any prospectusthe Registration Statement, Prospectus or the Sale Preliminary Prospectus or additional information. If the Company has elected to rely on Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, the General Disclosure Package or Company will prepare and file a Prospectus containing the Prospectusinformation omitted therefrom pursuant to Rule 430A with the Commission within the time period required by, (iiiand otherwise in accordance with the provisions of, Rules 424(b) and 430A, if applicable. If the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b) of the Rules and Regulations to increase the size of the offering registered under the Act, the Company will prepare and file a registration statement with respect to such increase with the Commission within the time period required by, and date that otherwise in accordance with the provisions of, Rule 462(b). The Company will not file any post-effective amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement becomes effectiveStatement, and Prospectus or the Sale Preliminary Prospectus which is not in compliance with Sections 424(b), 430A or 434 of the Act or to which the Representatives shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after having been furnished a copy thereof a reasonable time prior to the filing.
(ivb) The Company will advise the Representatives, promptly after the Company receives notice or obtains knowledge thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or Statement, of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use suspension of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or qualification of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or quoted for trading on the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for tradingNasdaq National Market, or of the initiation or, to the Company's knowledge, threatening or initiation of any proceedings proceeding for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that prevent the issuance of any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) stop order or Rule 433 were received in suspension or to obtain its withdrawal if such a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) stop order or Rule 164(b))suspension should be issued.
(d) (ic) During the period beginning on the Initial Sale Time and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date, as in the opinion of the Underwriters, the Prospectus Delivery is no longer required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer (the "Distribution Period"), the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in forceeffect, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance sale and distribution of sales of or dealings in the Securities Common Shares by the Underwriters as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement hereof and the Prospectus. If If, during such period any event occurs as the Distribution Period the Sale Preliminary Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to purchase Common Shares at a result of which the Prospectus (or if time when the Prospectus is not yet available and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to prospective purchasersamend or supplement the Sale Preliminary Prospectus in writing in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Sale Preliminary Prospectus to comply with applicable law, the General Disclosure Package Company shall promptly prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Sale Preliminary Prospectus so that the statements in the Sale Preliminary Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Sale Preliminary Prospectus is delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Sale Preliminary Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law. If during the Distribution Period any event occurs, or fails to occur, as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the opinion of the Representatives, (i) the Prospectus would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period (ii) it is becomes necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, then the Company will promptly notify the Representative Representatives and will amend prepare and file with the Commission, and furnish at its own expense to the Underwriters, an amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus so that the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when it is so delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will comply with the Act.
(d) The Company shall cooperate with the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters in endeavoring to qualify the Common Shares for offering and sale under (or obtain exemptions from the application of) the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States as the Representatives may reasonably designate; provided that no such qualification shall be required in any jurisdiction where, as a result thereof, the Company would become subject to service of general process, to qualification to do business as a foreign entity, to registration as a securities dealer or to taxation as a foreign corporation. In each jurisdiction in which the Common Shares have been so qualified, the Company will file such statements and reports as may be required to be filed by it by the laws of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect so long as required for the distribution of such securities.
(e) During the Distribution Period, the Company shall furnish to the Underwriters copies of (i) the Registration Statement as originally filed (including all exhibits filed therewith), each amendment thereto (without exhibits) and (ii) each of the Preliminary Prospectuses, the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto, in each case as soon as available and, with respect to the documents in clause (ii), in such quantities as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request.
(f) For a period of two years commencing with the date hereof, the Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of all documents, reports and other information furnished by the Company to the holders of its Common Stock generally except, in each case, if available on the Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System.
(g) The Company shall make generally available to holders of the Common Stock as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 18 months after the "effective date of the Registration Statement" (as defined in Rule 158(c)) of the Rules and Regulations), an earnings statement (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158).
(h) The Company shall apply the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Common Shares for the purposes set forth in the Prospectus under the caption "Use of Proceeds," including the repayment in full, on or promptly following the Closing Date, of the Company's five year 12% promissory notes described under the caption "Certain Transactions -- Contemplated Transactions" in the Registration Statement.
(i) The Company shall not take, directly or indirectly, prior to the termination of the offering contemplated by this Agreement, any action designed to or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the Common Shares.
(j) For so long as the shares of Common Stock sold in the offering contemplated by this Agreement are listed on the Nasdaq National Market or a comparable securities exchange or market, the Company shall engage and maintain a registrar and transfer agent for the Common Stock.
(k) The Company shall file, on a timely basis, with the Commission all reports and documents required to be filed under the Exchange Act during the Distribution Period.
(l) For a period of 120 days after the date of the Prospectus (the "Lock-Up Period") the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co., (1) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock or warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock or any other securities of the Company that are substantially similar to Common Stock, or enter into a transaction that would have the same effect; or enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such aforementioned transaction is to be settled by delivery of the Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise; (2) publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, hypothecation, pledge, grant or disposition, or to enter into any such transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement; or (3) file or cause to be declared effective a registration statement under the Act relating to the offer and sale of any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock or any other securities of the Company that are substantially similar to Common Stock; provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions do not apply to (i) the registration of the Common Shares and the sales thereof to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) issuances of Common Stock upon the exercise of options or warrants disclosed as outstanding in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and (iii) the grant of employee stock options not exercisable during the Lock-Up Period pursuant to stock option plans and described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; provided, further, that, if (x) within 15 days of the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company issues an earnings release or discloses material news, or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (y) before the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 15-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, then in any such case the restrictions imposed by this Section 4A(m) shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 15-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release, the disclosure of the material news or the occurrence of the material event; provided, moreover, that the foregoing clause shall not apply if the Prospectus is Company delivers to ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co., not yet available to prospective purchaserssooner than 18 nor later than 16 days before the last day of the Lock-Up Period, a certificate, signed by the General Disclosure Package) chief financial officer or file such document (at the expense chief executive officer of the Company, certifying on behalf of the Company that the shares of Common Stock are not an "actively traded securities," as defined in Rule 101(c)(1) so of Regulation M under the Exchange Act.
(m) The Company will direct the transfer agent to place stop transfer restrictions upon any such securities of the Company that are bound by existing Lock-Up Agreements for the duration of the periods contemplated in such agreements.
(n) The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, prepare or use a Free Writing Prospectus in connection with the offering and sale of the Common Shares or take any actions that would require the Company or the Underwriters to file a Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations. The Company and the Underwriters each represent and agree that any such Free Writing Prospectus is listed on Schedule III. The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission, or retention where required, and legending. The Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to the Representatives and, if requested by the Representatives, will prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission omission; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or effect such complianceomissions in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter expressly for use therein as identified in Section 12 below.
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement As soon as possible after the execution and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing delivery of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)this Agreement, the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within 424 setting forth, among other things, the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory necessary information with respect to the Representative terms of such timely filing. The Company will file with offering of the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may beBonds.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the The Company shall furnish to will give the Representatives for review a copy notice of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not its intention to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, will furnish the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters copies of any such amendment or supplement a reasonable time in advance of filing, and will not file any such amendment or supplement to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object prior to such filing.
(iiic) The Company will promptly deliver to the Representatives one fully executed copy of the time registration statement as originally filed with the Commission and date that of each amendment or supplement thereto, heretofore or hereafter made, including any post-effective amendment (in each case including all exhibits filed therewith not previously furnished to the Registration Statement becomes effectiveRepresentatives) and signed copies of each consent and certificate included therein or filed as an exhibit thereto. The Company will also send to the Representatives as soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement and thereafter from time to time not later than nine months after the date of this Agreement, and (iv) as many copies of the issuance Prospectus (excluding documents incorporated by reference under Item 12 of Form S-3) as the Representatives may reasonably request for the purposes contemplated by the Commission of any stop order suspending 1933 Act, the effectiveness 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b))thereunder.
(d) The Company will pay or cause to be paid all expenses in connection with (i) During the preparation and filing by it of the Registration Statement and Prospectus and the preparation and delivery of this Agreement, (ii) the preparation, rating, issue and delivery of the Bonds to be sold by it as provided herein, (iii) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters in reasonable quantities of copies of the Registration Statement, each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus, (iv) all filing fees and fees and disbursements not to exceed $5,000 of Winthrop, Stimson, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ incurred in connection with the qualification of the Bonds under securities laws and the determination of the legality of the Bonds in accordance with the provisions of Section 5(i), and (v) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Blue Sky Survey; and will pay all taxes, if any (but not including any transfer taxes), on the issue of said Bonds; provided, however, that the Underwriters shall pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees and expenses of their counsel (subject however to the provisions of this subparagraph requiring the payment by the Company of certain fees and expenses, not to exceed $5,000), any transfer taxes on the Bonds which they may sell.
(e) If, during the period when delivery of the Prospectus Delivery Periodis required under the 1933 Act, any event relating to or affecting the Company, or of which the Company shall be advised in writing by the Representatives, shall occur which, in the Company's opinion, should be set forth in an amendment to the Prospectus, including an appropriate filing pursuant to Section 13(a) or (c) or Section 14 of the 1934 Act, in order to make the Prospectus not misleading in the light of the circumstances when it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it is necessary to amend the Prospectus to comply with the 1933 Act, the Company will comply forthwith at its expense prepare and file with the Commission (in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Securities Underwriters) and furnish - 5 - to the Representatives a reasonable number of copies of such amendment or amendments to the Prospectus, including any filing pursuant to Section 13(a) or (c) or Section 14 of the 1934 Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which will amend the Prospectus (or if so that as amended it will comply with the Prospectus is 1933 Act and will not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madewhen the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading. In case any of the several Underwriters is required to deliver a Prospectus after the expiration of nine months after the date of this Agreement, the Company, upon such Underwriter's request, will furnish to such Underwriter, at the expense of such Underwriter, a reasonable quantity of an amended prospectus, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in amendments to the opinion Prospectus, complying with Section 10(a) of the 1933 Act.
(f) The Company will advise the Representatives promptly (confirming such advice in writing) (i) of the filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424 and of any amendment to the Prospectus or its counsel or Registration Statement, (ii) of the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any official request made by the Commission for amendments to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus or for additional information with respect thereto or (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasersiv) of official notice of institution of proceedings for, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Actentry of, a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if such a stop order should be entered by the Commission, will make every reasonable effort to obtain the lifting or removal thereof as soon as possible.
(g) For a period of five years, the Company will promptly notify (i) furnish to the Representative Representatives as soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year a consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the close of such fiscal year, in reasonable detail, together with consolidated statements of earnings and of cash flows, in reasonable detail, of the Company, for such fiscal year, such consolidated balance sheet, statements of earnings and of cash flows, to be accompanied by an opinion thereon rendered by independent accountants, who may be the regular auditors for the Company; (ii) upon request, will furnish to the Representatives as soon as practicable after the close of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year an interim earnings statement of the Company for the twelve months ended with the close of such quarter, which need not be audited, similar to that furnished pursuant to clause (i) of this subparagraph; and (iii) will furnish to the Representatives copies of all such financial statements as it shall file with the Commission or any governmental agency substituted therefor, and from time to time, copies of any reports or other communications which it shall send to stockholders generally.
(h) The Company will make generally available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event not later than 16 months after the end of the fiscal quarter in which the filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424 occurs, an earning statement (in form complying with the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, which need not be certified by independent public accountants) covering a period of twelve months beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424.
(i) The Company will use its best efforts to qualify the Bonds for offer and sale under the applicable securities and legal investment laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate, and will amend file and make such statements or reports as are or may be reasonably required by the Registration Statement laws of such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or supplement dealer in securities, or to file any general consents to service of process under the Prospectus laws of any jurisdiction. The fees and disbursements of Winthrop, Stimson, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, who are acting as counsel for the Underwriters for the purposes of this Agreement, shall be paid by the Underwriters (subject however to provisions of subparagraph (d) hereof requiring payment by the Company of counsel fees and disbursements not to exceed $5,000), provided, however, that if this Agreement is terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 6, 7 or if 9, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for the amount of such fees and disbursements. The Company shall not be required to pay any amount for any expenses of the Underwriters except as provided in this Section 5. The Company shall not in any event be liable to the Underwriters for damages on account of the loss of anticipated profits.
(j) The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is not yet available required to prospective purchasersbe delivered under the 1933 Act, will file promptly all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or (c) or Section 14 of the 1934 Act subsequent to the time of execution of this Agreement.
(k) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, the General Disclosure Package) Company will not, without prior written consent of the Representatives, offer or file such document (at the expense sell, or enter into any agreement to sell, any additional First Mortgage Bonds of the Company.
(l) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such complianceThe Company will use the net proceeds received from the sale of the Bonds in the manner specified in the Prospectus under "Use of Proceeds".
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)) or Rule 434, the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative Lead Manager of such timely filing. If the Company elects to rely on Rule 434, the Company will prepare and file a term sheet that complies with the requirements of Rule 434, and the Prospectus shall not be "materially different" (as such term is used in Rule 434) from the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time it became effective. The Company will file with notify the Lead Manager immediately (and, if requested by the Lead Manager, will confirm such notice in writing) (i) when the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto become effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in for any amendment of or supplement to the time and manner required under Rules 433(dRegistration Statement or the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iii) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date Company's intention to file or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law prepare any supplement or amendment to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (iiv) of the receipt of any comments of, mailing or requests the delivery to the Commission for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment of or supplement to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, including but not limited to a filing under Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (ivv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use the initiation, or the use of any prospectusthreatening, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings therefor, it being understood that the Company shall make every effort to removeavoid the issuance of any such stop order, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or (vi) of the threatening or initiation receipt of any proceedings comments from the Commission, and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of such purposesany proceeding for that purpose. If the Commission shall propose or enter any such a stop order at any time, the Company will use its make every reasonable efforts effort to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and, if issued, to obtain the lifting of such order at as soon as possible. The Company will not file any amendment to the earliest possible moment. Additionally, Registration Statement or any amendment of or supplement to the Company agrees that it shall comply with Prospectus (including the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts prospectus required to confirm that any filings made by the Company under be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received 434) that differs from the prospectus on file at the time of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement to which the Lead Manager shall object in writing after being timely furnished in advance a timely manner by copy thereof. The Company will provide the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) Lead Manager with copies of all such amendments, filings and other documents a sufficient time prior to any filing or Rule 164(b))other publication thereof to permit the Lead Manager a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(db) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the The Company will shall comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit completion of the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities distribution as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Packagein this Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period at any time when a prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act in connection with the sales of Shares, any event occurs shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus (as then amended or if supplemented would, in the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasersjudgment of the Underwriters or the Company, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madeexisting at the time of delivery to the purchaser, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative Rules and will Regulations it shall be necessary at any time to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus or Registration Statement the Company will notify you promptly and prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 4(a) hereof, an appropriate amendment or supplement (or if in form and substance satisfactory to the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure PackageLead Manager) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to which will correct such statement or omission and will use its best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as possible.
(c) The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Representatives and Underwriters' Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company's files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five years after the date of filing. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, as the Representatives may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 A.M., New York time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(d) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(e) The Company will use its best efforts, in cooperation with the Lead Manager, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Shares of such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Lead Manager may designate and to maintain such qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process.
(f) The Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Underwriters as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than twelve months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Securities Act), an earnings statement of the Company (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158).
(g) During the period of 180 days from the date of the Prospectus (the "Lock-Up Period"), without the prior written consent of the Lead Manager the Company (i) will not, directly or indirectly, issue, offer, sell, agree to issue, offer or sell, solicit offers to purchase, grant any call option, warrant or other right to purchase, purchase any put option or other right to sell, pledge, borrow or otherwise dispose of any Relevant Security, or make any announcement of any of the foregoing, (ii) will not establish or increase any "put equivalent position" or liquidate or decrease any "call equivalent position" (in each case within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) with respect to any Relevant Security, and (iii) will not otherwise enter into any swap, derivative or other transaction or arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any economic consequence of ownership of a Relevant Security, whether or not such compliancetransaction is to be settled by delivery of Relevant Securities, other securities, cash or other consideration; and the Company will obtain an undertaking in substantially the form of Annex IV hereto of each of its officers, directors and stockholders not to engage in any of the aforementioned transactions on their own behalf, other than the sale of Shares as contemplated by this Agreement and the Company's issuance of Common Stock (i) upon (A) the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding on the date hereof; (B) the exercise of currently outstanding options; (C) the exercise of currently outstanding warrants; and (D) the grant and exercise of options under, or the issuance and sale of shares pursuant to, employee stock option plans or arrangements in effect as of the Closing Date, each as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and (ii) in connection with a strategic partnership, joint venture, collaboration, lending or similar arrangement, or the acquisition or license by the Company of any business, products or technologies, not to exceed, in the aggregate during the Lock-Up Period, 5% of the Company's fully diluted outstanding capital stock measured as of the Closing Date. For purposes of the foregoing, "fully diluted outstanding capital stock" shall mean (x) the number of outstanding shares of the Company's the Common Stock, plus (y) the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon the exercise or conversion of all other outstanding rights, options and convertible securities. It shall be a condition to clause (ii) above, that the recipient of the Relevant Securities executes an agreement stating that it is receiving and holding such Relevant Securities subject to the provisions of this Section 4(g) for the duration of the Lock-Up Period. The Company will not file a registration statement under the Securities Act in connection with any transaction by the Company or any person that is prohibited pursuant to the foregoing, except for registration statements on Form S-8 relating to employee benefit plans. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last seventeen (17) days of the Lock-Up Period the Company issues an earnings or financial results release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (2) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings or financial results during the sixteen (16) day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the restrictions imposed by this Section 4(g) shall continue to apply until the expiration of the eighteen (18) day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings or financial results release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.
