Regulation S-K

Item 512
Undertakings
Include each of the following undertakings that is applicable to the
offering being registered.
a. Rule 415 Offering.1
Include the following if the securities are registered pursuant to
Rule
415 under the Securities Act:
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
i. To include any prospectus required by
section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
ii. To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.
iii. To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement; Provided, however, That: (A) Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-8 (§ 239.16b of this chapter), and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to
the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m and
78o(d)) that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement; and
(B) Paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii)
of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on
Form S-3 (§ 239.13 of this chapter) or Form F-3 (§ 239.33 of
this chapter) and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant
to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement, or is contained in a prospectus supplement filed pursuant
to Rule 424(b) (§ 230.424(b) of this chapter) that is part of
the registration statement.
(C) Provided further, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is for an offering of asset-backed securities on Form S-1 (§ 239.11 of this chapter) or Form S-3 (§ 239.13 of this chapter), and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment is provided pursuant to Item 1100(c) of Regulation AB (§ 229.1100(c)).
2. That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
3. To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of
the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering. 4. If
the registrant is a foreign private issuer, to file a post-effective amendment
to the registration statement to include any financial statements required
by Item 8.A. of Form 20-F at the start of any delayed offering or throughout
a continuous offering. Financial statements and information otherwise
required by
Section 10(a)(3) of the Act need not be furnished, provided
that the registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective
amendment, financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (a)(4)
and other information necessary to ensure that all other information in
the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial statements.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to registration statements
on Form F-3, a post-effective amendment need not be filed to include financial
statements and information required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act or
Rule 3-19 of this chapter if such financial statements and information
are contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission
by the registrant pursuant to
section 13 or
section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Form F-3.
5. That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
i. If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B (§230.430B
of this chapter):
(A) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
(§230.424(b)(3) of this chapter) shall be deemed to be part of the registration
statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in
the registration statement; and
(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or
(b)(7) (§230.424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) of this chapter) as part of a
registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made
pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) (§230.415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x)
of this chapter) for the purpose of providing the information required by
section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and
included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form
of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first
contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As
provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that
is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective
date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the
registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a
registration statement or
prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document
incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement
or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser
with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or
modify any statement that was made in the registration
statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in
any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or
ii. If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C
(§230.430C of this chapter), each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as
part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than
registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than
prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A (§230.430A of this chapter), shall
be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the
date it is first used after
effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration
statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a
document incorporated or
deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus
that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time
of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement
that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the
registration statement or made in any such
document immediately prior to such date of first use.
6. That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser
in the initial distribution of the securities:
The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities
of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement,
regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the
purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of
any of the following communications, the
undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered
to offer orsell such securities to such purchaser: i. Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (§230.424 of
this chapter);
ii. Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
registrant;
iii. The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its
securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
iv. Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
b. Filings incorporating
subsequent Exchange Act documents by reference. Include the following
if the registration statement incorporates by reference any Exchange Act
document filed subsequent to the effective date of the registration statement:
The undersigned registrant
hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report
pursuant to
section 13 or
section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
c. Warrants and rights
offerings. Include the following, with appropriate modifications to
suit the particular case, if the securities to be registered are to be
offered to existing security holders pursuant to warrants or rights and
any securities not taken by security holders are to be reoffered to the
public:
The undersigned registrant
hereby undertakes to supplement the prospectus, after the expiration of
the subscription period, to set forth the results of the subscription
offer, the transactions by the underwriters during the subscription period,
the amount of unsubscribed securities to be purchased by the underwriters,
and the terms of any subsequent reoffering thereof. If any public offering
by the underwriters is to be made on terms differing from those set forth
on the cover page of the prospectus, a post-effective amendment will be
filed to set forth the terms of such offering.
d. Competitive bids.
Include the following, with appropriate modifications to suit the particular
case, if the securities to be registered are to be offered at competitive
bidding:
The undersigned registrant
hereby undertakes (1) to use its best efforts to distribute prior to the
opening of bids, to prospective bidders, underwriters, and dealers, a
reasonable number of copies of a prospectus which at that time meets the
requirements of
section 10(a) of the Act, and relating to the securities
offered at competitive bidding, as contained in the registration statement,
together with any supplements thereto, and (2) to file an amendment to
the registration statement reflecting the results of bidding, the terms
of the reoffering and related matters to the extent required by the applicable
form, not later than the first use, authorized by the issuer after the
opening of bids, of a prospectus relating to the securities offered at
competitive bidding, unless no further public offering of such securities
by the issuer and no reoffering of such securities by the purchasers is
proposed to be made.
