(a) The Director, by rule or order, may require the filing of any or all of the following documents with respect to a covered security under § 18(b)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 [15 U.S.C. § 77r(b)(2)]:

(1) Prior to the initial offer of such federal covered security in this State, all documents that are part of a federal registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 [15 U.S.C. § 77a et seq.] (or, in lieu of filing such registration statement, a notice as prescribed by the Director by rule or order), together with a consent to service of process signed by the issuer and with a filing fee as provided by rule or regulation, but in no case shall the fee be less than $200 or more than $1,000. In addition, the Director may require reasonable fees for miscellaneous costs absorbed by the Investor Protection Unit for printing, copying, filing or transcription of other documents;

(2) After the initial offer of such federal covered security in this state, all documents that are part of an amendment to a federal registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 [15 U.S.C. § 77a et seq.], which shall be filed concurrently with the Director; and

(3) A report of the value of such covered securities offered or sold in this State, together with a filing fee as provided by rule or regulation, but in no case shall the fee be less than $200 or more than $1,000; provided, however, that if the filing fee paid is equal to $1,000, no report of the value of such covered securities offered or sold in this State need be filed.

(b) With respect to any security that is a covered security under § 18(b)(4)(E) (or as the same may be renumbered by a future act of the United States Congress) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. § 77r(b)(4)(E)) (or as the same may be renumbered by a future act of the United States Congress), the Director, by rule or order, may require the issuer to file a notice on SEC Form D and a consent to service of process signed by the issuer no later than 15 days after the first sale of such covered security in this State, together with a filing fee as provided by rule or regulation, but in no case shall the fee be less than $200 or more than $1,000.

(c) The Director, by rule or otherwise, may require the filing of any document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 [15 U.S.C. § 77a et seq.], with respect to a covered security under § 18(b)(3) or (4) of the Securities Act of 1933 [15 U.S.C. § 77r(b)(3) or (4)], together with a filing fee as provided by rule or regulation, but in no case shall the fee be less than $ 200 or more than $ 1,000.

(d) The Director may require that filings made and fees paid pursuant to subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this section be renewed annually. Where the Director finds that an additional security from the same issuer has different characteristics from the security as to which the first filing was made, such as being a separate portfolio or series of an investment company or mutual fund, the Director may require separate filing, fee payment and renewal for the additional security.

(e) The Director may issue a stop order suspending the offer and sale of a covered security, except a covered security under § 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 [15 U.S.C. § 77r(b)(1)], if it finds that:

(1) The order is in the public interest; and

(2) There is a failure to comply with any condition established under this section.

(f) The Director, by rule or order, may waive any and all provisions of this section.

(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, until October 10, 1999, the Director may require the registration of any federal covered security for which the fees required by this section have not been paid promptly following written notification from the Director regarding any nonpayment or underpayment of such fees. An issuer shall be considered to have promptly paid such fees if they are remitted to the Director within 15 days following such person’s receipt of written notification from the Director.

71 Del. Laws, c. 162, § 11; 78 Del. Laws, c. 175, §§ 94, 118; 79 Del. Laws, c. 182, §§ 1, 3, 6.