Ohio § 1707.09

§ 1707.09.

(A)(1) All securities, except those enumerated in section 1707.02 of the Revised Code and those that are the subject matter of a transaction permitted by section 1707.03 , 1707.04 , or 1707.06 of the Revised Code , shall be qualified in the manner provided by this section before being sold in this

state. (2) Applications for qualification, on forms prescribed by the division of securities,

shall be made in writing either by the issuer of the securities or by any licensed

dealer desiring to sell them within this state and shall be signed by the applicant,

sworn to by any individual having knowledge of the facts stated in the application,

and filed in the office of the division. (3) The individual who executes the application for qualification of securities on behalf

of the applicant shall state the individual's relationship to the applicant and certify

that:  the individual has executed the application on behalf of the applicant;  the

individual is fully authorized to execute and file the application on behalf of the

applicant;  the individual is familiar with the applicant's application;  and to the

best of the individual's knowledge, information, and belief, the statements made in

the application are true, and the documents submitted with the application are true

copies of the original documents. (B) The division shall require the applicant for qualification of securities to submit

to it the following information: (1) The names and addresses of the directors or trustees and of the officers of the issuer,

if the issuer is a corporation or an unincorporated association;  of all the members

of the issuer, if the issuer is a limited liability company in which management is

reserved to its members;  of all the managers of the issuer, if the issuer is a limited

liability company in which management is not reserved to its members;  of all partners,

if the issuer is a general or limited partnership or a partnership association;  and

the name and address of the issuer, if the issuer is an individual; (2) The address of the issuer's principal place of business and principal office in this

state, if any; (3) The purposes and general character of the business actually being transacted, or

to be transacted, by the issuer, and the purpose of issuing the securities named in

the application; (4) A statement of the capitalization of the issuer;  a balance sheet made up as of the

most recent practicable date, showing the amount and general character of its assets

and liabilities;  a description of the security for the qualification of which application

is being made;  and copies of all circulars, prospectuses, advertisements, or other

descriptions of the securities, that are then prepared by or for the issuer, or by

or for the applicant if the applicant is not the issuer, or by or for both, to be

used for distribution or publication in this state; (5) A statement of the amount of the issuer's income, expenses, and fixed charges during

the last fiscal year or, if the issuer has been in actual business less than one year,

for the time that the issuer has been in actual business; (6) A statement showing the price at which the security is to be offered for sale; (7) A statement showing the considerations received or to be received by the issuer of

the securities purchased or to be purchased from the issuer and an itemized statement

of all expenses of financing to be paid from those considerations so as to show the

aggregate net amount actually received or to be received by the issuer; (8) All other information, including an opinion of counsel as to the validity of the

securities that are the subject matter of the application, that the division considers

necessary to enable it to ascertain whether the securities are entitled to qualification; (9) If the issuer is a corporation, there shall be filed with the application a certified

copy of its articles of incorporation with all amendments to the articles, if the

articles or amendments are not already on file in the office of the secretary of state;

 if the issuer is a limited liability company, there shall be filed with the application

a certified copy of its articles of organization with all amendments to the articles,

if the articles or amendments are not already on file in the office of the secretary

of state;  if the issuer is a trust or trustee, there shall be filed with the application

a copy of all instruments by which the trust was created;  and if the issuer is a

partnership or an unincorporated association, or any other form of organization, there

shall be filed with the application a copy of its articles of partnership or association

and of all other papers pertaining to its organization, if the articles or other papers

are not already on file in the office of the secretary of state; (10) If the application is made with respect to securities to be sold or distributed by

or on behalf of the issuer, or by or on behalf of an underwriter, as defined in division (N) of section 1707.03 of the Revised Code , a statement showing that the issuer has received, or will receive at or prior to

the delivery of those securities, not less than eighty-five per cent of the aggregate

price at which all those securities are sold by or on behalf of the issuer, without

deduction for any additional commission, directly or indirectly, and without liability

to pay any additional sum as commission; (11) If the division so permits with respect to a security, an applicant may file with

the division, in lieu of the division's prescribed forms, a copy of the registration

statement relating to the security, with all amendments to that statement, previously

filed with the securities and exchange commission of the United States under the “Securities

Act of 1933,” as amended, together with all additional data, information, and documents

that the division requires. (C) If the division finds that it is not necessary in the public interest and for the

protection of investors to require all the information specified in divisions (B)(1)

to (10) of this section, it may permit the filing of applications for qualification

that contain the information that it considers necessary and appropriate in the public

interest and for the protection of investors, but this provision applies only in the

case of applications for qualification of securities previously issued and outstanding

that may not be made the subject matter of transactions exempt under division (M) of section 1707.03 of the Revised Code by reason of the fact that those securities within one year were purchased outside

this state or within one year were transported into this state. (D) All the statements, exhibits, and documents required by the division under this section,

except properly certified public documents, shall be verified by the oath of the applicant

for qualification, of the issuer, or of any individual having knowledge of the facts,

and in the manner and form that may be required by the division.  Failure or refusal to comply with the requests of the division shall be sufficient

reason for a refusal by the division to register securities. (E) If it appears to the division that substantially the only consideration to be paid

for any of the securities to be qualified is to be intangible property of doubtful

value, the division may require that the securities be delivered in escrow to a bank

in this state under the terms that the division may reasonably prescribe or require

to prevent a deceitful misrepresentation or sale of the securities;  that the securities

be subordinated in favor of those sold for sound value until they have a value bearing

a reasonable relation to the value of those sold for sound value;  or that a legend

of warning specifying the considerations paid or to be paid for the securities be

stamped or printed on all advertisements, circulars, pamphlets, or subscription blanks

used in connection with the sale of any securities of the same issuer;  or it may

impose a combination of any two or more of these requirements. (F) At the time of filing the information prescribed in this section, the applicant shall

pay to the division a filing fee of one hundred dollars. (G)(1) The division, at any time, as a prerequisite to qualification, may make an examination

of the issuer of securities sought to be qualified.  The applicant for qualification of any securities may be required by the division

to advance sufficient funds to pay all or any part of the actual expenses of that

examination, an itemized statement of which shall be furnished the applicant. (2) If the division finds that the business of the issuer is not fraudulently conducted,

that the proposed offer or disposal of securities is not on grossly unfair terms,

that the plan of issuance and sale of the securities referred to in the proposed offer

or disposal would not defraud or deceive, or tend to defraud or deceive, purchasers,

and that division (B)(10) of this section applies and has been complied with, the

division shall notify the applicant of its findings, and, upon payment of a registration

fee of one-tenth of one per cent of the aggregate price at which the securities are

to be sold to the public in this state, which fee, however, shall in no case be less

than one hundred or more than one thousand dollars, the division shall register the

qualification of the securities. (H) An application for qualification of securities may be amended by the person filing

it at any time prior to the division's action on it either in registering the securities

for qualification or in refusing to do so.  Subsequent to any such action by the division, the person who filed the application

may file with the consent of the division one or more amendments to it that shall

become effective upon the making by the division of the findings enumerated in division

(G) of this section;  the giving of notice of those findings to the applicant by the

division;  and the payment by the applicant of the additional fee that would have

been payable had the application, as it previously became effective, contained the

amendment. (I) When any securities have been qualified and the fees for the qualification have been

paid as provided in this section, any licensed dealer subsequently may sell the securities

under the qualification, so long as the qualification remains in full force, and any

dealer of that nature that desires may file with the division a written notice of

intention to sell the securities or any designated portion of them.  For that filing, no fee need be paid.