Colorado Code § 11-51-302

General registration provisions
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(1) A registration statement may be filed
by the issuer, any other person on whose behalf the offering is to be made, or a broker-dealer
licensed or exempt under this article.
(2) Every registration statement filed under section 11-51-303 or 11-51-304 shall be
accompanied by a registration fee, which shall be determined and collected pursuant to section
11-51-707.
(3) Any document or portion thereof filed with the securities commissioner under this
article or a predecessor law within five years preceding the filing of a registration statement may
be incorporated by reference in a registration statement to the extent that such document or
portion thereof is accurate at the time of such incorporation by reference.
(4) The securities commissioner may, by rule or order, permit the omission of any item
of information or document from any registration statement.
(5) The securities commissioner may, by rule or order, require as a condition of
registration under section 11-51-304 that the proceeds from the sale of the registered security be
held in escrow until the issuer receives a specified amount. The securities commissioner may, by
rule or order, determine the conditions of any escrow required under this subsection (5), but the
securities commissioner may not reject a depository solely because of its location in another
state. Improper release by a depository of such escrow in violation of this subsection (5) is
punishable pursuant to section 11-51-603 (2).
(6) (a) In the case of any offering registered under section 11-51-303 or 11-51-304
where less than seventy-five percent of the net proceeds from the sale of the registered securities
are committed for use in one or more specific lines of business, eighty percent of the net
proceeds received by the issuer shall be placed into escrow until:
(I) The completion of a transaction or series of transactions whereby at least fifty percent
of the gross proceeds received from the sale of registered securities (including any amounts
actually received by the issuer upon exercise of registered warrants or rights to purchase or
subscribe to another security) are committed for use in one or more specific lines of business;
and
(II) The lapse of no more than ten days after receipt by the securities commissioner of
notice of the proposed release of funds from such escrow.
(b) Such notice must contain the information and be in the form the securities
commissioner by rule requires. If an escrow is released and warrants or rights which were once
registered remain outstanding, then this subsection (6) shall apply separately to the proceeds
from any subsequent exercise of such warrants or rights. Proceeds received from the exercise of
such warrants or rights shall then be subject to release upon the conditions stated in this
subsection (6), and this subsection (6) shall then each time apply separately with respect to
proceeds from the exercise of warrants or rights which were once registered and still remain
outstanding. The securities commissioner may, by rule or order, determine the conditions of any
escrow required under this subsection (6), but the securities commissioner may not reject a
depository solely because of its location in another state. Improper release by a depository of
such escrow in violation of this subsection (6) is punishable pursuant to section 11-51-603 (2).
The securities commissioner may, by rule or order, waive the requirements of this subsection (6),
in whole or in part, with respect to any class of registrations or any specific registration if the
securities commissioner finds that such waiver is in the public interest and that compliance with
the requirements of this subsection (6) is not necessary for the protection of investors.
(7) (a) A registration statement filed and effective under section 11-51-303 is effective
for one year after its effective date and thereafter is effective during the period or periods, but
only those periods, when the prospectus contained in the registration statement filed under the
federal "Securities Act of 1933", as amended, meets the requirements of section 10 (a) of the
federal "Securities Act of 1933", as amended, 15 U.S.C. sec. 77j (a).
(b) Repealed.
(c) A registration statement filed and effective under section 11-51-304 is effective for
one year after its effective date unless the securities commissioner by rule or order extends the
period of effectiveness.
(d) A registration statement effective under section 11-51-303 or 11-51-304 may be
terminated or withdrawn upon the request of the issuer or the person who filed the registration
statement and with the consent of the securities commissioner.
(e) All outstanding securities of the same class as a registered security are considered to
be registered for the purpose of a nonissuer transaction or series of transactions while the
registration statement is effective.
(8) So long as a registration statement under section 11-51-304 is effective, the securities
commissioner may, by rule or order, require the person who filed the registration statement to
file reports, not more often than quarterly, to keep reasonably current the information contained
in the registration statement and to disclose the progress of the offering.
(9) A registration statement under section 11-51-303 or 11-51-304 may be amended after
its effective date so as to increase the quantity of securities specified as being offered. Every
person filing such an amendment shall pay a registration fee, which shall be determined and
collected pursuant to section 11-51-707, with respect to the additional securities being registered.
Such an amendment becomes effective when the securities commissioner so orders. If the
additional securities being registered have been sold before such amendment is filed and the
person filing the amendment provides such information as the securities commissioner may
request to show that the failure to register the additional securities prior to their sale was in good
faith and not for the purpose of avoiding compliance with this article, the securities
commissioner may by order provide that the effectiveness of the amendment shall relate back to
the first date of sale of the additional securities.

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