Oklahoma Code § 71-1-304

Title 71. Securities: Securities registration by qualification
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A.  A security may be registered by qualification under this
section.
B.  A registration statement under this section must contain the
information or records specified in Section 1-305 of this title, a
consent to service of process complying with Section 1-611 of this
title, and the following information or records:
1.  With respect to the issuer and any significant subsidiary,
its name, address, and form of organization; the state or foreign
jurisdiction and date of its organization; the general character and
location of its business; a description of its physical properties
and equipment; and a statement of the general competitive conditions
in the industry or business in which it is or will be engaged;
2.  With respect to each director and officer of the issuer, and
other person having a similar status or performing similar
functions, the person's name, address, and principal occupation for
the previous five (5) years; the amount of securities of the issuer
held by the person as of the 30th day before the filing of the
registration statement; the amount of the securities covered by the
registration statement to which the person has indicated an
intention to subscribe; and a description of any material interest
of the person in any material transaction with the issuer or a
significant subsidiary effected within the previous three (3) years
or proposed to be effected;

3.  With respect to persons covered by paragraph 2 of this
subsection, the aggregate sum of the remuneration paid to those
persons during the previous twelve (12) months and estimated to be
paid during the next twelve (12) months, directly or indirectly, by
the issuer, and all predecessors, parents, subsidiaries, and
affiliates of the issuer;
4.  With respect to a person owning of record or owning
beneficially, if known, ten percent (10%) or more of the outstanding
shares of any class of equity security of the issuer, the
information or records specified in paragraph 2 of this subsection
other than the person's occupation;
5.  With respect to a promoter, if the issuer was organized
within the previous three (3) years, the information or records
specified in paragraph 2 of this subsection, any amount paid to the
promoter within that period or intended to be paid to the promoter,
and the consideration for the payment;
6.  With respect to a person on whose behalf any part of the
offering is to be made in a nonissuer distribution, the person's
name and address; the amount of securities of the issuer held by the
person as of the date of the filing of the registration statement; a
description of any material interest of the person in any material
transaction with the issuer or any significant subsidiary effected
within the previous three (3) years or proposed to be effected; and
a statement of the reasons for making the offering;
7.  The capitalization and long term debt, on both a current and
pro forma basis, of the issuer and any significant subsidiary,
including a description of each security outstanding or being
registered or otherwise offered, and a statement of the amount and
kind of consideration, whether in the form of cash, physical assets,
services, patents, goodwill, or anything else of value, for which
the issuer or any subsidiary has issued its securities within the
previous two (2) years or is obligated to issue its securities;
8.  The kind and amount of securities to be offered; the
proposed offering price or the method by which it is to be computed;
any variation at which a proportion of the offering is to be made to
a person or class of persons other than the underwriters, with a
specification of the person or class; the basis on which the
offering is to be made if otherwise than for cash; the estimated
aggregate underwriting and selling discounts or commissions and
finders' fees, including separately cash, securities, contracts, or
anything else of value to accrue to the underwriters or finders in
connection with the offering or, if the selling discounts or
commissions are variable, the basis of determining them and their
maximum and minimum amounts; the estimated amounts of other selling
expenses, including legal, engineering, and accounting charges; the
name and address of each underwriter and each recipient of a
finder's fee; a copy of any underwriting or selling group agreement