(h) To the extent not otherwise publicly available, during the period of five years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to the Company's security holders or from time to time published or publicly disseminated by the Company, and will deliver to the Representatives (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports, financial statements and proxy or information statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as any Representative may from time to time reasonably request (such financial information to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company are consolidated in reports furnished to its security holders generally or to the Commission).
(i) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares as set forth under the caption "Use of Proceeds" in the Prospectus.
(j) The Company will use its best efforts to list the Shares for quotation on the NASDAQ and maintain the quotation of the Shares on the NASDAQ.
(k) The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations within the time periods required thereby.
(l) The Company will use its best efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Date, as the case may be, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Firm Shares and the Additional Shares.
(m) The Company will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which the Directed Shares are offered.
(n) The Company will not take, and will cause its officers and directors not to take, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its other affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act) not to take, directly or indirectly, any action which constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
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Covenants of the Company. The In further consideration of the agreements of the Underwriters herein contained, the Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative thateach Underwriter as follows:
(ai) The If the Registration Statement has not already been declared effective by the Commission, the Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), to become effective as promptly as possible; the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative notify you promptly of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing when the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has become effective or any supplement to the Prospectus (including any term sheet within the meaning of Rule 434 under the Securities Act) has been filed and of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to any prospectusthe Registration Statement or Prospectus or additional information; if the Company has elected to rely on Rule 430A under the Securities Act, the General Disclosure Package Company will prepare and file a Prospectus (or term sheet within the Prospectusmeaning of Rule 434 under the Securities Act) containing the information omitted therefrom pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act with the Commission within the time period required by, (iiiand otherwise in accordance with the provisions of, Rules 424(b), 430A and 434, if applicable, under the Securities Act; if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act to increase the size of the offering registered under the Securities Act, the Company will prepare and file a registration statement with respect to such increase with the Commission within the time period required by, and date that otherwise in accordance with the provisions of, Rule 462(b); the Company will prepare and file with the Commission, promptly upon your request, any post-effective amendment amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement becomes effectiveor Prospectus (including any term sheet within the meaning of Rule 434 under the Securities Act) that, in your reasonable opinion, may be necessary or advisable in connection with the distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters; and the Company will not file any amendment or supplement to the Registration ----------------------
(iv1) Insert date three (3) business days (T+3) or, in the event the offering is priced after 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (and T+4 settlement is deemed to apply to secondary sales), four (4) business days after the date of the Underwriting Agreement.
(2) Insert date five (5) business days after the date inserted in accordance with note 18 above.
(3) Insert date ten (10) business days after the expiration of the over-allotment option. Statement or Prospectus (including any term sheet within the meaning of Rule 434 under the Securities Act) of which you shall not previously have been advised or which you shall reasonably object after being so advised by notice to the Company.
(ii) The Company will advise you, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement Statement, of the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for tradingjurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening or initiation of any proceedings proceeding for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will promptly use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that prevent the issuance of any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) stop order or Rule 433 were received in to obtain its withdrawal if such a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b))stop order should be issued.
(diii) Within the time during which a prospectus (iincluding any term sheet within the meaning of Rule 434 under the Securities Act) During relating to the Prospectus Delivery PeriodShares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities Shares as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement hereof and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result that in the judgment of which the Company or in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters is required to be set forth in the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleadingthen existing, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative you and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct make the statements in the Prospectus not misleading.
(iv) The Company shall take or cause to be taken all necessary action to qualify the Shares for sale under the securities laws of such statement jurisdictions as you reasonably designate and to continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Shares, except that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or omission or effect such complianceto execute a general consent to service of process in any state.
(v) The Company will furnish to you, without charge, three signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and for delivery to each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and to furnish to you in New York City, without charge, prior to 10:00 a.
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative thateach Underwriter as follows:
(a) The Registration Statement Immediately following the execution of this Agreement, the Company will prepare the Prospectus setting forth the number of Preferred Shares covered thereby and any amendments thereto have been declared effectivetheir terms not otherwise specified in the preliminary prospectus, the Underwriters’ names, the price at which the Preferred Shares are to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company, and if Rule 430A is used or such other information as the filing Representatives and the Company deem appropriate in connection with the offering of the Prospectus is otherwise Preferred Shares; the Company will effect the filings required under Rule 424(b), in the Company will file manner and within the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to time period required by Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will provide evidence satisfactory furnish to the Representative Underwriters as many copies of such timely filingthe Prospectus as they shall reasonably request including, if requested by the Underwriters, in addition to or in lieu thereof, electronic copies of the Prospectus. The Company will file with shall pay the required Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in filing fees relating to the Preferred Shares within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) (i) of the 1933 Act Regulations and manner required under otherwise in accordance with Rules 433(d456(b) or 163(b)(2), as and 457(r) of the case may be1933 Act Regulations.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof Applicable Time and ending on the later of the Closing Date Time or such date asdate, as in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter the Underwriters or dealer a dealer, including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172 (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior the Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B and will notify the Representatives immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) of the transmittal to amending or supplementing the Commission for filing of any amendment to the Registration Statement or Statement, (ii) of the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish transmittal to the Representatives Commission for review a copy filing of each such proposed any supplement or amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
Prospectus or any document to be filed pursuant to the 1934 Act, (c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (iiii) of the receipt of any comments of, from the Commission with respect to the Registration Statement or requests for additional the Prospectus or supplemental information from, the Commissiondocuments incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, (iiiv) of any request by the time and date of Commission for any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment Prospectus with respect to the Registration Statement becomes effectivePreferred Shares or for additional information relating thereto, and (ivv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any that purpose. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at and, if any timestop order is issued, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order thereof at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (ic) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time prior to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of amending or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, supplementing the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period (including any event occurs as a result of which filing under Rule 462(b)), any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement including any amendment or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file through incorporation by reference of any report filed under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange 1934 Act), the Company will promptly notify furnish to the Representative Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will amend the Registration Statement not file any such amendment or supplement or use any such prospectus to which counsel for the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.Underwriters shall reasonably
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative, and as applicable, the Representative acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Company, that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Representative for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Representative reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(i) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or promptly will notify the Representative and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will promptly deliver to the Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to the Representative such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Representative with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Securities Act by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2).
(h) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Representative may reasonably designate and to maintain such qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof, except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction, to execute a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction, or to subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) During the 90 day period following the date of this Agreement (the “Company Lock-up Period”), the Company may not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, (i) offer, sell, issue, agree or contract to sell or issue or grant any option for the sale of any securities of the Company, except for (A) the issuance of securities under the Company’s 2022 Equity Incentive Plan, as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, (B) the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon any exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Warrants, (C) the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise or conversion of securities that are issued and outstanding on the date of this Agreement and are described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, provided that such securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price or conversion price of such securities (other than in connection with stock splits, adjustments or combinations as set forth in such securities) or to extend the term of such securities or (D) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company, provided that such securities are issued as “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) and carry no registration rights that require or permit the filing of any registration statement in connection therewith within 90 days following the Closing Date, and provided that any such issuance shall only be to a Person (or to the equity holders of a Person) which is, itself or through its subsidiaries, an operating company or an owner of an asset in a business synergistic with the business of the Company and shall provide to the Company additional benefits in addition to the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the Company is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or to an entity whose primary business is investing in securities, or (ii) file any registration statement relating to the offer or sale of any of the Company’s securities.
(j) Schedule II hereto contains a complete and accurate list of the Company’s executive officers, directors and holders of 5% or more of the Company’s Common Stock (collectively, the “Lock-Up Parties”). The Company has caused each of the Lock-Up Parties to deliver to the Representative an executed Lock-Up Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Annex I (the “Lock-Up Agreement”), prior to the execution of this Agreement.
(k) If the Representative, in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a Lock-Up Agreement described in Section 4(j) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three business days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by (i) a press release substantially in the form of Annex IV hereto through a major news service or (ii) any other method that satisfies the obligations described in FINRA Rule 5131(d)(2) at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(l) For a period of one year from the Closing Date, the Company shall retain Equinity Trust Company, LLC as the Company’s transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock and as the Company’s warrant agent for the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Warrants or (i) a transfer and registrar agent for the Common Stock and (ii) warrant agent for the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Warrants, in each case, reasonably acceptable to the Representative.
(m) [Reserved].
(n) For a period of at least one year from the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a nationally recognized PCAOB registered independent public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Representative. The Representative acknowledges that the Auditor is acceptable to the Representative.
(o) During the period of one (1) year from the Effective Date, the Company will make available to the Representative copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to security holders or from time to time published or publicly disseminated by the Company, and will deliver to the Representative: (i) as soon as practicable after they are available, copies of any reports, financial statements and proxy or information statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request in writing pursuant to a specific regulatory or liability issue or; provided, that any such item which is available on the ▇▇▇▇▇ system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form.
(p) The Company will not issue press releases or engage in any other publicity without the Representative’s prior written consent, for a period ending at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the first Business Day following the forty fifth (45th) day following the Closing Date, other than normal and customary releases issued in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, or as required by law.
(q) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.
(r) The Company will use its commercial best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market, the NYSE, or the NYSE American, for at least one year after the Closing Date.
(s) The Company, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations within the time periods required thereby.
(t) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Securities.
(u) The Company will not take, and will use its reasonable best efforts to cause its Affiliates not to take, directly or indirectly, any action which constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(v) The Company shall cause to be prepared and delivered to the Representative, at its expense, within two (2) Business Days from the effective date of this Agreement, an Electronic Prospectus to be used by the Underwriters in connection with the Offering. As used herein, the term “Electronic Prospectus” means a form of prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, that meets each of the following conditions: (i) it shall be encoded in an electronic format, satisfactory to the Representative, that may be transmitted electronically by the other Underwriters to offerees and purchasers of the Securities for at least the period during which a Prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act; (ii) it shall disclose the same information as the paper prospectus and prospectus filed pursuant to ▇▇▇▇▇, except to the extent that graphic and image material cannot be disseminated electronically, in which case such graphic and image material shall be replaced in the electronic prospectus with a fair and accurate narrative description or tabular representation of such material, as appropriate; and (iii) it shall be in or convertible into a paper format or an electronic format, satisfactory to the Representative, that will allow recipients thereof to store and have continuously ready access to the prospectus at any future time, without charge to such recipients (
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative thatseveral Underwriters as follows:
(ai) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if If Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus Regulations is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)employed, the Company will timely file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 424(b) within of the prescribed time period Regulations and will provide evidence satisfactory to advise the Representative Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may beof such filing.
(bii) During The Company will not at any time, whether before or after the Registration Statement shall have become effective, during such period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter the Underwriters or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”)a dealer, prior file or publish any amendment or supplement to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to Prospectus of which the Representatives for review have not been previously advised and furnished a copy copy, or which is not in compliance with the Regulations, or, during the period before the distribution of each such proposed amendment or supplement, the Offered Shares and the Company shall not Optional Shares is completed, file or publish any such proposed amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counselin writing.
(ciii) After The Company will use its best efforts to cause the date of this AgreementRegistration Statement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of if not effective at the time and date of any filing of that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto, to become effective and will advise the Representatives immediately, and confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectusStatement, is filed with the General Disclosure Package or the ProspectusSEC, (iiiB) of the time receipt of any comments from the SEC, (C) when the Registration Statement has become effective and date that when any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective, or when any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed, (D) of any request of the SEC for amendment or supplementation of the Registration Statement becomes effectiveor Prospectus or for additional information, (E) during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Act and Regulations, of the happening of any event which in the Company's judgment makes any material statement in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus untrue or which requires any changes to be made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make any material statements therein not misleading and (ivF) of the issuance by the Commission SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectusPreliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, suspension of the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or qualification of any proceedings of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction in which the Underwriters intend to remove, suspend make such offers or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for tradingsales, or of the initiation or threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the Commission shall enter issuance of any such stop order at or of any timeorder preventing or suspending such use and, the Company will use its reasonable efforts if any such order is issued, to obtain as soon as possible the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b))thereof.
(div) (i) During The Company has delivered to the Prospectus Delivery PeriodRepresentatives, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amendedwithout charge, and by the Rules and Regulations, as will continue to deliver from time to time in forceuntil the Effective Date, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to the Representatives, without charge, as soon as possible after the Effective Date, and thereafter from time to time during the period when delivery of the Prospectus is required under the Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as supplemented or amended, if the Company makes any supplements or amendments to the Prospectus) as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company hereby consents to the use of such copies of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus for the purposes permitted by the Act, the Regulations and the securities or Blue Sky laws of the jurisdictions in which the Shares are offered by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom Shares may be sold, both in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares and for such period of time thereafter as the Prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer. The Company has furnished or will furnish to the Representatives two signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of all amendments thereto, whether filed before or after the Effective Date, two copies of all exhibits filed therewith and two signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will deliver to the Representatives such number of conformed copies of the Registration Statement, including financial statements and exhibits, and all amendments thereto, as the Representatives may reasonably request.
(v) The Company will comply with the Act, the Regulations, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or and dealings in the Securities Shares for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Shares as contemplated by hereby. The Company will comply with all of the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, of any undertakings contained in the Registration Statement Statement.
(vi) Subject to subsection (ii) of this Section 5(a), in case of any event, at any time within the period during which, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, a prospectus is required to be delivered under the Act and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs Regulations, as a result of which event any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus (Prospectus, as then amended or if supplemented, would contain in the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, judgment of the General Disclosure Package ) would include Company or in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters an untrue statement of a material fact fact, or omit to state a any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements they were made, not misleading, or or, if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel at any time to amend any Preliminary Prospectus or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act and the Regulations or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act applicable securities or the Exchange ActBlue Sky laws, the Company promptly will promptly notify prepare and file with the Representative SEC, and will amend the Registration Statement any applicable state securities commission, an amendment or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to that will correct such statement or omission or an amendment that will effect such compliancecompliance and will furnish to the Representatives such number of copies of such amendment or amendments or supplement or supplements to the Prospectus, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, as the Representatives may reasonably request. For purposes of this subsection, the Company will furnish such information to the Representatives, the Underwriters' counsel and counsel to the Company as shall be necessary to enable such persons to consult with the Company with respect to the need to amend or supplement the Prospectus, and shall furnish to the Representatives and the Underwriters' counsel such further information as each may from time to time reasonably request. If the Company and the Representatives agree that the Prospectus should be amended or supplemented, the Company, if requested by the Representatives, will, if and to the extent required by law, promptly issue a press release announcing or disclosing the matters to be covered by the proposed amendment or supplement.
(vii) For a period of five years from the Effective Date, the Company will deliver to the Representatives: (i) a copy of each report or document, including, without limitation, reports on Forms 8-K, 10-Q and 10-K (or such similar forms as may be designated by the SEC), registration statements and any exhibits thereto, filed or furnished to the SEC or any securities exchange or the NASD, on the date each such report or document is so filed or furnished; (ii) as soon as practicable, copies of any reports or communications (financial or other) of the Company mailed to its security holders and (iii) every material press release in respect of the Company or its affairs that was released or prepared by the Company.
(viii) The Company will not (A) take, directly or indirectly, prior to the termination of the underwriting syndicate contemplated by this Agreement, any action designed to cause or to result in, or that might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares, (B) sell, bid for, purchase or pay anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of, the Shares or (C) pay or agree to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company.
(ix) In connection with the lock-up agreements, appropriate stop transfer instructions with respect to any Common Shares held by such person will be issued by the Company to the transfer agent for such Common Shares.
(x) The Company will not sell, issue, contract to sell offer to sell or otherwise dispose of any Common Shares, options to purchase Common Shares or any other security convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares, from the date of the Effective Date through the period ending 90 days after the Effective Date, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, except for (i) the sale of the Shares as contemplated by this Agreement and the granting of options, (ii) the grant of options or awards under, or the issuance of Common Shares upon the exercise of options or awards granted under, the Company's 1992 Stock Option Plan or the Company's 1997 Stock Option Plan described in the Prospectus, (iii) the issuance of shares as consideration for future acquisitions if the terms of such issuance provide that such Common Shares shall not be sold prior to the expiration of the 90-day period referenced under the lock-up agreements, and (iv) issuance of shares upon the exercise of outstanding Warrants.
(xi) The Company will cooperate with the Representatives and counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the filings requested to be made by Representatives with the NASD and will pay the fee of the NASD in connection with its review of the offering of the Shares.
