Exhibit 4(d)
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
OF
ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY
LLC
Dated as of November 5,
2008
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Section 1.
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Definitions
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Section 2.
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Holders of
Registrable Securities
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Section 3.
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Demand
Registrations
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Section 4.
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Piggyback
Registration
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Section 5.
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Restrictions
on Public Sale by Holders of Registrable Securities
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Section 6.
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Registration
Procedures
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Section 7.
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Registration
Expenses
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Section 8.
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Indemnification
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Section 9.
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Rule
144
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Section 10.
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Underwritten
Registrations
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Section 11.
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Alternative
IPO Entities
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Section 12.
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Miscellaneous
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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
(this “ Agreement ”), dated as of
November 5, 2008, is by and among Oncor Electric Delivery
Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “
Company ”), Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with any
permitted successor or assign, the “ Initial Member
”), Energy Future Holdings Corp., a Texas corporation (solely
for purposes of Section 11) (“ EFH ”) and
Texas Transmission Investment LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (together with any Permitted Transferees, the “
Minority Member ”), and each of the parties listed on
the signature pages hereto. Each of the Persons listed on the
signature pages hereto (other than the Company) and any other
Person who may become a party hereto pursuant to Section 12(c)
are referred to individually as a “ Shareholder
” and collectively as the “ Shareholders
”.
WHEREAS, in connection with
admitting the Minority Member as a member of the Company, the
Company, the Initial Member and the Minority Member desire to set
forth agreements among them regarding certain registration and
other rights with respect to the LLC Units.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in
consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to
be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions .
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings, and terms used herein but not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Investor
Rights Agreement:
“ Agreement ”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“ Alternative IPO
Entity ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11 hereof.
“ Company ” shall
have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“ Demand Notice ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)
hereof.
“ Demand Registration
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)
hereof.
“ EFH ” shall
mean Energy Future Holdings Corp., a Texas corporation.
“ Exchange Act ”
shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any
successor statute thereto and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder.
“ FINRA ” shall
mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
“ Indemnified Party
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(c)
hereof.
“ Indemnifying Party
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(c)
hereof.
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“ Initial Member
” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Preamble.
“ Investor Rights
Agreement ” shall mean the Investor Rights Agreement, by
and among the Company, the Initial Member and the Minority Member,
dated as of the date hereof, as it may be amended, restated,
modified or superseded from time to time.
“ IPO Demand ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
“ IPO Units ”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Investor Rights
Agreement.
“ LLC Agreement ”
shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability
Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of the date hereof, as
it may be amended, restated, modified or superseded from time to
time.
“ LLC Units ”
shall, subject to Section 11, mean all limited liability
company interests or other common equity interests of the Company
existing or hereafter authorized, which have the right (subject
always to the rights of any class or series of preferred interests
of the Company) to participate in the distribution of the assets
and earnings of the Company without limit as to per share amount,
including any shares of capital stock into which LLC Units may be
converted (as a result of recapitalization, share exchange or
similar event) or are issued with respect to LLC Units, including,
without limitation, with respect to any unit split or unit
distribution, or a successor security.
“ Losses ” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a) hereof.
“ Minority Member
” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Preamble.
“ Participation Notice
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)
hereof.
“ Permitted Transferee
” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Investor
Rights Agreement.
“ Person ” shall
mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company, limited liability partnership,
association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization, or other organization, whether or not a legal entity,
and any governmental authority.
“ Piggyback Notice
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)
hereof.
“ Piggyback
Registration ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4(a) hereof.
“ Proceeding ”
shall mean an action, claim, suit, arbitration or proceeding
(including, without limitation, an investigation or partial
proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or
threatened.
“ Prospectus ”
shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement
(including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses
information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of
an effective Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule
430A
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promulgated under the Securities Act), as
amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect
to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable
Securities covered by such Registration Statement, and all other
amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including
post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by
reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such
prospectus.
“ Public Offering
” shall mean the sale of LLC Units or common equity of the
Alternative IPO Entity to the public pursuant to an effective
Registration Statement (other than Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any
similar or successor form) filed under the Securities
Act.