e. Incorporated annual
and quarterly reports. Include the following if the registration statement
specifically incorporates by reference (other than by indirect incorporation
by reference through a Form 10-K and Form 10-KSB in the prospectus all
or any part of the annual report to security holders meeting the requirements
of
Rule 14a-3 or
Rule 14c-3 under the Exchange Act):
The undersigned
registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to be delivered with
the prospectus, to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or given,
the latest annual report to security holders that is incorporated by reference
in the prospectus and furnished pursuant to and meeting the requirements
of Rule 14a-3 or
Rule 14c-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
and, where interim financial information required to be presented by
Article
3 of Regulation S-X are not set forth in the prospectus, to deliver, or
cause to be delivered to each person to whom the prospectus is sent or
given, the latest quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by
reference in the prospectus to provide such interim financial information.
f. Equity offerings of
nonreporting registrants. Include the following if equity securities
of a registrant that prior to the offering had no obligation to file reports
with the Commission pursuant to
section 13 or
section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act are being registered for sale in an underwritten offering:
The undersigned registrant
hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriter at the closing specified
in the underwriting agreements certificates in such denominations and
registered in such names as required by the underwriter to permit prompt
delivery to each purchaser.
g. Registration on
Form S-4 or F-4 of securities offered for resale. Include the following
if the securities are being registered on Form S-4 or F-4 in connection
with a transaction specified in
paragraph (a) of Rule 145.
1. The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes as follows: That prior to any
public reoffering of the securities registered hereunder through use of
a prospectus which is a part of this registration statement, by any person
or party who is deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of
Rule
145(c), the issuer undertakes that such reoffering prospectus will contain
the information called for by the applicable registration form with respect
to reofferings by persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition
to the information called for by the other Items of the applicable form.
2. The registrant undertakes that every prospectus
i. (i) that is filed pursuant to paragraph (h)(1) immediately preceding, or
ii. (ii) that purports to meet the requirements of
section 10(a)(3) of the Act and is used in connection with an offering of securities subject to
Rule 415, will be filed as a part of an amendment to the registration statement and will not be used until such amendment is effective, and that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
h. Request for acceleration
of effective date or filing of registration statement becoming effective upon
filing.
Include the following if acceleration is requested of the effective date
of the registration statement pursuant to
Rule 461 under the Securities
Act (§230.462 (e) or (f)), or if the registration statement is filed on Form S-8, and:
1. Any
provision or arrangement exists whereby the registrant may indemnify a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant against liabilities
arising under the Securities Act, or 2. The
underwriting agreement contains a provision whereby the registrant indemnifies
the underwriter or controlling persons of the underwriter against such
liabilities and a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
is such an underwriter or controlling person thereof or a member of any
firm which is such an underwriter, and 3. The benefits of such
indemnification are not waived by such persons:
Insofar as indemnification
for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised
that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
i. Include the following in
a registration statement permitted by
Rule 430A under the Securities Act
of 1933:
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:
1. For
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this
registration statement in reliance upon
Rule 430A and contained in a form
of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to
Rule 424(b)(1) or
(4)
or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this
registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
2. For
the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. j.
Qualification of trust
indentures under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 for delayed offerings.
Include the following if the registrant intends to rely on section 305(b)(2)
of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 for determining the eligibility of
the trustee under indentures for securities to be issued, offered, or
sold on a delayed basis by or on behalf of the registrant:The undersigned registrant
hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of determining
the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of section
310 of the Trust Indenture Act ("Act") in accordance with the
rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under section 305(b)2
of the Act.
k. Filings regarding asset-backed securities incorporating by reference
subsequent
Exchange Act documents by third parties. Include the following if the
registration statement
incorporates by reference any Exchange Act document filed subsequent to the
effective date of
the registration statement pursuant to Item 1100(c) of Regulation AB (§
229.1100(c)):
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the annual report
pursuant to section
13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of a third party
that is incorporated
by reference in the registration statement in accordance with Item 1100(c)(1) of
Regulation AB
(17 CFR 229.1100(c)(1)) shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to thesecurities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to bethe initial bona fide offering thereof.
l. Filings regarding asset-backed securities that provide certain information
through
an Internet Web site. Include the following if the registration statement is to
provide information
required by Item 1105 of Regulation AB (§ 229.1105) through an Internet Web site
in
accordance with Rule 312 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.312 of this chapter):
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, except as otherwise provided
by Item
1105 of Regulation AB (17 CFR 229.1105), information provided in response to
that Item
pursuant to Rule 312 of Regulation S-T (17 CFR 232.312) through the specified
Internet address
in the prospectus is deemed to be a part of the prospectus included in the
registration statement.
In addition, the undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to any
person without
charge, upon request, a copy of the information provided in response to Item
1105 of Regulation
AB pursuant to Rule 312 of Regulation S-T through the specified Internet address
as of the date
of the prospectus included in the registration statement if a subsequent update
or change is made
to the information.
1: Paragraph (a) reflects proposals made in Securities
Act Release No. 6334
(Aug. 6, 1981).
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