(xii) The Company shall, at its sole cost and expense, supply and deliver to the Representatives and the Underwriters' counsel, within a reasonable period from the Closing Date, three transaction binders, each of which shall include the Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented, the Prospectus, and any supplement thereto and all other underwriting and closing documents.
(xiii) The Company will use the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares to be sold by it hereunder substantially in accordance with the description set forth in the Prospectus and shall file such reports with the SEC with respect to the sale of such Shares and the application of the proceeds therefrom as may be required in accordance with Rule 463 under the Act.
(xiv) The Company shall cause to be prepared and delivered, at its expense, within one business day from the date hereof, to the Underwriters an "electronic Prospectus" to be used by the Underwriters in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares. As used herein, the term "electronic Prospectus" means a form of Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, that meets each of the following conditions: (i) it shall be encoded in an electronic format, satisfactory to the Underwriters, that may be transmitted electronically by the Underwriters to offerees and purchasers of the Shares for at least during the period when, in the opinion of counsel to the Underwriters, the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Act or the Exchange Act; (ii) it shall disclose the same information as the paper Prospectus and Prospectus filed pursuant to the Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System of the SEC ("▇▇▇▇▇"), except to the extent that graphic and image material cannot be disseminated electronically, in which case such graphic and image material shall be replaced in the electronic Prospectus with a fair and accurate narrative description or tabular representation of such material, as appropriate; and (iii) it shall be in or convertible into a paper format or an electronic format, satisfactory to the Representatives, that will allow investors to store and have continuously ready access to the Prospectus at any future time, without charge to investors (other than any fee charged for subscription to the system as a whole and for on-line time). The Company hereby confirms that it has included or will include in the Prospectus filed pursuant to ▇▇▇▇▇ or otherwise with the Commission and in the Registration Statement at the effective date of the Registration Statement an undertaking that, upon receipt of a request by an investor or his or her representative during the period when, in the opinion of counsel to the Underwriters, delivery of a Prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act, the Company shall transmit or cause to be transmitted promptly, without charge, a paper copy of the Prospectus.
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative thatUnderwriter as follows:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file notify the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall Underwriter promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, time when the Registration Statement or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has become effective; (ii) any supplement to the Prospectus or the Sale Preliminary Prospectus has been filed; (iii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission; and (iv) of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to any prospectusthe Registration Statement, Prospectus or the Sale Preliminary Prospectus or additional information. If required by Rule 430A, Rule 430B and Rule 430C of the Rules and Regulations, the General Disclosure Package or Company will prepare and file a Prospectus containing the Prospectusinformation required by Rule 430A, (iiiRule 430B and Rule 430C with the Commission within the time period required by, and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of, Rules 424(b) and 430A, Rule 430B and Rule 430C, if applicable. If the Company has elected to rely upon Rule 462 of the Rules and Regulations, the Company will prepare and file a registration statement with the Commission within the time period required by, and date that otherwise in accordance with the provisions of, Rule 462. The Company will not file any post-effective amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement becomes effectiveStatement, Disclosure Package, Prospectus or the Sale Preliminary Prospectus which is not in compliance with Sections 424(b), 430A, Rule 430B and Rule 430C or 433 of the Act or to which the Underwriter shall reasonably object by notice to the Company after having been furnished a copy thereof a reasonable time prior to the filing.
(ivb) The Company will advise the Underwriter, promptly after the Company receives notice or obtains knowledge thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or Statement, of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use suspension of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or qualification of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or quoted for trading on the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for tradingNasdaq Global Select Market, or of the initiation or, to the Company's knowledge, threatening or initiation of any proceedings proceeding for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that prevent the issuance of any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) stop order or Rule 433 were received in suspension or to obtain its withdrawal if such a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) stop order or Rule 164(b))suspension should be issued.
(d) (ic) During the period beginning on the Initial Sale Time and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date, as in the opinion of the Underwriter, the Prospectus Delivery is no longer required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by the Underwriter or a dealer (the "Distribution Period"), the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in forceeffect, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance sale and distribution of sales of or dealings in the Securities Common Shares by the Underwriter as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement hereof and the Prospectus. If If, during such period any event occurs as the Distribution Period the Sale Preliminary Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to purchase Common Shares at a result of which the Prospectus (or if time when the Prospectus is not yet available and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to prospective purchasersamend or supplement the Sale Preliminary Prospectus in writing in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Sale Preliminary Prospectus to comply with applicable law, the General Disclosure Package Company shall promptly prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriter and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Sale Preliminary Prospectus so that the statements in the Sale Preliminary Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Sale Preliminary Prospectus is delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Sale Preliminary Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law. If during the Distribution Period any event occurs, or fails to occur, as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the opinion of the Underwriter, (i) the Prospectus would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period (ii) it is becomes necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, then the Company will promptly notify the Representative Underwriter and will amend prepare and file with the Commission, and furnish at its own expense to the Underwriter, an amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus so that the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when it is so delivered, be misleading, or so that the Prospectus will comply with the Act.
(d) The Company shall cooperate with the Underwriter and its counsel in endeavoring to qualify the Common Shares for offering and sale under (or obtain exemptions from the application of) the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States as the Underwriter may reasonably designate; provided that no such qualification shall be required in any jurisdiction where, as a result thereof, the Company would become subject to service of general process, to qualification to do business as a foreign entity, to registration as a securities dealer or to taxation as a foreign corporation. In each jurisdiction in which the Common Shares have been so qualified, the Company will file such statements and reports as may be required to be filed by it by the laws of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect so long as required for the distribution of such securities.
(e) During the Distribution Period, the Company shall furnish to the Underwriter copies of (i) the Registration Statement as originally filed (including all exhibits filed therewith), each amendment thereto (without exhibits) and (ii) each of the Preliminary Prospectuses, the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto, in each case as soon as available and, with respect to the documents in clause (ii), in such quantities as the Underwriter may from time to time reasonably request.
(f) For a period of two years commencing with the date hereof, the Company will furnish to the Underwriter copies of all documents, reports and other information furnished by the Company to the holders of its Common Stock generally except, in each case, if available on the Commission's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System.
(g) The Company shall make generally available to holders of the Common Stock as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 18 months after the "effective date of the Registration Statement" (as defined in Rule 158(c)) of the Rules and Regulations), an earnings statement (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158).
(h) The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Common Shares in the manner specified in the Prospectus under "Use of Proceeds."
(i) The Company shall not take, directly or indirectly, prior to the termination of the offering contemplated by this Agreement, any action designed to or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of the Common Shares.
(j) For so long as the shares of Common Stock sold in the offering contemplated by this Agreement are listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market or a comparable securities exchange or market, the Company shall engage and maintain a registrar and transfer agent for the Common Stock.
(k) The Company shall file, on a timely basis, with the Commission all reports and documents required to be filed under the Exchange Act during the Distribution Period.
(l) For a period of 60 days after the date of the Prospectus (the "Lock-Up Period") neither the Company nor any of its executive officers or directors shall, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, (1) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock or warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock or any other securities of the Company that are substantially similar to Common Stock, or enter into a transaction that would have the same effect; or enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such aforementioned transaction is to be settled by delivery of the Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise; (2) publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, hypothecation, pledge, grant or disposition, or to enter into any such transaction, swap, hedge or other arrangement; or (3) file or cause to be declared effective a registration statement under the Act relating to the offer and sale of any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or warrants or other rights to purchase Common Stock or any other securities of the Company that are substantially similar to Common Stock; provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions do not apply to (i) the registration of the Common Shares and the sales thereof to the Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) issuances of Common Stock upon the exercise of options or warrants disclosed as outstanding in the Prospectus and the Incorporated Documents, (iii) the grant of employee stock options not exercisable during the Lock-Up Period pursuant to stock option plans and described in the Incorporated Documents, (iv) the issuance by the Company of Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreements, and (v) transfers of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock by any of the persons subject to a lock-up agreement (a) as a bona fide gift or gifts, (b) by will or intestacy or (c) to any member of such person's immediate family or a trust created for the direct or indirect benefit of such person or the immediate family thereof, provided that, in any such case, the transferee or transferees shall execute and deliver to the Underwriter, before such transfer, an agreement to be bound by the restrictions on transfer described above; provided, further, that, if (x) within 17 days of the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company issues an earnings release or discloses material news, or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (y) before the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, then in any such case the restrictions imposed by this Section 4(A)(l) shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release, the disclosure of the material news or the occurrence of the material event; provided, moreover, that the foregoing clause shall not apply if the Prospectus is Company delivers to the Underwriter, not yet available to prospective purchaserssooner than 18 nor later than 16 days before the last day of the Lock-Up Period, a certificate, signed by the General Disclosure Package) chief financial officer or file such document (at the expense chief executive officer of the Company, certifying on behalf of the Company that the shares of Common Stock are "actively traded securities," as defined in Rule 101(c)(1) so of Regulation M under the Exchange Act.
(m) The Company will direct the transfer agent to place stop transfer restrictions upon any such securities of the Company that are bound by existing Lock-Up Agreements for the duration of the periods contemplated in such agreements.
(n) The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Underwriter, prepare or use a Free Writing Prospectus in connection with the offering and sale of the Common Shares or take any actions that would require the Company or the Underwriter to file a Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations. The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission, or retention where required, and legending. The Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Sale Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to the Underwriter and, if requested by the Underwriter, will prepare and furnish without charge to the Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission omission; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or effect such complianceomissions in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter expressly for use therein as identified in Section 10 hereof.
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledgescovenants with you, covenants and agrees with each Underwriter participating in the Representative thatoffering of Underwritten Securities, as follows:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effectiveIf the Company does not elect to rely on Rule 434 under the 1933 Act Regulations, and if Rule 430A is used or immediately following the filing execution of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)applicable Terms Agreement, the Company will file prepare a Prospectus Supplement setting forth the number of Underwritten Securities covered thereby and their terms not otherwise specified in the Prospectus (properly completed pursuant to which the Underwritten Securities are being issued, the names of the Underwriters participating in the offering and the number of Underwritten Securities which each severally has agreed to purchase, the names of the Underwriters acting as co-managers in connection with the offering, the price at which the Underwritten Securities are to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company, the initial public offering price, if Rule 430A has been used) any, the selling concession and reallowance, if any, any delayed delivery arrangements, and such other information as you and the Company deem appropriate in connection with the offering of the Underwritten Securities; and the Company will promptly transmit copies of the Prospectus Supplement to the Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) within of the prescribed time period 1933 Act Regulations and will furnish to the Underwriters named therein as many copies of the Prospectus (including such Prospectus Supplement) as you shall reasonably request. If the Company elects to rely on Rule 434 under the 1933 Act Regulations, immediately following the execution of the applicable Terms Agreement, the Company will prepare an abbreviated term sheet that complies with the requirements of Rule 434 under the 1933 Act Regulations and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative Underwriters with copies of the form of Rule 434 Prospectus, in such timely filing. The Company will number as you shall reasonably request, and, if necessary, promptly file or transmit for filing with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses the form of Prospectus complying with Rule 434(c)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be1933 Act Regulations.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the The Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplementwill notify you immediately, and the Company shall not file any confirm such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours notice in writing, of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement, (ii) the transmittal to the Commission for filing of any Prospectus Supplement or other supplement or amendment to the Prospectus to be filed pursuant to the 1934 Act, (iii) the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, from the Commission, (iiiv) of any request by the time and date of Commission for any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package Prospectus or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effectivefor additional information, and (ivv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any that purpose; and the Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at and, if any timestop order is issued, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order thereof at the earliest possible moment. Additionally.
(c) At any time when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities, the Company agrees that it shall comply with will give you notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the provisions of Rules 424(b)Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, 430A and 430Bwhether pursuant to the 1933 Act, as applicable, under 1934 Act or otherwise (including any revised prospectus which the Securities Act and will Company proposes for use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Underwriters in connection with an offering of Underwritten Securities which differs from the Prospectus on file at the Commission at the time the Registration Statement first becomes effective, whether or not such revised prospectus is required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations, or Rule 433 were received any abbreviated term sheet prepared in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) 434 of the 1933 Act Regulations), and will furnish you with copies of any such amendment or Rule 164(b))supplement or other documents proposed to be filed or used a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and, unless required by law, will not file or use any such amendment or supplement or other documents in a form to which you or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the The Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it deliver to each Underwriter a signed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith and documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇) as you reasonably request and will also deliver to each Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including documents incorporated by reference but without exhibits).
(e) The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or dealings in supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request for the Securities as purposes contemplated by the provisions hereof1933 Act, the General Disclosure Package1933 Act Regulations, the Registration Statement and 1934 Act or the Prospectus. 1934 Act Regulations.
(f) If during such period at any time when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities any event occurs shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, to amend or supplement the Prospectus (or if in order that the Prospectus is will not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleadingexisting at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate shall be necessary, in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel such counsel, at any such time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities requirements of the 1933 Act or the Exchange 1933 Act Regulations, then the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission such amendment or supplement, whether by filing documents pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, as may be necessary to correct such untrue statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement and Prospectus comply with such requirements.
(g) If necessary, the Company will promptly notify endeavor, in cooperation with the Representative Underwriters, to qualify the Underwritten Securities and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, if any, for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws and real estate syndication laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States as you may designate; and in each jurisdiction in which the Underwritten Securities and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, if any, have been so qualified, the Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect for so long as may be required for the distribution of the Underwritten Securities and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, if any; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction where it is not so qualified.
(h) With respect to each sale of Underwritten Securities, the Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but not later than 90 days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158 of the 1933 Act Regulations) covering a twelve month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the "effective date" (as defined in such Rule 158) of the Regis tration Statement.
(i) The Company will continue to elect to qualify as a "real estate investment trust" under the Code and will amend use its best efforts to continue to meet the Registration Statement or supplement requirements to qualify as a "real estate investment trust."
(j) The Company, during the Prospectus (or if period when the Prospectus is not yet available required to prospective purchasersbe delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities, will file promptly all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the 1934 Act within the time periods prescribed by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.
(k) The Company will not, during a period of 90 days from the date of the applicable Terms Agreement, with respect to the Underwritten Securities covered thereby, without your prior written consent, offer or sell, grant any option for the sale of, or enter into any agreement to sell, any securities of the same class or series or ranking on a parity with such Underwritten Securities (other than the Underwritten Securities which are to be sold pursuant to such Terms Agreement), or if such Terms Agreement relates to Preferred Stock that is convertible into Common Stock, any Common Stock or any security convertible into Common Stock (except for Common Stock issued for property acquisitions or grants of options or issuance of shares upon exercise of options or issuance under employee benefit plans), except as may otherwise be provided in the applicable Terms Agreement.
(l) If the applicable Terms Agreement relates to Common Stock, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense Company will cause each officer of the Company who owns Common Stock to agree not to offer for sale, sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock during the 90 days following the date of such Terms Agreement without your prior written consent.
(m) If the Preferred Stock is convertible into Common Stock, the Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive rights or other similar rights, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy any obligations to issue such shares upon conversion of the Preferred Stock.
(n) If the Preferred Stock is convertible into Common Stock, the Company will use its best efforts to list the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock on the New York Stock Exchange or such other national exchange on which the Company's Common Stock is then listed.
(o) so as The Company will use its best efforts to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliancelist the Underwritten Securities on the New York Stock Exchange.
(p) The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Underwritten Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus under the caption "Use of Proceeds."
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants covenants, and agrees with the Representative, and as applicable, the Representative acknowledges, covenants, and agrees with the Company, that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Representative for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Representative reasonably object within 24 twenty-four (24) hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Pricing Disclosure Package Package, or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus Prospectus, or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend suspend, or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Shares from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Public Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Pricing Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement Statement, and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Pricing Disclosure Package Package) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Pricing Disclosure Package Package) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Pricing Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or promptly will notify the Representative and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement, or omission.
(e) The Company will promptly deliver to the Representative and Underwriters’ Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to the Representative such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Representative with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Vision Marine Technologies Inc.)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative Underwriters of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the reasonable opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), ) in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the Disclosure Materials or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Underwriters reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative Underwriters in writing of: (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, ; (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package Materials or the Prospectus, ; (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, ; and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure PackageMaterials, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433 of the Regulations (the “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”), or the initiation of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Shares from any securities exchange upon which they the Shares are listed for trading, or of the threatening or of initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure PackageMaterials, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event or development occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Materials) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative Underwriters or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Materials) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative Underwriters and will promptly amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure PackageMaterials) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) If at any time following the issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances there existing, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed, and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 A.M., Eastern Time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement, and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters copies of the Prospectus in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Act.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 P.M., Eastern time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2), and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Act.
(h) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process or to subject itself to taxation if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) The Company will make generally available (which includes filings pursuant to the Exchange Act made publicly through the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (“▇▇▇▇▇”) system) to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 of the Regulations.