“ Registrable
Securities ” shall mean any LLC Units currently directly
or indirectly held or hereafter acquired by the Shareholders, and
any other securities issued or issuable with respect to any such
LLC Units by way of share split, share dividend, recapitalization,
exchange or similar event or otherwise. As to any particular
Registrable Securities, once issued such securities shall cease to
be Registrable Securities when (i) they are sold pursuant to
an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act,
(ii) they are sold pursuant to Rule 144, (iii) they are
eligible to be sold pursuant to Rule 144(b)(1)(i) under the
Securities Act as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or
any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC,
(iv) they shall have ceased to be outstanding, or
(v) they have been sold in a private transaction in which the
transferor’s rights under this Agreement are not assigned to
the transferee of the securities. No Registrable Securities may be
registered under more than one Registration Statement at any one
time.
“ Registration
Statement ” shall mean any registration statement of the
Company or the Alternative IPO Entity (as the case may be) under
the Securities Act which covers any of the Registrable Securities
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the
Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration
statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and
all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated
by reference in such registration statement.
“ Rule 144 ”
shall mean Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be
amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the SEC.
“ SEC ” shall
mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency
having jurisdiction under the Securities Act.
“ Securities Act
” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any
successor statute thereto and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder.
“ Shareholders ”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“ Subscription
Agreement ” shall mean the Contribution and Subscription
Agreement by and between the Company and the Minority Member, dated
as of August 12, 2008, as it may be amended, restated,
modified or superseded from time to time.
“ underwritten
registration ” or “ underwritten offering
” shall mean a registration in which securities of the
Company are sold to or by an underwriter for reoffering to the
public and, for greater certainty, unless otherwise specified
herein, shall include both a “best efforts”
underwritten offering and a “firm commitment”
underwritten offering, as the case may be.
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Section 2. Holders of
Registrable Securities . A Person is deemed, and shall only be
deemed, to be a holder of Registrable Securities if such Person
directly or indirectly owns Registrable Securities or has a right
to acquire such Registrable Securities and such Person is a
Shareholder.
Section 3. Demand
Registrations .
(a) Requests for Registration
. Subject to the following paragraphs of this Section 3(a),
(i) prior to the date that is ten years after the date hereof
the Initial Member, and on or after the date that is ten years
after the date hereof the Initial Member and the Minority Member,
shall have the right, by delivering or causing to be delivered a
written notice to the Company, to require the Company to register,
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, under and in accordance
with the provisions of the Securities Act, the sale of a number of
LLC Units (which may or may not be Registrable Securities)
specified by the Initial Member or the Minority Member to be so
sold in the initial Public Offering (an “ IPO Demand
”); (ii) following the initial Public Offering, each of
the Initial Member and the Minority Member shall have the right, by
delivering, directly or indirectly, a written notice to the
Company, to require the Company to register, pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement, under and in accordance with the provisions of
the Securities Act, the number of Registrable Securities requested
to be so registered by the Initial Member or the Minority Member
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (any such written notice
pursuant to clause (i) or (ii), a “ Demand Notice
” and any such registration, a “ Demand
Registration ”); provided , however , that,
in each case, a Demand Notice may only be made if the Registrable
Securities requested to be registered in such Demand Notice is
reasonably expected by such demanding Shareholder to result in
aggregate gross cash proceeds in excess of $200,000,000 (without
regard to any underwriting discount or commission); provided
, further that, unless the Initial Member shall otherwise
consent, the Company shall not be obligated to file a Registration
Statement relating to any registration request under this
Section 3(a) within a period of 180 days after the effective
date of any other Registration Statement relating to any
registration request under this Section 3(a) (except if the
underwriters shall require a longer period, but in any event no
more than 270 days). Following receipt of a Demand Notice for a
Demand Registration in accordance with this Section 3(a), the
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to file a
Registration Statement as promptly as practicable and shall use its
reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be
declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as
practicable after the filing thereof; provided ,
however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Demand
Notice is delivered or caused to be delivered by the Minority
Member pursuant to its right to make an IPO Demand under
Section 3(a)(i), such notice shall be deemed to have been
delivered on the date that is 120 days after the date that such
notice is delivered by the Minority Member. During the 120 day
period set forth in the immediately preceding sentence of this
Section 3(a), the Company shall consult with the Initial
Member and, if directed by the Initial Member, the Company shall
prepare an Alternative IPO Entity for the initial Public Offering
in accordance with Section 11 hereof and any demand made by
the Minority Member shall thereafter be deemed to be a Demand
Notice in respect of the IPO Units; provided that, prior to the
date that is ten years after the date hereof, no Member (other than
the Initial Member) shall be entitled to serve a Demand
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Notice in respect of the LLC Units or the IPO
Units until the date that is 30 days after the final day of any
lock-up period relating to the IPO agreed between the Alternative
IPO Entity and the underwriters managing the IPO of the Alternative
IPO Entity.
