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(d) Furnish to such Stockholder, without charge, such number of conformed copies of the registration statement and any post-effective amendment
thereto, as such Stockholder may reasonably request, and such number of copies of the prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any
amendments or supplements thereto, and any documents incorporated by reference therein, as the Stockholder or underwriter or underwriters, if any, may
request in order to facilitate the disposition of the securities being sold by the Stockholder (it being understood that the Company consents to the use of the
prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by the Stockholder covered by the registration statement and the underwriter or underwriters, if any, in
connection with the offering and sale of the securities covered by the prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto);
(e) Notify such Stockholder, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, when the Company becomes
aware of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement (as then in effect) contains any untrue
statement of material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the prospectus or any preliminary
prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading and, as promptly as practicable thereafter, prepare and file with the
Commission and furnish a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the investors of such securities, such prospectus will
not contain any 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 they were made, not misleading;
(f) Provide a CUSIP number for all Registrable Securities no later than the effective date of the Registration and provide the applicable transfer agent
and registrar for all such Registrable Securities with printed certificates representing the Registrable Securities that are in a form eligible for deposit with The
Depositary Trust Company not later than the effective date of the registration statement;
(g) Use its reasonable best efforts to cause all securities included in such registration statement to be listed, by the date of the first sale of securities
pursuant to such registration statement, on any national securities exchange, quotation system or other market on which the Common Stock is then listed or
proposed to be listed by the Company, if any, or, failing that, to arrange for at least two market makers to register as such with respect to such securities with
the NASD;
(h) Make generally available to its security holders an earnings statement, which need not be audited, satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
1933 Act as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the twelve (12)-month period beginning with the first month of the Company's first fiscal quarter
commencing after the effective date of the registration statement, which statement shall cover said twelve (12)-month period;
(i) After the filing of a registration statement, (i) notify each Stockholder holding Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement of any
stop order issued or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened by the Commission and of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the
suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under the applicable securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction, (ii) take all reasonable
actions to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or the qualification of any Registrable Securities at the
earliest possible moment, and (iii) make available for inspection by any seller of Registrable Securities, any underwriter participating in any disposition
pursuant to such registration statement, and any attorney, accountant, or other agent retained by any such seller or underwriter, all financial and other records,
pertinent corporate and business documents and properties of the Company as shall be necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility,
and cause the Company's officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, and independent accountants to