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Covenants of the Company. The In addition to the covenants of the Company acknowledgesset out in the other sections of this Agreement, the Company hereby covenants to and agrees for the benefit of the Agents and the Purchasers, and acknowledges that each of them is relying on such covenants in connection with the Representative purchase of the Special Warrants, that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file comply, in all material respects, with its obligations under Applicable Laws;
(b) the Prospectus Company will duly execute and deliver the Special Warrant Indenture on or before the Closing Date in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents and their counsel, acting reasonably, and the Company will comply with its covenants contained in the Special Warrant Indenture;
(properly c) the Company will duly execute and deliver the Warrant Indenture on or before the Closing Date in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents and their counsel, acting reasonably, and the Company will comply with its covenants contained in the Warrant Indenture;
(d) the Company will duly execute the Subscription Agreements which have been duly completed if Rule 430A has been usedby the Purchasers subject to the terms thereof, and duly and punctually perform all the obligations to be performed by it under this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements;
(e) not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Lead Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) issue, offer, sell, contract to sell, secure, pledge, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise lend, transfer or dispose of, or agree to do any of the foregoing, or announce any intention to do any of the foregoing, in respect of any equity securities of the Company or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, equity securities of the Company for a period commencing on the Closing Date and ending 90 days from the Closing Date, except in conjunction with (i) the grant or exercise of stock options and other similar issuances pursuant to the existing stock option plan of the Company and other share compensation arrangements in place prior to the Closing Date; (ii) warrants or other convertible securities outstanding prior to the Closing Date; (iii) obligations in respect of existing agreements entered into by the Company prior to the Closing Date; (iv) securities issued pursuant to the Non- Brokered Private Placement; (v) pursuant to Rule 424(bthe Special Warrants, the Agent Warrants, the CF Fee Units and the Underlying Securities; and (iv) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory securities issued pursuant to the Representative fiscal advisory agreement dated the Closing Date entered into between the Lead Agent and the Company
(f) the Company will fulfil or cause to be fulfilled, at or prior to the Closing Date, each of such timely filing. The the conditions required to be fulfilled by it set out in Section 10 hereof that are within its control (unless waived by the Agents);
(g) the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Unit Shares, Warrant Shares, Agent Shares, Agent Unit Warrant Shares, CF Fee Shares, and CF Fee Warrant Shares to be listed and posted for trading on the CSE from and after the Automatic Exercise Date;
(h) the Company will file with the Commission Securities Commissions and the CSE all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses forms, notices and certificates required to be filed by the Company pursuant to the Securities Laws in the time required by the Securities Laws, including, for greater certainty, Form 45-106F1 of NI 45-106 and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2)any other forms, notices and certificates set forth in the opinions delivered to the Agents pursuant to the closing conditions set forth in Section 10 hereof, as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer are required to be provided)filed by the Company;
(i) the Company will ensure that, in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), at all times prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or Automatic Exercise Date, a sufficient number of Common Shares are duly and validly allotted and reserved for issuance upon the Prospectusdue exercise of the Special Warrants, the Company shall furnish Warrants, Agent Warrants, Agent Unit Warrants and CF Fee Warrants (including with respect to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplementPenalty Units, if applicable), and the Company will ensure that such Unit Shares, Warrant Shares, Agent Shares, Agent Unit Warrant Shares, CF Fee Shares and CF Fee Warrant Shares, upon issuance, will be duly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common Shares and will have the attributes corresponding in all material respects to the description thereof set forth in this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements;
(j) the Company will fulfil all legal requirements to permit the creation, issuance, offering and sale of the Special Warrants and the Underlying Securities, all as contemplated in this Agreement and file or cause to be filed all documents, applications, forms or undertakings required to be filed by the Company and take or cause to be taken all action required to be taken by the Company in connection with the purchase and sale of the Special Warrants and the issuance of the Underlying Securities, so that the distribution of the Qualified Securities may lawfully occur without the necessity of filing a registration statement in the United States or similar document in any other jurisdiction;
(k) the Company shall not file use the net proceeds from the sale of the Special Warrants to fund working capital and general corporate purposes;
(l) the Company will until the date of the completion of the distribution of the Qualified Securities, use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the Preliminary Prospectus and Final Prospectus comply at all times with the Securities Laws in the Qualifying Jurisdictions;
(m) the Company will during the period from the date hereof until the date of the completion of the distribution of the Qualified Securities, promptly inform the Agents of the full particulars of any request of any Securities Commissions for any information, or the receipt by the Company of any communication from any Securities Commissions or any other competent authority relating to the Company or which may be relevant to the distribution of the Qualified Securities;
(n) the Company will comply with each of the covenants of the Company set out in the Subscription Agreements;
(o) at all times prior to the completion of the distribution of the Qualified Securities, the Company will continue to operate its business in compliance with Applicable Laws and in the ordinary course;
(p) the Company will forthwith notify the Agents of any breach of any covenant of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document by any party thereto, or upon it becoming aware that any representation or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement or any Ancillary Document is or becomes untrue or inaccurate in any material respect;
(q) the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to make the Special Warrants, the Qualified Securities, the Unit Shares, the Warrants, and the Warrant Shares issued to holders resident in Canada eligible for deposit in CDS;
(r) the Company will advise the Agents, promptly after receiving notice thereof, of the time when the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and any Supplementary Material have been filed and receipts therefor have been obtained pursuant to NP 11-202 and will provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agents of each such filing and copies of such receipts;
(s) the Company will advise the Agents, promptly after receiving notice or obtaining knowledge thereof, of:
(i) the issuance by any Securities Commission of any order suspending or preventing the use of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any Supplementary Material;
(ii) the institution, threatening or contemplation of any proceeding for any such proposed amendment purposes;
(iii) any order, ruling, or determination having the effect of suspending the sale or ceasing the trading in any securities of the Company (including the Special Warrants or the Underlying Securities) having been issued by any Securities Commissions or the institution, threatening or contemplation of any proceeding for any such purposes; or
(iv) any requests made by any Securities Commissions to amend or supplement the Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus or to provide additional information, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any order referred to in Section 4(s)(i) above and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the withdrawal thereof as quickly as possible;
(t) the Company will, except to the extent the Company participates in a merger or business combination transaction which is in the best interest of the Company and following which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours Company is not a “reporting issuer”, use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain its status as a “reporting issuer” (or the equivalent thereof) not in default of delivery thereof the requirements of the Securities Laws of each of the Canadian jurisdictions in which it is currently a reporting issuer, which have such a concept to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counseldate which is 36 months following the Closing Date; and
(cu) After the Company will, except to the extent the Company participates in a merger or business combination transaction which is in the best interest of the Company and following which the Company is not listed on the CSE, use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the listing of the Common Shares on the CSE or such other recognized stock exchange or quotation system to the date that is 36 months following the Closing Date. In addition to the covenants of the Company set out in the other sections of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise hereby further covenants to and for the Representative benefit of the Agents and the Purchasers, and acknowledges that each of them is relying on such covenants in writing connection with the purchase of the Special Warrants, that following the Closing:
(v) the Company will allow the Agents to participate in the preparation of the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and any Supplementary Material that the Company is required to file under the Securities Laws in Canada relating to the Offering;
(w) the Company will deliver to the Agents, without charge, contemporaneously with, or prior to the filing of, the Final Prospectus, unless otherwise indicated:
(i) of the receipt a copy of any comments ofdocument filed with, or requests for additional or supplemental information fromdelivered to, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made Commissions by the Company under Rule 424(bthe Securities Laws in the Qualifying Jurisdictions with the Final Prospectus;
(ii) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner certificate dated the date of the Final Prospectus, addressed to the Agents and signed by the Commission (without reliance Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certifying for and on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).behalf of the Company, and not in their personal capacities, after having made due inquiries, with respect to the following matters:
(dA) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects having complied with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madecovenants and satisfied all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement on its part to be complied with and satisfied at or prior to the date of the Final Prospectus;
(B) no order, not misleading, ruling or if during such period it is necessary determination having the effect of ceasing or appropriate suspending trading in the opinion any securities of the Company or its counsel prohibiting the issue of the Special Warrants or the Representative Underlying Securities or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company’s issued securities having been issued and no proceeding for such purpose being pending or, to the knowledge of such officers, threatened;
(C) so the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement and in any certificates of Company delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement being true and correct as at the date of the Final Prospectus, with the same force and effect as if made on and as at the date of the Final Prospectus, after giving effect to correct such statement the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and
(D) since the Closing Time there having been no material adverse change, financial or omission otherwise, in the assets, liabilities (contingent or effect such complianceotherwise), capital, business or results of operations of the Company; and
(x) the Company will, until the earlier of the Qualification Date and the Automatic Exercise Date, deliver to the Agents copies of all correspondence and other written communications between the Company and any Securities Commission or other Governmental Authority relating to the Offering and will generally keep the Agents apprised of the status of, including all developments relating to, the Offering.
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Sources: Agency Agreement
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledgescovenants with you, covenants and agrees with each Underwriter participating in the Representative thatoffering of Underwritten Securities, as follows:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effectiveIf the Company does not elect to rely on Rule 434 under the 1933 Act Regulations, and if Rule 430A is used or immediately following the filing execution of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)applicable Terms Agreement, the Company will file prepare a Prospectus Supplement setting forth the number of Underwritten Securities covered thereby and their terms not otherwise specified in the Prospectus (properly completed pursuant to which the Underwritten Securities are being issued, the names of the Underwriters participating in the offering and the number of Underwritten Securities which each severally has agreed to purchase, the names of the Underwriters acting as co-managers in connection with the offering, the price at which the Underwritten Securities are to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company, the initial public offering price, if Rule 430A has been used) any, the selling concession and reallowance, if any, any delayed delivery arrangements, and such other information as you and the Company deem appropriate in connection with the offering of the Underwritten Securities; and the Company will promptly transmit copies of the Prospectus Supplement to the Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) within of the prescribed time period 1933 Act Regulations and will furnish to the Underwriters named therein as many copies of the Prospectus (including such Prospectus Supplement) as you shall reasonably request. If the Company elects to rely on Rule 434 under the 1933 Act Regulations, immediately following the execution of the applicable Terms Agreement, the Company will prepare an abbreviated term sheet that complies with the requirements of Rule 434 under the 1933 Act Regulations and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative Underwriters with copies of the form of Rule 434 Prospectus, in such timely filing. The Company will number as you shall reasonably request, and, if necessary, promptly file or transmit for filing with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses the form of Prospectus complying with Rule 434(c)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be1933 Act Regulations.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the The Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplementwill notify you immediately, and the Company shall not file any confirm such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours notice in writing, of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement, (ii) the transmittal to the Commission for filing of any Prospectus Supplement or other supplement or amendment to the Prospectus to be filed pursuant to the 1934 Act, (iii) the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, from the Commission, (iiiv) of any request by the time and date of Commission for any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package Prospectus or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effectivefor additional information, and (ivv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any that purpose; and the Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at and, if any timestop order is issued, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order thereof at the earliest possible moment. Additionally.
(c) At any time when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities, the Company agrees that it shall comply with will give you notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the provisions of Rules 424(b)Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, 430A and 430Bwhether pursuant to the 1933 Act, as applicable, under 1934 Act or otherwise (including any revised prospectus which the Securities Act and will Company proposes for use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Underwriters in connection with an offering of Underwritten Securities which differs from the Prospectus on file at the Commission at the time the Registration Statement first becomes effective, whether or not such revised prospectus is required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations, or Rule 433 were received any abbreviated term sheet prepared in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) 434 of the 1933 Act Regulations), and will furnish you with copies of any such amendment or Rule 164(b))supplement or other documents proposed to be used or filed a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and, unless required by law, will not file or use any such amendment or supplement or other documents in a form to which you or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the The Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it deliver to each Underwriter a signed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith and documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities 1933 Act) as you reasonably request and will also deliver ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including documents incorporated by reference but without exhibits).
(e) The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or dealings in supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request for the Securities as purposes contemplated by the provisions hereof1933 Act, the General Disclosure Package1933 Act Regulations, the Registration Statement and 1934 Act or the Prospectus. 1934 Act Regulations.
(f) If during such period at any time when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in connection with sales of the Underwritten Securities any event occurs shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, to amend or supplement the Prospectus (or if in order that the Prospectus is will not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleadingexisting at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate shall be necessary, in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel such counsel, at any such time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities requirements of the 1933 Act or the Exchange 1933 Act Regulations, then the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission such amendment or supplement, whether by filing documents pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, as may be necessary to correct such untrue statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement and Prospectus comply with such requirements.
(g) The Company will endeavor, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Underwritten Securities and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, if any, for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws and real estate syndication laws of such states and other jurisdictions of the United States as you may designate; and in each jurisdiction in which the Underwritten Securities and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, if any, have been so qualified, the Company will promptly notify file such statements and reports as may be required by the Representative laws of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect for so long as may be required for the distribution of the Underwritten Securities and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Prospectus (or Preferred Stock, if any; provided, however, that the Prospectus Company shall not be obligated to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction where it is not yet so qualified.
(h) With respect to each sale of Underwritten Securities, the Company will make generally available to prospective purchasersits security holders as soon as practicable, but not later than 90 days after the General Disclosure Packageclose of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158 of the 1933 Act Regulations) or file such document (at covering a twelve month period beginning not later than the expense first day of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.'s fiscal quarter next following
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (United Dominion Realty Trust Inc)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will shall file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will shall provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date asdate, as in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counselcounsel for the Representative, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Representative for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Representative reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives Representative and Underwriters’ Counselits counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative Underwriter in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-post- effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectusProspectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, effective and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectusProspectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Issuer- Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Ordinary Shares from any securities exchange upon which they are it is listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will shall use its all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will shall use its all commercially reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i1) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will shall comply in all material respects as far as it is able with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative Underwriter or Underwriters’ Counsel counsel to the Underwriter to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will shall promptly notify the Representative Underwriter and will shall amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(i) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company shall promptly notify the Underwriter and shall promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company shall promptly deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and shall maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company shall promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 A.M., New York time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company shall furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Securities Act by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2).
(h) The Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Representative may designate and to maintain such qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process or to subject itself to taxation if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) The Company shall make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations.
(j) For a period of six (6) months from the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Company may not sell or issue, or agree to sell or issue, any equity security (which, for the purposes of this paragraph, shall include Ordinary Shares, preferred stock, or any similar security, regardless of how classified for accounting purposes) or security convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for an equity security, except for (i) securities issued to the sellers of an operating business in bona fide transactions that result in the Company acquiring all or a portion of an operating business or other strategic transaction (including but not limited to any issuances made in connection with the share purchase agreement, dated January 18, 2018, by and among the Company, Shenzhen Crave Communication Co., Ltd. and Colmei Technology International Ltd.), provided that such transaction is not for the primary purpose of benefiting the affiliates of the Company or any of their respective affiliates or family members, and (ii) options to purchase Ordinary Shares issued to employees, directors and consultants of the Company (“Employee Options”). The maximum number of Employee Options that may be issued pursuant to (ii), above, is equal to 9% of the number Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after the Closing ((i) and (ii), collectively, the “Exempt Issuances”).
(k) Except with respect to any Exempt Issuances, during the six (6) months following the Closing Date, without the consent of the Representative which shall not be unreasonably withheld, the Company shall not file any registration statement relating to the offer or sale of any of the Company’s securities, except Form S-8 filed with the Commission in connection with any Company stock incentive plan.
(l) Following the Closing Date, the Company and any of the individuals listed on Schedule B hereto (collectively, the “Lock-Up Parties”) shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company, whether publicly or in a private placement during the period that their respective lock-up agreements are in effect. The Company shall deliver to the Representative the agreements of Lock-Up Parties to the foregoing effect prior to the Closing Date, which agreements shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex I.
(m) For a period of one (1) year from the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Company, at its expense, shall, at the Representative’s request, provide the Representative on a weekly basis with a copy of the Company’s weekly transfer sheets from the previous week and securities positions listings.
(n) If the Company fails to maintain the listing of its Ordinary Shares on a nationally recognized exchange, for a period of three (3) years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Company, at its expense, shall obtain and keep current a listing in the Standard & Poor’s Corporation Records Services or the ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Industrial Manual; provided that ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ OTC Industrial Manual is not sufficient for these purposes.
(o) During the period of three (3) years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Company shall make available to the Underwriters copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to security holders or from time to time published or publicly disseminated by the Company, and shall deliver to the Underwriters: (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports, financial statements and proxy or information statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request (such financial information to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and the Subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its security holders generally or to the Commission); provided, that any such item which is available on the ▇▇▇▇▇ system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form.
(p) The Company shall not issue press releases or engage in any other publicity relating to the Offering, without the Representative’ prior written consent, for a period ending at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the first business day following the fortieth (40th) day following the Closing Date, other than normal and customary releases issued in the ordinary course of the Company’s business.