No Demand Registration or related
Demand Notice shall be deemed to have occurred for purposes of this
Section 3 if the Registration Statement relating thereto
(i) does not become effective, (ii) is not maintained
effective for the period required pursuant to this Section 3,
or (iii) the offering of the Registrable Securities pursuant
to such Registration Statement is subject to a stop order,
injunction, or similar order or requirement of the SEC during such
period, in which case, such requesting holder of Registrable
Securities shall be entitled to an additional Demand Notice and
Demand Registration in lieu thereof.
Within 10 days after receipt by the
Company of an IPO Demand in accordance with clause (i) of the
first paragraph of this Section 3(a), provided that the Member
serving the IPO Demand proposes to include Registrable Securities
held by such Member in the offering that is the subject of such IPO
Demand, or a Demand Notice in accordance with clause (ii) of
the first paragraph of this Section 3(a), the Company shall
give written notice (the “ Participation Notice
”) of such IPO Demand or Demand Notice to all other
Shareholders directly or indirectly holding Registrable Securities
and shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3(b) hereof,
offer to such Shareholders the opportunity to include in such
registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the
Company received written requests for inclusion therein within 15
days after such Participation Notice is given by the Company to
such holders.
All requests made pursuant to this
Section 3 will specify the number of Registrable Securities to
be registered and/or, in the case of an initial Public Offering,
the number of LLC Units to be issued or sold, and the intended
methods of disposition thereof.
The Company shall be required to
maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement with
respect to any Demand Registration for a period of at least 180
days (two years for a shelf registration statement) after the
effective date thereof or such shorter period during which all
Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement have
actually been sold; provided , however , that such
period shall be extended for a period of time equal to the period
the holder of Registrable Securities refrains from selling any
securities included in such Registration Statement at the request
of the Company or an underwriter of the Company pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement.
(b) Priority on Demand
Registration . If any of the Registrable Securities registered
pursuant to a Demand Registration are to be sold in a firm
commitment underwritten offering, and the managing underwriter or
underwriters advise the holders of such securities in writing that
in its view the total number or dollar amount of Registrable
Securities proposed to be sold in such offering is such as to
adversely affect the success of such offering (including, without
limitation, securities proposed to be included by other holders of
securities entitled to include securities in such Registration
Statement pursuant to incidental or piggyback registration rights),
then there shall be included in such firm commitment underwritten
offering the number or dollar amount of Registrable Securities that
in the opinion of such managing underwriter can be sold without
adversely affecting such offering, and such number of Registrable
Securities shall be allocated as follows, unless the underwriter
requires a different allocation as between the Company and the
selling holders:
(i) first , among the holders
of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement
who had delivered the applicable Demand Notice, pro rata among them
on the basis of the relative number of shares of Registrable
Securities requested to be included in such Registration Statement
by each such demanding holder; and
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(ii) second , among the
Company for LLC Units it has requested to include in such Demand
Registration for its own account and any other Shareholders duly
requesting inclusion of Registrable Securities in accordance with a
Participation Notice, pro rata among them on the basis of the
relative number of LLC Units requested to be included in such
Registration Statement by each.
For purposes of any underwriter
cutback, all Registrable Securities held by any Shareholder shall
also include any Registrable Securities held by the partners,
retired partners, shareholders or affiliates of such holder, or the
estates and family members of any such holder or such partners and
retired partners, any trusts for the benefit of any of the
foregoing persons and, at the election of such holder or such
partners, retired partners, trust or affiliates, any charitable
organization, in each case to which any of the foregoing shall have
been distributed, transferred or contributed Registrable Securities
prior to the execution of the underwriting agreement in connection
with such underwritten offering; provided , that such
distribution, transfer or contribution occurred not more than 90
days prior to such execution, and such holder and other persons
shall be deemed to be a single selling Shareholder, and any pro
rata reduction (unless the managing underwriter requires a
different allocation as between the Company and the selling
holders) with respect to all entities and individuals comprising
such single selling Shareholder as amongst themselves shall be
based upon the proportionate ownership of Registrable Securities of
each entity and individual included in such single selling
Shareholder relative to the aggregate amount of Registrable
Securities owned by all entities and individuals included in such
single selling Shareholder. No securities excluded from the
underwriting by reason of the underwriter’s marketing
limitation shall be included in such registration.