under which the distribution is to be made or the proposed form of
any such agreement whose terms have not yet been determined; and a
description of the plan of distribution of any securities that are
to be offered otherwise than through an underwriter;
9.  The estimated monetary proceeds to be received by the issuer
from the offering; the purposes for which the proceeds are to be
used by the issuer; the estimated amount to be used for each
purpose; the order or priority in which the proceeds will be used
for the purposes stated; the amounts of any funds to be raised from
other sources to achieve the purposes stated; the sources of the
funds; and, if a part of the proceeds is to be used to acquire
property, including goodwill, otherwise than in the ordinary course
of business, the names and addresses of the vendors, the purchase
price, the names of any persons that have received commissions in
connection with the acquisition, and the amounts of the commissions
and other expenses in connection with the acquisition, including the
cost of borrowing money to finance the acquisition;
10.  A description of any stock options or other security
options outstanding, or to be created in connection with the
offering, and the amount of those options held or to be held by each
person required to be named in paragraph 2, 4, 5, 6 or 8 of this
subsection and by any person that holds or will hold ten percent
(10%) or more in the aggregate of those options;
11.  The dates of, parties to, and general effect concisely
stated of each managerial or other material contract made or to be
made otherwise than in the ordinary course of business to be
performed in whole or in part at or after the filing of the
registration statement or that was made within the previous two (2)
years, and a copy of the contract;
12.  A description of any pending litigation, action, or
proceeding to which the issuer is a party and that materially
affects its business or assets, and any litigation, action, or
proceeding known to be contemplated by governmental authorities;
13.  A copy of any prospectus, pamphlet, circular, form letter,
advertisement, or other sales literature intended as of the
effective date to be used in connection with the offering and any
solicitation of interest used in compliance with subparagraph b of
paragraph 18 of Section 1-202 of this title;
14.  A specimen or copy of the security being registered, unless
the security is uncertificated; a copy of the issuer's articles of
incorporation and bylaws or their substantial equivalents, in
effect; and a copy of any indenture or other instrument covering the
security to be registered;
15.  A signed or conformed copy of an opinion of counsel
concerning the legality of the security being registered, with an
English translation if it is in a language other than English, which
states whether the security when sold will be validly issued, fully

paid, and nonassessable and, if a debt security, a binding
obligation of the issuer;
16.  A signed or conformed copy of a consent of any accountant,
engineer, appraiser, or other person whose profession gives
authority for a statement made by the person, if the person is named
as having prepared or certified a report or valuation, other than an
official record, that is public, which is used in connection with
the registration statement;
17.  A balance sheet of the issuer as of a date within four (4)
months before the filing of the registration statement; a statement
of income and changes in financial position for each of the three
(3) fiscal years preceding the date of the balance sheet and for any
period between the close of the immediately previous fiscal year and
the date of the balance sheet, or for the period of the issuer's and
any predecessor's existence if less than three (3) years; and, if
any part of the proceeds of the offering is to be applied to the
purchase of a business, the financial statements that would be
required if that business were the registrant; and
18.  Any additional information or records required by rule
adopted or order issued under this act.
C.  A registration statement under this section becomes
effective thirty (30) days, or any shorter period provided by rule
adopted or order issued under this act, after the date the
registration statement or the last amendment other than a price
amendment is filed, if:
1.  A stop order is not in effect and a proceeding is not
pending under Section 1-306 of this title;
2.  The Administrator has not issued an order under Section 1-
306 of this title postponing effectiveness; and
3.  The applicant or registrant has not requested that
effectiveness be delayed.
D.  The Administrator may delay effectiveness once for not more
than ninety (90) days if the Administrator determines the
registration statement is not complete in all material respects and
promptly notifies the applicant or registrant of that determination.
The Administrator may also delay effectiveness for a further period
of not more than thirty (30) days if the Administrator determines
that the delay is necessary or appropriate.
E.  A rule adopted or order issued under this act may require as
a condition of registration under this section that a prospectus
containing a specified part of the information or record specified
in subsection B of this section be sent or given to each person to
which an offer is made, before or concurrently, with the earliest
of:
1.  The first offer made in a record to the person otherwise
than by means of a public advertisement, by or for the account of
the issuer or another person on whose behalf the offering is being

made or by an underwriter or broker-dealer that is offering part of
an unsold allotment or subscription taken by the person as a
participant in the distribution;
2.  The confirmation of a sale made by or for the account of the
person;
3.  Payment pursuant to such a sale; or
4.  Delivery of the security pursuant to such a sale.

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