(q) Prior to the consummation of the Offering, the Company shall engage or continue to engage (for no less than two (2) years from the date of the Closing Date) a financial public relations firm mutually acceptable to the Company and the Representative. The Company further agrees to consult with the Representative as is customary within the securities industry prior to distribution to third parties of any financial information, news releases, and/or other publicity regarding the Company, its business, or any terms of the proposed Offering, it being agreed that the Company shall give the Representative no less than twelve (12) hours prior notice of any such distribution and a reasonable opportunity during or prior to such period to review the contents of the proposed distribution.
(r) The Company has or shall retain Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (or a transfer agent reasonably acceptable to the Representative) as transfer agent for the Securities and shall continue to retain such transfer agent (or a transfer agent reasonably acceptable to the Representative) for a period of three (3) years following the Closing Date.
(s) The Company has or shall retain ▇▇▇▇▇ Agents, LLC (or a financial printer of similar competence and quality) as financial printer for the Offering and shall continue to retain such financial printer for a period of 45 days following the Closing Date.
(t) The Company has or shall retain the Auditors (or other independent PCAOB registered public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Representative) as independent public accountants for the Company and shall continue to retain independent PCAOB registered public accountants of comparable quality for a period of three (3) years following the Closing Date.
(u) The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus. Without the written consent of the Representative, no proceeds of the Offering may be used to pay outstanding loans from officers, directors or shareholders or to pay any accrued salaries or bonuses to any employees or former employees.
(v) The Company will obtain, within 60 days from Closing, and will use its good faith best efforts to maintain its key person life insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 each on the lives of ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ with an insurer rated at least AA or better in the most recent edition of “Best’s Life Reports” in full force and effect for a period of three (3) years from the Closing Date.”
(w) The Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Securities on the NASDAQ Capital Market for at least three (3) years after the Closing Date.
(x) The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations within the time periods required thereby.
(y) The Company shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Firm Securities.
(z) The Company shall not take, and shall cause its Affiliatesnot to take, directly or indirectly, any action
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative thatUnderwriters as follows:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or Immediately following the filing execution of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)this Agreement, the Company will (a) prepare the Final Prospectus with respect to the Shares that complies with the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations and which sets forth the name of each Underwriter participating in the offering and the number of Shares that each Underwriters severally has agreed to purchase, the name of each Underwriter, if any, acting as representative of the Underwriters in connection with the offering, the price at which the Shares are to be purchased by the Underwriters from the Company, any initial public offering price, any selling concession and re-allowance, and such other information as the Underwriters and the Company deem appropriate in connection with the offering of the Shares and (b) file all material required to be filed by the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b433(d) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of required by such timely filingRule. The Company will file with promptly transmit copies of the Final Prospectus to the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in for filing pursuant to Rule 424 and will furnish to the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), Underwriters as many copies of the Final Prospectus as the case may beUnderwriters shall reasonably request.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered when a prospectus (or in lieu thereof the thereof, a notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act ("Rule 173(a)")) relating to the Shares is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (delivered under the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the ProspectusSecurities Act, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall will promptly advise the Representative in writing of (i) of the receipt effectiveness of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, amendment to the CommissionRegistration Statement, (ii) of the time and date of any transmittal to the Commission for filing of any post-effective supplement to the Final Prospectus or any document that would as a result thereof be incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus, (iii) any request by the Commission for any amendment to of the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any prospectusadditional information relating thereto or to any document incorporated by reference therein, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto the institution or threatening of any order preventing or suspending its use proceeding for that purpose, and (v) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the use institution or threatening of any prospectus, proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or issuance of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any timeor suspension and, the Company will use its reasonable efforts if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b))withdrawal thereof.
(dc) If, at any time when a prospectus (ior in lieu thereof, a notice referred to in Rule 173(a)) During relating to the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus (as then amended or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) supplemented would include an any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements they were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is shall be necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Final Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange ActSecurities Act Regulations, the Company promptly will promptly notify prepare and file with the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement Commission, subject to paragraph (d) of this Section 3, such amendment or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to which will correct such statement or omission or such amendment or supplement which will effect such compliancecompliance and the Company will use its reasonable efforts to have any such amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable (if it is not an automatic shelf registration statement with respect to the Shares). Neither the Underwriters' consent to, nor the Underwriters' delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 5.
(d) At any time when a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, a notice referred to in Rule 173(a)) relating to the Shares is required to be delivered under the Securities Act or the Securities Act Regulations, the Company will give the Representative notice of its intention to file any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Final Prospectus, whether pursuant to the Exchange Act, the Securities Act or otherwise, will furnish the Representative with copies of any such amendment or supplement or other documents proposed to be filed within a reasonable time in advance of filing, and will not file any such amendment or supplement or other documents in a form to which the Representative shall reasonably object.
(e) The Company has furnished or will, if requested, furnish to the Underwriters and the Underwriters' counsel, without charge, conformed copies of the Original Registration Statement and of all amendments thereto, whether filed before or after such Registration Statement originally became effective (including exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated therein by reference); and the copies of the Original Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to ▇▇▇▇▇, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T. So long as delivery of a Final Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, a notice referred to in Rule 173(a)) by the Underwriters or dealers may be required by the Securities Act, the Company will furnish as many copies of any Statutory Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto as the Underwriters may reasonably request; and the Final Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to each Underwriter will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to ▇▇▇▇▇, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T or required under Rule 424(e).
(f) The Company shall use its reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states in the United States as the Underwriters may reasonably designate and will maintain such qualification in effect as long as required in connection with the distribution of the Shares; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.
(g) The Company intends to use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Shares in the manner to be indicated in the Final Prospectus under "Use of Proceeds."
(h) The Company will use its reasonable efforts to cause the Shares to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or listed on a "national securities exchange" registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act.
(i) During a period of thirty (30) days from the date of the Final Prospectus, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative (i) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for or repayable with Common Stock, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any of the foregoing (other than a shelf registration statement under Rule 415 under the Securities Act) or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement or any transaction that transfers in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any of the economic consequence of ownership of the Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for or repayable with Common Stock, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (B) the Common Stock to be delivered upon conversion of the Company's 4.25% Senior Convertible Notes due 2023 or the Company's 4.50% Senior Convertible Notes due 2024, (C) Common Stock (or options to purchase Common Stock) to be issued pursuant to the Corporation's 1988 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended, the 1998 Long Term Incentive Plan, as amended, the 1994 Directors Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, the 1997 Pilot Stock Option Plan, the 2003 Employee Stock Incentive Plan or other employee compensation benefit plans or pursuant to currently outstanding options, warrants or rights existing on the date hereof and referred to in the Final Prospectus, and (D) up to 100,000 shares of the Common Stock to be issued to vendors, lessors, lenders and suppliers pursuant to concessionary agreements reached with them in the Spring of 2003.
(j) The Company shall cooperate with the Underwriters and use its reasonable efforts to permit the Shares to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of DTC.
(k) The Company, during the period when a Final Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a)) relating to the Shares is required to be delivered, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the Exchange Act and the Exchange Act Regulations.
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Amr Corp)
Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or promptly will notify the Representative and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will promptly deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledgesand the Operating Partnership, covenants jointly and agrees severally, covenant and agree with the Representative thateach Underwriter as follows:
(ai) The Registration Statement Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B. The Company will promptly transmit copies of the Prospectus, properly completed, and any amendments thereto have been declared effectivesupplement thereto, and if Rule 430A is used or to the Commission for filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period prescribed therein (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will provide evidence satisfactory take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the Representative of Prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such timely filingProspectus. The Company will file with furnish to the Underwriters as many copies of the Prospectus as the Underwriters shall reasonably request. The Company shall pay the required Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in filing fees relating to the Shares within the time and manner required under Rules 433(dby Rule 456(b)(1)(i) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as1933 Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the 1933 Act Regulations (including, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counselif applicable, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (updating the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior Calculation of Registration Fee” table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or on the Prospectus, cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)).
(ii) The Company will notify the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplementUnderwriters immediately, and if written notice is requested by the Company shall not file any Underwriters, confirm such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative notice in writing as soon as reasonably practicable, of (i) the effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statement, (ii) the transmittal to the Commission for filing of any supplement or amendment to the Prospectus or any document to be filed pursuant to the 1934 Act, (iii) the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, from the Commission, (iiiv) of any request by the time and date of Commission for any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package Prospectus or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effectivefor additional information, and (ivv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, 1933 Act; and the Company will use its make every reasonable efforts effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting of such order thereof at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, .
(iii) The Company has given the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions Underwriters notice of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by pursuant to the 1934 Act or 1934 Act Regulations that were made within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time; the Company under Rule 424(b) will give the Underwriters notice of its intention to make any such filing from the Applicable Time to the Closing Time and will furnish the Underwriters with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not file or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by use any such document to which the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) Underwriters or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object. At any time when the Prospectus Delivery Periodis required to be delivered (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 under the 1933 Act would be required to be delivered) under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in connection with sales of the Shares, the Company will comply give the Underwriters notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment, supplement or any revision to either any preliminary prospectus (including any prospectus included in all material respects the Registration Statement at the time the Original Registration Statement was filed or any amendment thereto at the time it became effective) or the Prospectus, whether pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, and the Company will furnish the Underwriters with all requirements imposed upon it copies of any such amendment or supplement or other documents proposed to be filed or used a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case may be, and will not file any such amendment or supplement or other documents in a form to which the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object. The Company will prepare a final term sheet substantially in the form set forth in Schedule C hereto (the “Final Term Sheet”) reflecting the final terms of the offering, and shall file with the Commission such Final Term Sheet as an “issuer free writing prospectus” pursuant to Rule 433 prior to the close of business within two business days after the date hereof; provided that the Company shall furnish the Underwriters with copies of such Final Term Sheet a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not use or file any such document to which the Underwriters or counsel to the Underwriters shall reasonably object.
(iv) The Company has furnished or will deliver to each Underwriter as many signed and conformed copies of the Original Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto, if any, filed prior to the termination of the initial offering of the Shares (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) as such Underwriter reasonably requests.
(v) The Company has furnished to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company has furnished to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies of each preliminary prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and Underwriters for purposes permitted by the Rules and Regulations1933 Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, as from time to time during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered (or but for the exemption in force, and by Rule 172 under the Exchange 1933 Act so far as necessary would be required to permit be delivered) under the continuance of 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in connection with sales of the Shares, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or dealings in supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request for the Securities as purposes contemplated by the provisions hereof1933 Act, the General Disclosure Package1933 Act Regulations, the Registration Statement 1934 Act or the 1934 Act Regulations. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Prospectus. Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to E▇▇▇▇, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(vi) If during such period at any time when a prospectus is required to be delivered (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 under the 1933 Act would be required to be delivered) under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in connection with sales of the Shares any event occurs shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or counsel for the Company, to amend or supplement the Prospectus (or if in order that the Prospectus is will not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of either such counsel, at any such time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, then the Company will promptly prepare and, subject to Section 3(a)(iii), file with the Commission such amendment or supplement, whether by filing documents pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, as may be necessary to correct such untrue statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement and Prospectus comply with such requirements, and the Company will furnish to the Underwriters a reasonable number of copies of such amendment or supplement. If an event or development occurs as a result of which the General Disclosure Package contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madeexisting at the time it is used, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative Underwriters and will promptly amend the Registration Statement or supplement in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasersUnderwriters, at its own expense, the General Disclosure PackagePackage to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission. If at any time following the issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement (or any other registration statement relating to the Shares) or the Statutory Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission. The Underwriters’ delivery of any such amendment or supplement shall not constitute a waiver of any of the conditions in Section 5 hereof.
(vii) The Company will cooperate with the Underwriters to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required to complete the distribution of the Shares; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file such document any general consent or otherwise subject itself to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.
(at viii) With respect to each sale of the expense Shares, the Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but not later than 90 days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158 of the 1933 Act Regulations) covering a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company’s fiscal quarter next following the “effective date” (as defined in such Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.
(ix) The Company, during the period when a prospectus is required to be delivered (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 under the 1933 Act would be required to be delivered) under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act in connection with sales of the Shares, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15 of the 1934 Act within the time period prescribed by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.
(x) The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representatives, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, and each Underwriter agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Company and the Representatives, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, in each case required to be filed with the Commission; provided, however, that prior to the preparation of the Prospectus or the Final Term Sheet in accordance with Section 3(a)(iii), the Underwriters are authorized to use the information with respect to the final terms of the offering in communications orally conveying information relating to the offering to investors. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Underwriters is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping.
(xi) During the period of 30 days from the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, (a) issue, sell, offer or agree to sell, grant any option for the sale of, pledge, make any short sale or maintain any short position, establish or maintain a “put equivalent position” (within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the 1934 Act), enter into any swap, derivative transaction or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of Preferred Stock (whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of Preferred Stock, other securities, cash or other consideration) or otherwise dispose of, any Preferred Stock (or any securities convertible into, exercisable for or exchangeable for Preferred Stock) or interest therein of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries, other than the Company’s sale of Shares pursuant to this Agreement, or (b) file a registration statement under the 1933 Act registering shares of Preferred Stock (or any securities convertible into, exercisable for or exchangeable for Preferred Stock) or any interest in shares of Preferred Stock.
(xii) The Company will use its best efforts to list the Shares on the NYSE within 30 days after the Closing Time and, upon such listing, will use its best efforts to maintain such listing and to satisfy the requirements for such continued listing.
(xiii) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares as set forth under “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.
(xiv) The Company will use its best efforts to meet the requirements to qualify as a REIT under the Code for each of its taxable years for so long as the Board of Directors of the Company deems it in the best interests of the Company’s shareholders to correct such statement or omission or effect such complianceremain so qualified.
(xv) Prior to the Closing Time, the Company shall have filed the Articles Supplementary with the SDAT and the Articles Supplementary shall be effective.
(xvi) Prior to the Closing Time, the Company shall have filed the Form 8-A Registration Statement relating to the Shares with the Commission pursuant to Section 12 of the 1934 Act (the “Form 8-A Registration Statement”) and the Form 8-A Registration Statement shall be effective.
(xvii) The Company shall reserve for future issuance a requisite number of shares of Conversion Shares in respect of the Shares then outstanding.
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Sales Agents that:
(a) The Registration Statement After the date of this Agreement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A during the period in which a prospectus relating to the Shares is used or required to be delivered by the filing of Sales Agents under the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)Act, the Company will file notify the Sales Agents promptly of the time when any subsequent amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed with the Commission and has become effective or any subsequent supplement to the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) filed and of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; it will prepare and file with the Commission, promptly upon the Sales Agents' request, any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus that, in the Sales Agents' reasonable opinion, may be necessary or advisable in connection with the distribution of the Shares by the Sales Agents (provided, however that the failure of the Sales Agents to make such request shall not relieve the Company of any obligation or liability hereunder, or affect the Sales Agents' right to rely on the representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement); the Company will submit to the Sales Agents a copy of any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus relating to the Common Stock of the Company or a security convertible into the Common Stock of the Company a reasonable period of time before the filing; and it will furnish to the Sales Agents at the time of filing thereof a copy of any document that upon filing is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or Prospectus; and the Company will cause each amendment or supplement to the Prospectus to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within of the prescribed time period Rules and will provide evidence satisfactory Regulations or, in the case of any document to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file be incorporated therein by reference, to be filed with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in as required pursuant to the Exchange Act, within the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may beperiod prescribed.
(b) During The Company will advise the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later Sales Agents, promptly after it receives notice or obtains knowledge thereof, of the Closing Date issuance or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the threatened issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement Statement, of the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for tradingjurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening or initiation of any proceedings proceeding for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company purpose; and it will promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain the lifting of its withdrawal if such a stop order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b))should be issued.
(dc) (i) During Within the Prospectus Delivery Periodtime during which a prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered by the Sales Agents under the Act, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, Act and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and will file on or before their respective due dates all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Exchange Act so far as necessary Company with the Commission pursuant to permit the continuance of sales Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, 15(d), if applicable, or any other provision of or dealings in under the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the ProspectusExchange Act. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (as then amended or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly immediately notify the Representative Sales Agents to suspend the offering of Shares during such period and the Company will promptly amend or supplement the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(d) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Shares to be listed on the Exchange and to qualify the Shares for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Sales Agents designate and to continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Shares; provided that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Sales Agents and its counsel (at the expense of the Company) copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference therein) and all amendments and supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus that are filed with the Commission during the period in which a prospectus relating to the Shares is required to be delivered under the Act (including all documents filed with the Commission during such period that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein), in each case as soon as reasonably practicable and in such quantities as the Sales Agents may from time to time reasonably request and, at the Sales Agents' request, will also furnish copies of the Prospectus to each exchange or market on which sales of Shares may be made.
(f) The Company will furnish to the Sales Agents for a period of three (3) years from the date of this Agreement such information as reasonably requested by the Sales Agents regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(g) The Company will make generally available to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company's current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement covering a 12-month period that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations.