(c) Postponement of Demand
Registration . The Company shall be entitled to postpone (but
not more than once in any 12-month period), for a reasonable period
of time not in excess of 60 days, the filing of a Registration
Statement if the Company delivers to the holders requesting
registration a certificate signed by the chief executive officer or
chief financial officer of the Company certifying that, in the good
faith judgment of the board of directors of the Company, such
registration and offering would reasonably be expected to
materially adversely affect or materially interfere with any
bona fide material financing of the Company or any
material transaction under consideration by the Company or would
require disclosure of information that has not been disclosed to
the public, the premature disclosure of which would materially
adversely affect the Company. Such certificate shall contain a
statement of the reasons for such postponement and an approximation
of the anticipated delay. The holders receiving such certificate
shall keep the information contained in such certificate
confidential subject to the same terms set forth in
Section 6(p). If the Company shall so postpone the filing
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a Registration Statement, the Shareholder
requesting such registration shall have the right to withdraw the
request for registration by giving written notice to the Company
within 20 days of the anticipated termination date of the
postponement period, as provided in the certificate delivered to
the holders, and, for greater certainty, if the Shareholder that so
withdraws such request is the Minority Member, such request shall
not be considered one of the Minority Member’s two permitted
Demand Notices pursuant to Section 3(e).
(d) Cancellation of a Demand
Registration . Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities which are to be registered in a particular offering
pursuant to this Section 3 shall have the right to notify the
Company that they have determined that the Registration Statement
be abandoned or withdrawn, in which event the Company shall abandon
or withdraw such Registration Statement, and, for greater
certainty, in such circumstances if the Shareholder that requested
such registration is the Minority Member, such request shall not be
considered one of the Minority Member’s two permitted Demand
Notices pursuant to Section 3(e).
(e) Number of Demand Notices
. In connection with the provisions of this Section 3,
(i) the Initial Member shall have an unlimited number of
Demand Notices which it is permitted to deliver (or cause to be
delivered) to the Company hereunder and (ii) the Minority
Member shall have two Demand Notices which it is permitted to
deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Company
hereunder.
(f) Registration Statement
Form . If any registration requested pursuant to this
Section 3 which is proposed by the Company to be effected by
the filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or any
successor or similar short-form registration statement) shall be in
connection with an underwritten Public Offering, and if the
managing underwriter shall advise the Company in writing that, in
its opinion, the use of another form of Registration Statement is
of material importance to the success of such proposed offering or
is otherwise required by applicable law, then such registration
shall be effected on such other form.
Section 4. Piggyback
Registration .
(a) Right to Piggyback .
Except with respect to a Demand Registration or an initial Public
Offering, the procedures for which are addressed in Section 3,
if the Company proposes to file a registration statement under the
Securities Act with respect to an offering of LLC Units whether or
not for sale of its own account (other than a registration
statement (i) on Form S-4, Form S-8 or any successor forms
thereto or (ii) filed solely in connection with an exchange
offer or any employee benefit or dividend reinvestment plan), the
Company shall give prompt written notice of such proposed filing at
least twenty (20) days before the anticipated filing date (the
“ Piggyback Notice ”) to all Shareholders
holding Registrable Securities. The Piggyback Notice shall offer
such holders the opportunity to include (or cause to be included)
in such registration statement the number of Registrable Securities
as each such holder may request (a “ Piggyback
Registration ”). Subject to Section 4(b) hereof, the
Company shall include in each such Piggyback Registration all
Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has
received written requests for inclusion therein within fifteen
(15) days after notice has been given to the applicable
holder. The eligible holders of Registrable Securities shall be
permitted to withdraw all or part of the Registrable Securities
from a Piggyback Registration at any time at
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least three business days prior to the effective
date of such Piggyback Registration. The Company shall not be
required to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement for a Piggyback Registration beyond the earlier to occur
of (i) 180 days (two years for a shelf registration statement)
after the effective date thereof and (ii) all Registrable
Securities included in such Registration Statement have actually
been sold.
(b) Priority on Piggyback
Registrations . The Company shall use reasonable best efforts
to cause the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed
underwritten offering to permit direct or indirect holders of
Registrable Securities who have submitted a Piggyback Notice in
connection with such offering to include in such offering all
Registrable Securities included in each holder’s Piggyback
Notice on the same terms and conditions as any other shares of
capital stock, if any, of the Company included in the offering.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the managing underwriter or
underwriters of such underwritten offering have informed the
Company in writing that it is their good faith opinion that the
total amount of securities that such holders, the Company and any
other Persons having rights to participate in such registration,
intend to include in such offering is such as to adversely affect
the success of such offering, then the amount of securities to be
offered for the account of holders of Registrable Securities (other
than the Company) shall be reduced to the extent necessary to
reduce the total amount of securities to be included in such
offering to the amount recommended by such managing underwriter or
underwriters by reducing the securities requested to be included by
the holders of Registrable Securities requesting such registration
pro rata among such holders on the basis of the relative number of
shares of Registrable Securities requested to be included in such
Registration Statement by each such holder.
