Effectiveness Date Definition Example

Effectiveness Date. Means (a) with respect to the initial Registration Statement required to be filed under Section 2(a), the earlier of: (a)(i) the 90th calendar day following the Closing Date; provided, that, if the Commission reviews and has written comments to the filed Registration Statement that would require the filing of a pre-effective amendment thereto with the Commission, then the Effectiveness Date under this clause (a)(i) shall be the 120th calendar day following the Closing Date, and (ii) the fifth... Trading Day following the date on which the Company is notified by the Commission that the initial Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments; (b) with respect to any additional Registration Statements that may be required pursuant to Section 2(b), the earlier of (i) the 90th calendar day following (x) if such Registration Statement is required because the Commission shall have notified the Company in writing that certain Registrable Securities were not eligible for inclusion on a previously filed Registration Statement, the date or time on which the Commission shall indicate as being the first date or time that such Registrable Securities may then be included in a Registration Statement, or (y) if such Registration Statement is required for a reason other than as described in (x) above, the date on which the Company first knows, or reasonably should have known, that such additional Registration Statement(s) is required; provided, that, if the Commission reviews and has written comments to a Registration Statement that would require the filing of a pre-effective amendment thereto with the Commission, then the Effectiveness Date under this clause (b)(i) for such Registration Statement shall be the 120th calendar day following the date that the Company first knows, or reasonably should have known, that such additional Registration Statement is required under such Section, and (ii) the fifth Trading Day following the date on which the Company is notified by the Commission that such additional Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments; and (c) with respect to a Registration Statement required to be filed under Section 2(d), the earlier of: (c)(i) the 90th day following the date on which the Company becomes eligible to utilize Form S-3 to register the resale of Common Stock; provided, that, if the Commission reviews and has written comments to such filed Registration Statement that would require the filing of a pre-effective amendment thereto with the Commission, then the Effectiveness Date under this clause (c)(i) shall be the 120th day following the date on which the Company becomes eligible to utilize Form S-3 to register the resale of Common Stock, and (ii) the fifth Trading Day following the date on which the Company is notified by the Commission that the initial Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments. View More