(h) The Company, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereunder are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, not including fees of counsel for the Sales Agents, but including expenses relating to (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and each amendment and supplement thereto, of each Prospectus and of each amendment and supplement thereto, (ii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Shares, (iii) the fees and disbursements of the Company's counsel and accountants in connection with negotiating this agreement and performing its obligations hereunder, (iv) the qualification of the Shares under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 7(d) of this Agreement, including filing fees in connection therewith, (v) the printing and delivery to the Sales Agents of copies of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, and of this Agreement, (vi) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing or qualification of the Shares for trading on the Exchange, or (vii) filing fees and expenses, if any, of the Commission and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Corporate Finance Department or (viii) the cost of publication of a tombstone ad in The Wall Street Journal.
(i) The Company will use the Net Proceeds as described in the Prospectus.
(j) Without the written consent of the Sales Agents, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock (other than the Shares offered pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement) or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire, Common Stock during the period beginning on the fifth (5th) Trading Day immediately prior to the date on which any Acceptance of a Placement Notice is delivered to the Sales Agents hereunder and ending on the fifth (5th) Trading Day immediately following the final Settlement Date with respect to Shares sold pursuant to such Placement Notice; and without the written consent of the Sales Agents, the Company will not directly or indirectly offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock (other than the Shares offered pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement) or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire, Common Stock prior to the later of the termination of this Agreement and the thirtieth (30th) day immediately following the final Settlement Date with respect to Shares sold pursuant to such Placement Notice; provided, however, that such restrictions will not be applicable to the Company's issuance or sale of (i) Common Stock, options to purchase shares of Common Stock or Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options, pursuant to any employee or director (x) stock option or benefits plan, (y) stock ownership plan or (z) dividend reinvestment plan (but not shares subject to a waiver to exceed plan limits in its dividend reinvestment plan) of the Company whether now in effect or hereafter implemented, and (ii) Common Stock issuable upon conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants, options or other rights in effect or outstanding on the date hereof, and disclosed in writing to the Sales Agents.
(k) The Company will, at any time during the term of this Agreement, as supplemented from time to time, advise the Sales Agents immediately after it shall have received notice or obtained knowledge thereof, of any information or fact that would alter or affect any opinion, certificate, letter or other document provided to the Sales Agents pursuant to this Agreement.
(l) The Company will cooperate with any bring-down due diligence review conducted by the Sales Agents or its agents, including, without limitation, providing information and making available documents and senior corporate officers, as the Sales Agents may reasonably request; provided, however, that the Company shall be required to make available senior corporate officers only (i) by telephone or at the Company's principal offices and (ii) during the Company's ordinary business hours.
(m) The Company agrees that on such dates as the Rules and Regulations shall require, the Company will (i) file a prospectus supplement with the Commission under the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) under the Act (each and every filing under Rule 424(b), a "Filing Date"), which prospectus supplement will set forth, within the relevant period, the amount of Shares sold through the Sales Agents, the Net Proceeds to the Company and the compensation payable by the Company to the Sales Agents and (ii) deliver such number of copies of each such prospectus supplement to each exchange or market on which such sales were effected as may be required by the rules or regulations of such exchange or market.
(n) On the date that the Registration Statement is declared effective or on each Filing Date or Settlement Date and each time that the Registration Statement shall be amended or the Prospectus supplemented, the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Sales Agents forthwith a certificate dated the date of filing with the Commission of such supplement, or other document, or the date of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or such amendment, as the case may be, or Settlement Date in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 8(i) to the effect that the representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on such date as though made at and as of such date (except that such statements shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to such time) and that the Company has complied with all of the agreements to be performed by it at or prior to such date.
(o) On the date that the Registration Statement is declared effective or such date thereafter as the Sales Agents shall request, including, without limitation each Settlement Date and each time that the Registration Statement is amended or the Prospectus supplemented, the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished forthwith to the Sales Agents and to counsel to the Sales Agents a written opinion of Seward & Kissel LLP, cou▇▇▇▇ ▇o t▇▇ ▇▇▇pany ("Company Counsel"), or other counsels satisfactory to the Sales Agents, and Liberian counsel to the Company and such other counsel to be determined and reasonably satisfactory to the Sales Agents practicing law in jurisdictions in which subsidiaries of the Company may then be organized ("Special Counsel"), dated the date of effectiveness of the Registration Statement or amendment, or the date of filing with the Commission of such supplement or other document, as the case may be, or Settlement Date as otherwise requested by the Sales Agents in form and substance satisfactory to the Sales Agents and its counsel, in substantially the forms attached hereto as Exhibits 8(e)(1) and 8(f)(1) respectively (for the date of effectiveness of the Registration Statement) and Exhibits 8(e)(2) and 8(f)(2) respectively (for subsequent dates), but modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such opinion.
(p) On the date that the Registration Statement is declared effective or such date thereafter as the Sales Agents shall request, including, without limitation each Settlement Date and each time that the Registration Statement is amended or the Prospectus supplemented to include additional amended financial information or there is filed with the Commission any document incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or the Prospectus which contains additional amended financial information, the Company shall cause its independent accountants reasonably satisfactory to the Sales Agents, forthwith to furnish the Sales Agents letters (the "Comfort Letters"), dated the date of effectiveness of the Registration Statement or such amendment, or the date of filing of such supplement or other document with the Commission, as the case may be, or Settlement Date, as otherwise requested by the Sales Agents in form and substance satisfactory to the Sales Agents, (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, (ii) stating, as of such date, the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters ordinarily covered by accountants' "comfort letters" to underwriters in connection with registered public offerings (the first such letter, the "Initial Comfort Letter") and (iii) updating the Initial Comfort Letter with any information which would have been included in the Initial Comfort Letter had it been given on such date and modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the date of such letter.
(q) The Company will not, directly or indirectly, (i) take any action designed to cause or result in, or that constitutes or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares or (ii) sell, bid for, or purchase the Shares, or pay anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of the Shares other than the Sales Agents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties hereto agree that the obligations of the Company under Sections 7(n), 7(o) and 7(p) shall terminate at the earlier of (i) the termination of the Agreement pursuant to Section 12 and (ii) upon the issuance, sale, placement and settlement of all of the Shares hereunder.
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Covenants of the Company. (a) The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative several Underwriters that:
(ai) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will (A) use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective or, if the procedure in Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations is followed, to prepare and timely file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses under Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations a Prospectus in a form approved by the Representative containing information previously omitted at the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion effectiveness of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or in reliance on Rule 430A of the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplementRules and Regulations, and the Company shall (B) not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectusthe Prospectus of which the Representative shall not previously have been advised and furnished with a copy or to which the Representative shall have reasonably objected in writing or which is not in compliance in all material respects with the Rules and Regulations. If the Company elects to rely on Rule 434 under the Act, the General Disclosure Package or Company will provide the ProspectusUnderwriters with copies of the form of Rule 434 Prospectus (including copies of a term sheet that complies with the requirements of Rule 434 under the Act), (iiiin such number as the Underwriters may reasonably request, and file with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the Act the form of Prospectus complying with Rule 434 (b)(2) of the Act before the close of business on the second business day immediately following the date hereof. If the Company elects not to rely on Rule 434 under the Act, the Company will provide the Underwriters with copies of the form of Prospectus, in such number as the Underwriters may reasonably request, and file with the Commission such Prospectus in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the Act before the close of business on the second business day immediately following the date hereof.
(ii) The Company will advise the Representative promptly (A) after it shall have received notice thereof of the time and date that when the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment to thereto shall have become effective, (B) of receipt of any comments from the Commission, (C) of any request of the Commission for amendment of the Registration Statement becomes effectiveor for supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional information, and (ivD) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or of the institution of any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectusproceedings for that purpose and (E) of any change in the Company's condition (financial or otherwise), business, prospects, properties, net worth or results of operations, or of any proceedings other event that comes to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or attention of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any timeCompany, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received results in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which or the Prospectus (as then amended or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package supplemented) would include containing an untrue statement of a material fact or omit omitting to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in any material respect, or of the necessity to amend or supplement the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) to comply with the Act or any other law. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus and to obtain as soon as possible the lifting thereof, if issued.
(iii) The Company will cooperate with the Representative in endeavoring to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably have designated in writing and will make such applications, file such documents, and furnish such information as may be reasonably required for that purpose, provided the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or required to file such a consent. The Company will, from time to time, prepare and file such statements, reports and other documents, as are or may be required to continue such qualifications in effect for so long a period as the Representative may reasonably request for distribution of the Shares. In the event that the qualification of the Shares in any jurisdiction is suspended, the Company shall so advise the Representative promptly in writing.
(iv) The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representative, from time to time, as many copies of any Preliminary Prospectus as the Representative may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to, or upon the order of, the Representative during the period when delivery of a Prospectus is required under the Act, as many copies of the Prospectus in final form, or as thereafter amended or supplemented, as the Representative may reasonably request. The Company will deliver to the Representative at or before the Closing Date, four signed copies of the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto including all exhibits filed therewith, and will deliver to the Representative such number of copies of the Registration Statement (including such number of copies of the exhibits filed therewith that may be reasonably requested), and of all amendments thereto, as the Representative may reasonably request.
(v) The Company will comply with the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Shares as contemplated in this Agreement and the Prospectus. If during the period in which a prospectus is required by law to be delivered by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company or in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriters, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madeexisting at the time the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or or, if during such period it is necessary at any time to amend or appropriate in supplement the opinion of Prospectus to comply with any law, the Company or its counsel or promptly will prepare and file with the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel Commission an appropriate amendment to amend the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus (or if so that the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when it is not yet available to prospective purchasersso delivered, be misleading, or so that the General Disclosure Package ) to Prospectus will comply with the Securities law.
(vi) The Company will make generally available to its security holders, as soon as it is practicable to do so, but in any event not later than 15 months after the effective date of the Registration Statement, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) in reasonable detail, covering a period of at least 12 consecutive months beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the requirements of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations and will advise you in writing when such statement has been so made available.
(vii) The Company will, for a period of five years from the Closing Date, deliver to the Representative copies of annual reports and copies of all other documents, reports and information furnished by the Company to its shareholders or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply filed with the Securities NASD or any securities exchange pursuant to the requirements of such exchange or with the Commission pursuant to the Act or the Exchange Act. The Company will deliver to the Representative similar reports with respect to significant subsidiaries, as that term is defined in the Rules and Regulations, which are not consolidated in the Company's financial statements.
(viii) No offering, sale, short sale or other disposition of any shares of Common Stock of the Company, any Shares issuable upon exercise of stock options and any other securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock or derivative of Common Stock (or agreement for such) will be made for a period of 180 days after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, by the Company will promptly notify otherwise than hereunder or with the Representative prior written consent of Raym▇▇▇ ▇▇▇e▇ & ▇ssociates, Inc., except for (i) shares of Common Stock issuable at the closing of each of the Merger and will amend the Acquisitions, (ii) shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to option plans, warrants and other rights to acquire shares that are described in the Registration Statement and (iii) shares of Common Stock issuable in connection with acquisitions to be made by the Company of automobile dealerships, repair shops or supplement collision centers or related automotive businesses and assets, provided that each recipient of such shares in any such acquisition agrees in writing to be subject to the Prospectus transfer restrictions imposed pursuant to this Section 4 (or if viii) to the Prospectus is extent the 180-day period following the date of this Agreement has not yet available expired
(ix) The Company will use its best efforts to prospective purchaserslist, subject to notice of issuance, the General Disclosure PackageShares on the Nasdaq National Market.
(x) The Company has caused each officer and director and certain shareholders of the Company to furnish to you, on or file prior to the date of this Agreement, a letter or letters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, pursuant to which each such document (at the expense person shall agree not to offer, sell, sell short or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock of the Company) so , any shares issuable upon exercise of stock options and any other securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for Common Shares or derivative of Common Stock owned by such person or request the registration for the offer or sale of any of the foregoing (or as to correct which such statement person has the right to direct the disposition of) for a period of 180 days after the date of this Agreement, directly or omission indirectly, except with the prior written consent of you and the Company.
(xi) The Company shall apply the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Shares in the manner specified in the Prospectus and shall file such reports with the Commission with respect to the sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds therefrom as may be required in accordance with Rule 463 under the Act.
(xii) The Company shall not invest, or otherwise use the proceeds received by the Company from its sale of the Shares in such a manner as would require the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to register as an investment company under the 1940 ▇▇▇.
(xiii) The Company will maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company, a registrar (which may be the same person or entity) for the Common Stock.
(xiv) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company.
(xv) The Company will use its best efforts to qualify or register its Common Stock for sale in non-issuer transactions (or obtain exemptions) from the application of the blue sky laws of each state where necessary to permit market making transactions and secondary trading, and will comply with such blue sky laws and will continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect such compliancefor a period of five years after the date hereof.
(xvi) The Company will comply with all provisions of any undertakings contained in the Registration Statement.
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative thatas follows:
(a) 4.1 The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of Company will cause the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)to be filed with, or mailed for filing by first class certified or registered mail, to the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b424(b)(5) within of the prescribed time period and SEC under the 1933 Act and, if so mailed for filing, will provide evidence satisfactory cause the Prospectus to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the Representative Rule 424(b)(5) of such timely filingthe SEC. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law agrees promptly to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative Agent in writing (i) when the Prospectus shall have been filed with, or mailed for filing to, the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, SEC under the Commission1933 Act, (ii) of any request by the time and date SEC for any amendment of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment of or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package Prospectus or the Prospectus, for additional information and (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any that purpose. The Company will use every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter a stop order and, if any such stop order shall, at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts be issued, to obtain the lifting of such order withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment. Additionally.
4.2 When the Prospectus is filed with, or mailed for filing to, the Company agrees that it shall comply with SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) of the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, SEC under the Securities Act 1933 Act, and will use its reasonable best efforts at all times subsequent thereto up to confirm that any filings made by and including the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery PeriodClosing Date, the Company Registration Statement will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, of the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement 1933 Act and the Prospectus. If during such period rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder and will not contain any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or and will not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and when the Prospectus is filed with, or mailed for filing to, the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) of the SEC under the 1933 Act, and at all times subsequent thereto up to and including the Closing Date, the Prospectus (and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, if the Company shall have filed with, or mailed for filing to, the SEC any amendment thereto or supplement thereto) and any documents incorporated therein by reference at the time of filing will comply in all material respects with the provisions of the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and will not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements they were made, not misleading.
4.3 The Company agrees not to issue or sell any Shares or financial instruments convertible or exchangeable into Shares, other than pursuant to this Agreement, previously issued warrants, and incentive stock options, until 180 days after the Closing Date, without the prior consent of the Agent, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld or if during delayed.
4.4 The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the necessary regulatory consents from the American Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange for the listing of the Common Shares on such conditions as are acceptable to the Agent and the Company, acting reasonably.
4.5 The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to arrange for the listing of the Debentures on a stock exchange in Canada upon their issue or as soon as thereafter practical.
4.6 The Company shall make generally available to its securityholders and to the Agent as soon as practicable, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) of the Company, covering the 12-month period it is necessary or appropriate in beginning at the opinion end of the fiscal quarter of the Company or its during which the "effective date" (as defined in Rule 158 under the 1933 Act) occurs, which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act. The Company may satisfy this requirement by complying with Rule 158 under the 1933 Act.
4.7 The Company shall furnish to the Agent and counsel or for the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend Agent, without charge, three signed copies of the Registration Statement (including all exhibits thereto and amendments thereof) and to the Agent a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and so long as delivery of a prospectus by the Agent or supplement dealer may be required by the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities 1933 Act or the Exchange promulgated under the 1934 Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative as many copies of any preliminary prospectus and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto as the Agent may reasonably request.
4.8 The Company shall file or if cause to be filed its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasersperiod ended June 30, 1999 within the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at time period prescribed by Form 12b-25 under the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance1934 Act.
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative thatthat it will:
(a) The Use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if to become effective as promptly as possible. If the Registration Statement has become or becomes effective with a form of prospectus omitting Rule 430A is used Information, or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (Prospectus, properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) completed, pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative you of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof Notify you immediately, and ending on the later of the Closing Date or confirm such date asnotice in writing, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(ai) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing when the Registration Statement or the Prospectusand any post-effective amendment thereto become effective, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (iii) of the receipt of any comments of, from the Commission or requests for additional the "blue sky" or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date securities authority of any filing of jurisdiction regarding the Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment to thereto, the Registration Statement Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement to any prospectusthereto, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, and (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission receipt of any stop order suspending notification with respect to a Stop Order or the effectiveness of the Registration Statement initiation or any post-effective amendment thereto or threatening of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings proceeding with respect to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposesa Stop Order. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any Stop Order and, if any Stop Order is issued, to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, thereof as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b))promptly as possible.