Section 5. Restrictions on
Public Sale by Holders of Registrable Securities . Each
Shareholder agrees, in connection with the initial Public Offering,
and each holder of Registrable Securities agrees, in connection
with any other underwritten Public Offering pursuant to a
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 3 or
Section 4 hereof (whether or not such holder elected to
include Registrable Securities in such Registration Statement), if
requested (pursuant to a written notice) by the managing
underwriter or underwriters in an underwritten offering, not to
effect any public sale or distribution of any of the
Company’s securities (except as part of such underwritten
offering), including a sale pursuant to Rule 144 or any swap or
other economic arrangement that transfers to another any of the
economic consequences of owning the Registrable Securities, or to
give any Demand Notice during the period commencing on the date of
the request (which shall be no earlier than 14 days prior to the
expected “pricing” of such offering) and continuing for
not more than 180 days (with respect to the initial Public
Offering) or 90 days after the date of the Prospectus (or
Prospectus supplement if the offering is made pursuant to a shelf
registration statement), pursuant to which such Public Offering
shall be made, plus an extension period, which shall be no longer
than 17 days, as may be proposed by the managing underwriter to
address FINRA regulations regarding the publishing of research, or
such lesser period as is required by the managing
underwriter.
If any registration pursuant to
Section 3 of this Agreement shall be in connection with any
underwritten Public Offering, the Company will not effect any
public sale or distribution of any common equity (or securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for common equity)
(other than a registration statement (i) on Form S-4, Form S-8
or any successor forms thereto or (ii) filed solely in
connection with an exchange offer or any employee
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benefit or dividend reinvestment plan) for its
own account, within 90 days (or such shorter periods as the
managing underwriters may agree to with the Company) after the
effective date of such registration, plus an extension period,
which shall be no longer than 17 days, as may be proposed by the
managing underwriter to address FINRA regulations regarding the
publishing of research, or such lesser period as is required by the
managing underwriter.
Section 6. Registration
Procedures . If and whenever the Company is required to effect
the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities
Act as provided in Section 3 and Section 4 hereof, the
Company shall effect such registration to permit the sale of such
Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or
methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company
shall cooperate in the sale of the securities and shall, as
expeditiously as possible:
(a) prepare and file with the SEC a
Registration Statement or Registration Statements on such form as
shall be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by
the holders thereof or by the Company in accordance with the
intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and use its
reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to
become effective and to remain effective as provided herein
(including by means of a shelf registration statement pursuant to
Rule 415 under the Securities Act providing for an offering to be
made on a continuous basis if so requested and if the Company is
then eligible to use Form S-3 or other applicable Form);
provided , however , that before filing a
Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or
supplements thereto (including documents that would be incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), the Company
shall furnish or otherwise make available to the holders of the
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement,
their counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, copies of all
such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be
subject to the reasonable review and comment of such counsel, and
such other documents reasonably requested by such counsel,
including any comment letter from the SEC, and, if requested by
such counsel, provide such counsel reasonable opportunity to
participate in the preparation of such Registration Statement and
each Prospectus included therein and such other opportunities to
conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the
Securities Act, including reasonable access to the Company’s
books and records, officers, accountants and other advisors. The
Company shall not file any such Registration Statement or
Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto (including such
documents that, upon filing, would be incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference therein) with respect to a Demand
Registration to which the holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities covered by such Registration Statement, their counsel,
or the managing underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object, in
writing, on a timely basis, unless, in the opinion of the Company,
such filing is necessary to comply with applicable law;
(b) prepare and file with the SEC
such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration
Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement
continuously effective during the period provided herein and comply
in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act
with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such
Registration Statement; and cause the related Prospectus to be
supplemented by any Prospectus supplement as may be necessary to
comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to
the disposition of the securities covered by such Registration
Statement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424
(or any similar provisions then in force) under the Securities
Act;
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(c) notify each selling holder of
Registrable Securities, its counsel and the managing underwriters,
if any, promptly, and (if requested by any such P