(d) (ic) During the Prospectus Delivery Periodtime when a prospectus relating to the Firm Stock and the Additional Stock is required to be delivered hereunder or under the Act or the Regulations, the Company will comply in all material respects so far as it is able with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now existing and as hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities Firm Stock or the Additional Stock, as contemplated by the case may be, in accordance with the provisions hereofhereof and the Prospectus. If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the General Disclosure PackageFirm Stock and the Additional Stock is required to be delivered hereunder or under the Act or the Regulations, any event shall have occurred as a result of which, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriter, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which or the Prospectus (as then amended or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an supplemented contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omit omits to state a any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, therein not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate if, in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel either of such counsel, it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange ActRegulations, the Company will immediately notify you and promptly notify prepare and file with the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement Commission an appropriate amendment or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available in form and substance satisfactory to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Packageyou) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to which will correct such statement or omission or which will effect such compliancecompliance and will use its best efforts to have any such amendment declared effective as soon as possible.
(d) Deliver without charge to the Underwriter such number of copies of each Preliminary Prospectus as may reasonably be requested by the Underwriter and, as soon as the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, becomes effective or a supplement is filed, deliver without charge to you two signed copies of the Registration Statement, including exhibits, or such amendment thereto, as the case may be, and two copies of any supplement thereto, and deliver without charge to the Underwriter such number of copies of the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and amendments and supplements thereto, if any, without exhibits, as you may request for the purposes contemplated by the Act.
(e) Endeavor in good faith, in cooperation with you, at or prior to the time the Registration Statement becomes effective, to qualify the Firm Stock and the Additional Stock for offering and sale under the "blue sky" or securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may designate; provided, however, that no such qualification shall be required in any jurisdiction where, as a result thereof, the Company would be subject to service of general process or to taxation as a foreign corporation doing business in such jurisdiction to which it is not then subject. In each jurisdiction where such qualification shall be effected, the Company will, unless you agree in writing that such action is not at the time necessary or advisable, file and make such statements or reports at such times as are or may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction.
(f) Use its best efforts to keep the Prospectus and the Registration Statement current and effective by filing post-effective amendments, as necessary.
(g) Make generally available (within the meaning of Section 11(a) of the Act and the Regulations) to its security holders as soon as practicable, but not later than _______________, 1999, an earnings statement (which need not be certified by independent certified public accountants unless required by the Act or the Regulations, but which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and the Regulations) covering a period of at least twelve months beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement.
(h) For the shorter of a period of twenty four months after the date of the Prospectus or until the closing of a sale of Common Stock in a follow-on public offering underwritten by a major bracket or large regional underwriting firm which raises at least $20 million in gross proceeds, not, without your prior written consent, offer, issue, sell, contract to sell, grant any option for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company (or any security or other instrument which by its terms is convertible into, exercisable for, or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company) except as provided in Section 3 and except for (i) the grant of options to purchase an aggregate of up to 250,000 shares of Common Stock under the Company's 1998 ______________ Plan, which plan is properly described in the Prospectus, (ii) the issuance of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options and warrants and conversion of other convertible securities outstanding on the date hereof or subsequently issued pursuant to clause (i) hereof, (iii) the issuance of the Securities, (iv) the issuance of any securities in connection with any merger or acquisition approved by a majority of the independent directors of the Company, or (v) the issuance, commencing twelve months after the closing of the Offering, of shares of Common Stock to unaffiliated third parties at fair market value pursuant to a private placement approved by a majority of the independent directors of the Company.
(i) For a period of five years after the effective date of the Registration Statement, furnish you, without charge, the following:
(i) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, three copies of financial statements certified by independent certified public accountants, including a balance sheet, statement of income, and statement of cash flows of the Company and its then existing subsidiaries, with supporting schedules, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as at the end of such fiscal year and for the 12 months then ended, which may be on a consolidated basis;
(ii) as soon as practicable after they have been sent to stockholders of the Company or filed with the Commission, three copies of each annual and interim financial and other report or communication sent by the Company to its stockholders or filed with the Commission;
(iii) as soon as practicable, two copies of every press release and every material news item and article in respect of the Company or its affairs which was released by the Company; and
(iv) such additional documents and information with respect to the Company and its affairs and the affairs of any of its subsidiaries as you may from time to time reasonably request.
(j) Apply the net proceeds received by it from the offering in the manner set forth under "Use of Proceeds" in the Prospectus.
(k) Furnish to you as early as practicable prior to the Closing Date and any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, but no less than two full business days prior thereto, a copy of the latest available unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries which have been read by the Company's independent certified public accountants, as stated in their letters to be furnished pursuant to Section 7(e).
(l) File no amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus at any time, after the effective date of the Registration Statement, unless such filing shall comply with the Act and the Regulations and unless you shall previously have been advised of such filing and furnished with a copy thereof, and you and counsel for the Underwriter shall have approved such filing in writing.
(m) Comply with all registration, filing, and reporting requirements of the Exchange Act which may from time to time be applicable to the Company.
(n) Comply with all provisions of all undertakings contained in the Registration Statement.
(o) Prior to the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, issue no press release or other communication, directly or indirectly, and hold no press conference with respect to the Company, the financial conditions, results of operations, business, properties, assets, liabilities of the Company, or this Offering, without your prior written consent.
(p) File timely with the Commission an appropriate form to register the Common Stock pursuant to Section 12(b) under the Exchange Act.
(q) File timely and accurate reports on Form SR with the Commission in accordance with Rule 463 of the Regulations or any successor provision.
(r) Use its best efforts to cause the application for quotation of the Firm Stock and the Additional Stock on The Nasdaq SmallCap Market ("NASDAQ") to be approved as soon as possible.
(s) Use its best efforts to complete the listing of the Securities on the PSE.
(t) On or prior to the Closing Date, sell to the Underwriter (or its designee) the Underwriter's Options to purchase an aggregate of 160,000 shares of Common Stock, which Underwriter's Options shall be evidenced by the Underwriter's Option Agreement substantially in the form set forth as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
(u) Until expiration of the Underwriter's Options, keep reserved sufficient shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exercise of the Underwriter's Options.
(v) Until the expiration of three years from the Closing Date, if you shall so indicate in writing to the Company, use its best efforts, including, without limitation, the solicitation of proxies, to cause one individual selected from time to time by Barington Capital Group, L.P. to be elected as a director of the Company.
(w) Deliver to you, without charge, within a reasonable period after the last Additional Closing Date or the expiration of the period in which the Underwriter may exercise the over-allotment option, four bound volumes of the Registration Statement and all related materials.
(x) For a period of five years after the Closing Date, supply to the appropriate parties such information as may be necessary or desirable, and otherwise use its best efforts, so that the Company will be listed and will maintain its listing in the Corporation Records Service published by Standard & Poor's Corporation and that at all times during such period such listing will, at a minimum, contain the names of the Company's officers and directors, a balance sheet as of a date not more than 18 months prior to such time, and a statement of operations for either the fiscal year preceding such date or the most recent fiscal year of operations.
(y) Use its best efforts to maintain the quotation on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, and the PSE of the Common Stock issued hereunder.
(z) From the date the Registration Statement becomes effective and until three years from the Closing Date, procure and maintain Director and Officer Liability Insurance in the amount no less than $3.0 million with a reputable insurance carrier.
(aa) From the Closing Date and until three years from the date the Registration Statement becomes effective, retain a transfer agent acceptable to the Underwriter. Upon the Underwriter's request, and provided such request is solely for the purpose of monitoring the trading of Common Stock, the Company shall provide the Underwriter with copies of the Company's daily stock transfer sheets and lists of the beneficial and record holders of the Company, from such transfer agent and from the Depository Trust Company, at the Company's sole cost and expense.
(bb) From the date the Registration Statement becomes effective and until three years from such date, the Company shall retain a public relations firm reasonably acceptable to the Underwriter.
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date asdate, as in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counselcounsel for the Underwriter, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Underwriter for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Underwriter reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives Underwriter and Underwriters’ Counselits counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative Underwriter in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectusProspectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, effective and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectusProspectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are it is listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects as far as it is able with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative Underwriter or Underwriters’ Counsel counsel to the Underwriter to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative Underwriter and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or promptly will notify the Underwriter and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the reasonable opinion of Underwriters’ ' Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), ) in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “"Prospectus Delivery Period”"), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Representative and Underwriters' Counsel for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Representative reasonably object objects within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ ' Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing of: (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, ; (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, ; (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, ; and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or the initiation of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are the Common Stock is listed for trading, or of the threatening or of initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities Units as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement Statement, The General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If during such period any event or development occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ ' Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances there existing, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will promptly deliver to the Representative and Underwriters' Counsel a copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed, and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement, and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(f) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(g) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Securities Act by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 P.M., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2).
(h) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Units for offering and Securities for sale under the securities laws relating to the offering of the Units or sale of the Securities of such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Representative may designate and to maintain such qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof; except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to execute a general consent to service of process or to subject itself to taxation if it is otherwise not so subject.
(i) The Company will make generally available (which includes filings pursuant to the Exchange Act made publicly through the E▇▇▇▇ system) to its security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 15 months after the end of the Company's current fiscal quarter, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a 12-month period that shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations.
(j) Except with respect to (i) securities of the Company which may be issued in connection with an acquisition of another entity (or the assets thereof), (ii) the issuance of securities of the Company intended to provide the Company with proceeds to acquire another entity (or the assets thereof), or (iii) the issuance of securities under the Company's stock option plans with exercise or conversion prices at fair market value (as defined in such plans) in effect from time to time, during the six (6) months following the Closing Date, the Company or any successor to the Company shall not undertake any public or private offerings of any equity securities of the Company (including equity-linked securities) without the prior written consent of the Representative.
(k) Following the Closing Date, the Company and any of the individuals listed on Schedule B hereto (the "Lock-Up Parties"), without the prior written consent of the Representative, shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company, whether publicly or in a private placement, during the period that their respective lock-up agreements are in effect. The Company will deliver to the Representative the agreements of the Lock-Up Parties to the foregoing effect prior to the Closing Date, which agreements shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex II.
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(m) During the period of three (3) years from the Effective Date, the Company will make available to the Underwriters copies of all reports or other communications (financial or otherwise) furnished to security holders or from time to time published or publicly disseminated by the Company, and will deliver to the Underwriters: (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports, financial statements and proxy or information statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request (such financial information to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company are consolidated in reports furnished to its security holders generally or to the Commission); provided that any such item which is available on the E▇▇▇▇ system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form.
(n) The Company will not issue press releases or engage in any other publicity without the Representative's prior written consent, for a period ending at 5:00 P.M. Eastern time on the first Business Day following the forty-fifth (45th) day following the Closing Date, other than normal and customary releases issued in the ordinary course of the Company's business, or as required by law.
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(p) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Units as set forth under the caption "Use of Proceeds" in the Prospectus. Without the prior written consent of the Representative, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no proceeds of the Offering will be used to pay outstanding loans from officers, directors or stockholders or to pay any accrued salaries or bonuses to any employees or former employees.
(q) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Common Stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market for at least two (2) years after the Effective Date, unless such listing is terminated as a result of a transaction approved by the holders of a majority of the voting securities of the Company. If the Company fails to maintain such listing of its Common Stock, on the NASDAQ Capital Market or other Trading Market, for a period of three (3) years from the Effective Date, the Company, at its expense, shall obtain and keep current a listing of such securities in the Standard & Poor's Corporation Records Services or Mergent's Industrial Manual; provided that Mergent's OTC Industrial Manual is not sufficient for these purposes.
(r) For as long as the Option remains outstanding, the Company will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations within the time periods required thereby.
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriters that:
(a) The If the Registration Statement has not yet been declared effective, the Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effectiveto become effective as promptly as possible, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)) or Rule 434, the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) or Rule 434 within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative you of such timely filing. If the Company elects to rely on Rule 434, the Company will prepare and file a term sheet that complies with the requirements of Rule 434. The Company will file with notify you immediately (and, if requested by you will confirm such notice in writing) (i) when the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto become effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in for any amendment of or supplement to the time and manner required under Rules 433(dRegistration Statement or the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iii) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date mailing or such date as, in the opinion delivery to the Commission for filing of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law any amendment of or supplement to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectusinitiation, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.the
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants Ordinary Shares from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities Shares as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(e) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representative and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(f) The Company will promptly upon request deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies (electronic or otherwise) of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(g) The Company consents to the use and delivery of the Preliminary Prospectus by the Underwriters in accordance with Rule 430 and Section 5(b) of the Securities Act.
(h) If the Company elects to rely on Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, the Company shall both file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) and pay the applicable fees in accordance with Rule 111 of the Securities Act by the earlier of: (i) 10:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) the time that confirmations are given or sent, as specified by Rule 462(b)(2).
(i) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts, in cooperation with the Representative, at or prior to the time of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws relating to the offering or sale of the Shares of such jurisdictions, domestic or foreign, as the Representative may reasonably designate and to maintain such qualification in effect for so long as required for the distribution thereof, except that in no event shall the Company be obligated in connection therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction, to execute a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction, or to subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is otherwise not so subject.
(j) The Company, on behalf of itself and any successor entity, has agreed that, pursuant to an executed Company lock-up agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex I, that during the one-year period following the Closing Date (the “Company Lock-up Period”), the Company may not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, (A) offer, pledge, issue, sell, agree or contract to sell, encumber, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock of the Company or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company, (B) file or cause to be filed any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company, (C) complete any offering of debt securities of the Company, other than entering into a line of credit with a traditional bank, or (D) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of capital stock of the Company, whether any such transaction described in clause (A), (B), (C) or (D) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of capital stock of the Company or such other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided, however, that clause (A) above shall not include (i) the Ordinary Shares to be sold in the Offering, (ii) any Option Shares, (iii) any shares of Common Stock issued or options to purchase Common Stock or other Common Stock-based awards granted pursuant to any stock incentive plan, stock purchase plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the Effective Date), (iv) the issuance by the Company of Common Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities or the exercise of warrants or options, in each case outstanding at the Effective Date (v) the issuance of Common Stock in connection with strategic acquisitions, or (vi) transfers by a stockholder (1) by bona fide gift, (2) by will or intestacy to the spouse, parents, siblings, first cousins or any lineal descendant of such stockholder or such stockholder’s spouse, including step relationships and relationships by adoption (each a, “family member”), (3) to any trust for the benefit of such stockholder or a family member of such stockholder, (4) to the estate of such stockholder, or (5) to any affiliate of such stockholder or by distribution to any partners, members or stockholders of such stockholder.
(k) Schedule II hereto contains a complete and accurate list of the Company’s executive officers and directors (collectively, and together with the Company, the “Lock-Up Parties”). The Company has caused each of the Lock-Up Parties to deliver to the Representative an executed Lock-Up Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Annex II (the “Lock-Up Agreement”), prior to the execution of this Agreement. Pursuant to the Lock-Up Agreement, each of the Lock-Up Parties has agreed that for a period ending 180 days after the Closing Date, each such person and their respective affiliated parties shall not offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, grant, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Securities or share capital of the Company, including Ordinary Shares, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for such Securities or share capital, without the consent of the Underwriter, with certain exceptions.
(l) If the Representative, in its sole discretion, agrees to release or waive the restrictions set forth in a Lock-Up Agreement described in Section 4(j) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver at least three (3) Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by (i) a press release substantially in the form of Annex VI hereto through a major news service or (ii) any other method that satisfies the obligations described in FINRA Rule 5131(d)(2) at least two (2) Business Days before the effective date of the release or waiver.
(m) For a period of one year from the Closing Date, the Company shall retain [ ] as the Company’s transfer agent and registrar for the Ordinary Shares or a transfer and registrar agent for the Ordinary Shares reasonably acceptable to the Representative.
(n) [Reserved].
(o) For a period of at least two (2) years from the Effective Date, the Company shall retain a nationally recognized PCAOB registered independent public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Representative. The Representative acknowledges that the Auditor is acceptable to the Representative.
(p) During the period of one (1) year from the Effective Date, the Company will make available to the Representative copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to security holders or from time to time published or publicly disseminated by the Company, and will deliver to the Representative: (i) as soon as practicable after they are available, copies of any reports, financial statements and proxy or information statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request in writing pursuant to a specific regulatory or liability issue or; provided, that any such item which is available on the E▇▇▇▇ system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished in physical form.
(q) The Company will not issue press releases or engage in any other publicity, without the Representative’s prior written consent, for a period ending at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the first Business Day following the twenty-fifth (25th) day following the Closing Date, other than normal and customary releases issued in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, or as required by law.
(r) [Reserved].
(s) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares as set forth under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus.
(t) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market, the NYSE or the NYSE American for at least three (3) years after the Closing Date.
(u) The Company, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations within the time periods required thereby.
(v) The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to do and perform all things required to be done or performed under this Agreement by the Company prior to the Closing Date, and to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Shares.
(w) The Company will not take, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its Affiliates not to take, directly or indirectly, any action which constitutes or is designed to cause or result in, or which could reasonably be expected to constitute, cause or result in, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(x) The Company shall cause to be prepared and delivered to the Representative, at its expense, within two (2) Business Days from the effective date of this Agreement, an Electronic Prospectus to be used by the Underwriters in connection with the Offering. As used herein, the term “Electronic Prospectus” means a form of prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, that meets each of the following conditions: (i) it shall be encoded in an electronic format, satisfactory to the Representative, that may be transmitted electronically by the other Underwriters to offerees and purchasers of the Shares for
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock Shares and/or the Purchase Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative thateach Underwriter as follows:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b)(2) (or, if applicable and if consented to by the time Representatives, subparagraph (5)) not later than the second business day following the execution and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may bedelivery of this Agreement.
(b) During For so long as a prospectus relating to the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus Securities is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities 1933 Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter any Underwriter or dealer (dealer, the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior Company will advise the Representatives promptly of any proposal to amending amend or supplementing supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to Prospectus and will afford the Representatives for review a copy of each reasonable opportunity to comment on any such proposed amendment or supplement, ; and the Company shall not file will also advise the Representatives promptly of the filing of any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance institution by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending part thereof and will use its use or best efforts to prevent the use issuance of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts and to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest as soon as possible moment. Additionallyits lifting, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b))if issued.
(dc) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery PeriodIf, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities Actis required to be delivered under the 1933 Act in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (as then amended or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements they were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel at any time to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange 1933 Act, the Company promptly will notify the Representatives of such event and will promptly notify prepare and file with the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement Commission, at its own expense, an amendment or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance. Neither the Representatives' consent to, nor the Underwriters' delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 6 hereof.
(d) As soon as practicable, but not later than 16 months, after the date of this Agreement, the Company will make generally available to its securityholders an earnings statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the later of (i) the effective date of the registration statement relating to the Securities, (ii) the effective date of the most recent post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to become effective prior to the date of this Agreement and (iii) the date of the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission prior to the date of this Agreement, which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Underwriters copies of the Registration Statement, including all exhibits, any related preliminary prospectus, any related preliminary prospectus supplement, the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the Underwriters reasonably requests. The Company will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to the Underwriters all such documents.
(f) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Securities for sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution.
(g) So long as the Securities remain outstanding, the Company will furnish or make available to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the other Underwriters, as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its annual report to stockholders for such year; and the Company will furnish or make available to the Representatives as soon as available, a copy of each report and any definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with the Commission under the 1934 Act or mailed to stockholders.
(h) The Company will not offer, sell, contract to sell, grant any option for, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the 1933 Act relating to debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company and having a maturity of more than one year from the date of issue, or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, without the prior written consent of Representatives for a period beginning at the date of this Agreement and ending at the later of the Closing Time and the termination of the underwriting syndicate.
(i) The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus under "Use of Proceeds".
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Covenants of the Company. The In further consideration of the agreements of the Underwriter herein contained, the Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative Underwriter that:
(a) The If any information shall have been omitted from the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if in reliance upon Rule 430A is used or under the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)Securities Act, the Company will prepare and timely file with the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within under the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to Securities Act a Prospectus in a form approved by the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with Underwriter containing the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may beRule 430A Information.
(b) During The Company will advise the period beginning Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter promptly, and, if requested by the Underwriter, will confirm such advice in writing: (i) if information shall have been omitted from the Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 430A under the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date asSecurities Act, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, (ii) when the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered or term sheet (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to as described in Rule 173(a434(b) under the Securities Act is no longer required Act) has been timely filed pursuant to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (Rule 424(b) under the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the CommissionSecurities Act, (iiiii) of the time and date of any filing of when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment Rule 462 Registration Statement is filed or supplement becomes effective under the Securities Act, (iv) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any prospectusPreliminary Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or for additional information, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (ivv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing notification of the suspension of qualification or suspending its use registration of the Shares for offer or sale in any jurisdiction or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus initiation or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If at any time the Commission shall enter issue any such stop order at any timesuspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company will use its make every reasonable efforts effort to obtain the lifting withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionallytime.
(c) The Company will not file any amendment to the Registration Statement (including any post-effective amendment), file any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or make any amendment or supplement to the Company agrees that it Prospectus, or file any amendment or supplement to any of the Applications if: (i) the Underwriter shall comply not have been previously advised of such filing, been furnished with a copy thereof prior thereto, and given reasonable opportunity to review such amendment or supplement, (ii) the Underwriter shall reasonably object after having been so advised, or (iii) in the case of a Registration Statement, Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or Prospectus, such amendment or supplement is not in compliance with the provisions Securities Act. The Company will prepare and file with the Commission any amendments or supplements which, in the opinion of Rules 424(b)counsel for the Underwriter, 430A is necessary and 430B, as applicable, under advisable in connection with the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made distribution of the Shares by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b))Underwriter.
(d) The Company will furnish to the Underwriter, without charge, eight (i8) signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission and of each amendment thereto, including financial statements and all exhibits thereto, and such number of conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto as the Underwriter may reasonably request. The Company has delivered to the Underwriter, without charge, in such quantities as the Underwriter has requested, copies of each form of the Preliminary Prospectus. The Company confirms its consent to the use, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act and with the securities or Blue Sky Laws of the jurisdictions in which the Shares are or have been offered by the Underwriter and by dealers, prior to the date of the Prospectus, of each Preliminary Prospectus so furnished by the Company.
(e) During The Company will furnish to the Underwriter in Naples, Florida, without charge, prior to 10:00 a.m., Eastern Standard Time on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and thereafter from time to time for such period as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter a prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by the Underwriter or a dealer, as many copies of the Prospectus Delivery Periodand the Registration Statement, and of any amendment or supplement thereto, as the Underwriter may reasonably request. The Company will shall comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon on it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as is necessary to permit the continuance completion of sales the distribution of or dealings in the Securities Shares as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, this Agreement and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If If, during such the period in which the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered by the Underwriter or a dealer, any event occurs shall occur or condition exist as a result of which which, in the judgment of the Company or in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madewhen the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate if, in the opinion of counsel to the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel Underwriter, it is necessary to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or applicable law, the Company promptly will prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate amendment or supplement thereto, and, will furnish to the Underwriter and to each dealer to which Shares may have been sold by the Underwriter and to any other dealers upon request, without charge, as many copies as the Underwriter may from time to time request.
(f) The Company will make generally available to its security holders a consolidated earnings statement, which need not be audited, as soon as it is practicable to do so, but in any event not later than fifteen (15) months after the effective date of the Registration Statement, covering a period of twelve (12) consecutive calendar months beginning after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which consolidated earnings statement will satisfy the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder and will advise the Underwriter in writing when such statement has been so made available.
(g) The Company shall take or cause to be taken in cooperation with the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter all actions required to register or qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky Laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriter may reasonably designate and will make such applications, file such documents, and furnish such information as may be required for that purpose (provided, that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to the service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or required to file a consent, except with respect to the offer and sale of the Shares), and will continue such registrations or qualifications in effect so long as reasonably requested by the Underwriter to effect the distribution of the Shares (including, without limitation, the preparation and filing of such statements, reports, or documents as may be so required and compliance with all undertakings given pursuant to such registrations or qualifications). In the event that the registration or qualification of the Shares in any jurisdiction is suspended, the Company shall so advise the Underwriter in writing.
(h) During the period ending five years after the date of this Agreement, the Company will furnish to the Underwriter: (i) as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, copies of the annual report containing the consolidated audited financial statements of the Company, (ii) as soon as available, a copy of each report, document, and definitive proxy or information statement furnished to or filed with any securities exchange or the NASD (including the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., or any successor thereto) pursuant to the requirements of such exchange or the NASD, or with the Commission under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and (iii) copies of all other information or communications (financial or other) furnished to shareholders of the Company.
(i) The Company shall apply the proceeds from the sale of the Shares to be sold by it hereunder as set forth in the Prospectus under the heading "Use of Proceeds" shall file with the Commission, and will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter, such reports as may be required in accordance with Rule 463 under the Securities Act.
(j) Except for the sale of Common Shares pursuant to this Agreement and except as disclosed in the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, pledge, contract to sell, issue, distribute, grant or sell any option, right, or warrant to purchase or otherwise dispose of any Common Shares or securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, Common Shares or a derivative of the Common Shares (or an agreement for such) in the open market or otherwise, for a period of one-hundred eighty days (180) days after the later of the Effective Date or the date of this Agreement, without the express prior written consent of the Underwriter.
(k) The Company will not, directly or indirectly, take any action designed, or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in or constitute, under the Securities Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.
(l) The Company has (i) caused each director, officer, and current shareholder of the Company and each Subsidiary to furnish to the Underwriter, on or before the date of this Agreement, the Lock-Up Agreements, and (ii) issued stop-transfer instructions to the transfer agent for the Common Shares with respect to the Common Shares that are or will be subject to such Lock-Up Agreements, which stop-transfer instructions shall restrict the transfer of such shares prior to expiration of the 180-day period specified in the Lock-Up Agreements.
(m) The Company will file a registration statement under the Exchange Act to register the Common Shares thereunder as of the Effective Date, and will comply with all registration, filing, and reporting requirements of the Exchange Act which may from time to time be applicable to the Company.
(n) During the period that a prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares by the Underwriter or a dealer, the Company will promptly not, directly or indirectly hold any press conference with respect to the Company, or its financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, assets, or prospects, or this offering, without the express written consent of the Underwriter.
(o) The Company shall not invest or otherwise cause the use of proceeds received by the Company from its sale of the Shares, or otherwise conduct its business, in such a manner as would require Company or any Subsidiary to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(p) The Company will not prior to the Second Closing Date, if any, (i) except as specifically described in the Prospectus, acquire any of the Common Shares, or declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution upon its Common Shares payable to shareholders of record on a date prior to the Second Closing Date, or (ii) incur any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, or enter into any material transaction other than in the ordinary course of business, or any transaction with a related party which is required to be disclosed in the Prospectus pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-B under the Securities Act.
(q) The Company will maintain a transfer agent and, if necessary under the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company, a registrar for the Common Shares.
(r) In connection with the Directed Shares Program, the Company will ensure that the Directed Shares will be restricted to the extent required by the NASD or the NASD rules from sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, or hypothecation for a period of three months following the Effective Date. The Underwriter will notify the Representative and Company as to which Participants are required to be restricted. The Company will amend direct the transfer agent to place stop transfer restrictions upon such securities for such period of time.
(s) The Company shall comply in all respects with the provisions of all undertakings contained in the Registration Statement and the undertakings given by the Company in connection with the registration or supplement qualification of the Prospectus Shares for offering and sale under the Blue Sky Laws.
(t) The Company will use its best efforts to satisfy or if cause to be satisfied the Prospectus is not yet available conditions to prospective purchasersthe obligations of the Underwriter in Section 7 hereof.
(u) The Company shall deliver the requisite notice of issuance to the NASD and shall take all necessary and appropriate action to cause or permit the quotation and listing of the Common Shares on the OTC Bulletin Board for a period of at least 36 months, except to the General Disclosure Packageextent during such period that the Common Shares are listed on a national securities exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market.
(v) The Company will advise the Underwriter promptly of and, when applicable, furnish copies of, any communications with the FRB, OCC, or file such document FDIC relating to the Applications or the Regulatory Approvals.
(w) The Company shall supply the Underwriter and counsel to the Underwriter, at the expense Company's cost, with three bound volumes of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such complianceUnderwriting materials within a reasonable time after the last of the Closing Dates.
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock Shares and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its commercially reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package Package) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
(ii) If at any time following issuance of an Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company has promptly notified or promptly will notify the Representative and has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
(e) The Company will promptly deliver to the Underwriters and Underwriters’ Counsel a signed copy of the Registration Statement, as initially filed and all amendments thereto, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith, and will maintain in the Company’s files manually signed copies of such documents for at least five (5) years after the date of filing thereof. The Company will promptly deliver to each of the Underwriters such number of copies of any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Registration Statement, and all amendments of and supplements to such documents, if any, and all documents which are exhibits to the Registration Statement and Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as the Underwriters may reasonably request. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, the Company will furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus in New York City in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effective, and if Rule 430A is used or the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representative of such timely filing. The Company will file with the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may be.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), in connection with sales by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing the Registration Statement Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives Representative for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives Representative reasonably object objects within 24 36 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives Representative and Underwriters’ Counselits counsel.
(c) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) of the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (iii) of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the the Common Stock and/or the Series A Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. If during such period any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were madethen existing, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
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Covenants of the Company. The Company acknowledges, covenants and agrees with the Representative that:: ------------------------
(a) The Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have been declared effectiveCompany, and if Rule 430A is used at or prior to the filing of the Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b)Closing Date, the Company will file the Prospectus (properly completed if Rule 430A has been used) pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the prescribed time period and will provide evidence satisfactory deliver to the Representative conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed, including all exhibits, any related preliminary prospectus supplement, the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to each such timely filing. The Company will file with document, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as are reasonably requested by the Commission all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses in the time and manner required under Rules 433(d) or 163(b)(2), as the case may beRepresentative.
(b) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of Underwriters’ Counsel, the Prospectus is no longer required by law to be delivered (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Securities Act is no longer required to be provided), The Company will pay all expenses in connection with sales (i) the preparation and filing by an underwriter or dealer (the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), prior to amending or supplementing it of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company shall furnish to the Representatives for review a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement, and Prospectus and the Company shall not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object within 24 hours of delivery thereof to the Representatives and Underwriters’ Counsel
(c) After the date printing of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Representative in writing (i) of the receipt of any comments of, or requests for additional or supplemental information from, the Commission, (ii) the preparation, issue and delivery of certificates for the time and date of any filing of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the ProspectusDebt Securities, (iii) any fees and expenses of the time and date that any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, Trustee and (iv) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters in reasonable quantities of the issuance by the Commission copies of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or of any order preventing or suspending its use or the use of any prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer-Represented Free Writing Prospectus, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing the Common Stock and/or the Warrants from any securities exchange upon which they are listed for trading, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for any of such purposes. If the Commission shall enter any such stop order at any time, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to obtain the lifting of such order at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, the Company agrees that it shall comply with the provisions of Rules 424(b), 430A and 430B, as applicable, under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable best efforts to confirm that any filings made by the Company under Rule 424(b) or Rule 433 were received in a timely manner by the Commission (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or Rule 164(b)).
(d) (i) During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will comply in all material respects with all requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the Rules and Regulations, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by the provisions hereof, the General Disclosure Package, the Registration Statement and the ProspectusProspectus (each as originally filed and as subsequently amended). If The Company also will pay all taxes, if any, except transfer taxes, on the issue of the Debt Securities. In addition, the Company will pay the reasonable out of pocket fees and disbursements of Underwriters' outside counsel, [Underwriters' Counsel], in connection with the qualification of the Debt Securities under state securities or blue sky laws or investment laws (if and to the extent such qualification is required by the Underwriters or the Company).
(c) If, during such period the time when a prospectus relating to the Debt Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus (as then amended or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements they were made, not misleading, or if during such period it is necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Company or its counsel or the Representative or Underwriters’ Counsel at any time to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package ) to comply with the Securities Act or to file under the Exchange Act any document which would be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, the Company promptly will promptly (i) notify the Representative to suspend solicitation of purchases of the Debt Securities and will amend (ii) at its expense, prepare and file with the Registration Statement Commission an amendment or supplement the Prospectus (or if the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the General Disclosure Package) or file such document (at the expense of the Company) so as to which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance. In case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus in connection with the sale of any Debt Securities after the expiration of the period specified in the preceding sentence, the Company, upon the request of the Representative, will furnish to the Representative, at the expense of such Underwriter, a reasonable quantity of a supplemented or amended prospectus, or supplements or amendments to the Prospectus, complying with Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. During the period specified in the second sentence of this Section, the Company will continue to prepare and file with the Commission on a timely basis all documents or amendments required under the Securities Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; provided, that the Company shall not file such documents or amendments without also furnishing copies thereof to the Representative and [Underwriters' Counsel].
(d) The Company will advise the Representative promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and will afford the Representative a reasonable opportunity to comment on any such proposed amendment or supplement; and the Company will also advise the Representative promptly of the filing of any such amendment or supplement and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement or of any part thereof and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if issued.
(e) The Company will make generally available to its security holders, as soon as it is practicable to do so, an earnings statement of the Company (which need not be audited) in reasonable detail, covering a period of at least 12 months beginning within three months after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the requirements of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act.
(f) The Company will furnish such proper information as may be lawfully required and otherwise cooperate in qualifying the Debt Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such states as the Representative may designate; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in any state to qualify as a foreign corporation, or to file a general consent to service of process, or to submit to any requirements which it deems unduly burdensome.
(g) Fees and disbursements of [Underwriters' Counsel] who are acting as counsel for the Underwriters (exclusive of fees and disbursements of such counsel which are to be paid as set forth in Section 6(b)), shall be paid by the Underwriters; provided, however, that if this Agreement is terminated in accordance with the provisions of Sections 7 or 8 hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Representative for the account of the Underwriters for the amount of such fees and disbursements.
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Dominion Resources Inc /Va/)