Common use of Beneficial Ownership Clause in Contracts

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or any Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the Charter or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18

Appears in 5 contracts

Samples: Physicians Realty L.P., Physicians Realty L.P., Physicians Realty L.P.

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Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or any this Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.54.9% of the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 4.9 of the Charter or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking lawslaws of any applicable jurisdiction (including, without limitation, Canada and the United States), or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of 4.9% of the outstanding Shares and (y) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Independence Realty Trust, Inc., Independence Realty Trust, Inc., Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the ISDA Agreement or any this Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer Bank be entitled to receivereceive (or be obligated to deliver), or shall be deemed to receive, any Shares to the extent thatif, upon such receipt of such SharesShares by Bank, (i) the Equity Percentage would be equal to or greater than 4.9% or (ii) the Share Amount would exceed the Applicable Share Limit (if any applies) (any such condition described in clauses (i) or (ii), an beneficial ownershipExcess Ownership Position”). The “Equity Percentage” as of any day is the fraction (A) the numerator of which is the number of Shares that Bank, its affiliates and each other person subject to aggregation of Shares with Bank under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder would directly or indirectly “beneficially own” (within the meaning of Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the outstanding. The beneficial ownershipShare Amounttest under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” as of any day is the number of Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the Charter or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or that Bank and any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group Bank (Dealer, Dealer Group Bank or any such person, a “Dealer Bank Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking lawslaw, or any federalrule, state or local lawsregulation, regulations or regulatory orders order or organizational documents or contracts of CounterpartyCounterparty that are, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would ownowns, beneficially ownowns, constructively ownowns, controlcontrols, hold holds the power to vote or otherwise meet meets a relevant definition of ownership under any Applicable Restriction, as determined by Bank in excess of its reasonable discretion. The “Applicable Share Limit” means a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum minimum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would could give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state from any person or federal regulatorentity) of a Dealer Person Bank Person, or could result in an adverse effect on a Bank Person, under any Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a partyRestriction, as determined by Bank in each case its reasonable discretion, minus (y) 11.0% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”)outstanding. If any delivery owed 18to Bank hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, Counterparty's obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Clearance System Business Day after, Bank gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in the Equity Percentage exceeding 4.9% or the Share Amount exceeding the Applicable Limit (if any applies), as the case may be.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Associated Estates Realty Corp, Associated Estates Realty Corp, Associated Estates Realty Corp

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the ISDA Agreement or any this Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer Bank be entitled to receivereceive (or be obligated to deliver), or shall be deemed to receive, any Shares to the extent thatif, upon such receipt of such SharesShares by Bank, (i) the Equity Percentage would be equal to or greater than 4.9% or (ii) the Share Amount would exceed the Applicable Share Limit (if any applies) (any such condition described in clauses (i) or (ii), an beneficial ownershipExcess Ownership Position”). The “Equity Percentage” as of any day is the fraction (A) the numerator of which is the number of Shares that Bank, its affiliates and each other person subject to aggregation of Shares with Bank under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder would directly or indirectly “beneficially own” (within the meaning of Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the outstanding. The beneficial ownershipShare Amounttest under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” as of any day is the number of Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the Charter or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or that Bank and any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group Bank (Dealer, Dealer Group Bank or any such person, a “Dealer Bank Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking lawslaw, or any federalrule, state or local lawsregulation, regulations or regulatory orders order or organizational documents or contracts of CounterpartyCounterparty that are, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would ownowns, beneficially ownowns, constructively ownowns, controlcontrols, hold holds the power to vote or otherwise meet meets a relevant definition of ownership under any Applicable Restriction, as determined by Bank in excess of its reasonable discretion. The “Applicable Share Limit” means a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum minimum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would could give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state from any person or federal regulatorentity) of a Dealer Person Bank Person, or could result in an adverse effect on a Bank Person, under any Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a partyRestriction, as determined by Bank in each case its reasonable discretion, minus (y) 11.0% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”)outstanding. If any delivery owed 18to Bank hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Clearance System Business Day after, Bank gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in the Equity Percentage exceeding 4.9% or the Share Amount exceeding the Applicable Limit (if any applies), as the case may be.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: DDR Corp, DDR Corp, DDR Corp

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, or have the “right to acquire” (within the meaning of NYSE Rule 312.04(g)) Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a any “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with of which Dealer with respect is or may be deemed to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares be a part (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than the lesser of (x) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (such condition, an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), and (y) 4.9% of the outstanding Shares as of the Trade Date for any Transaction (such number of Shares, the “Threshold Number of Shares” and such condition, the “Excess NYSE Ownership Position”) or (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the Charter or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to through 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 603 of the Maryland General Corporation Law Code (Corporations and Associations) or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty (including, without limitation, Section 9.2(a) of Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Articles of Incorporation (as amended from time to time)) or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iiiii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer under any Transaction is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of the lesser of (A) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares and (B) the Threshold Number of Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement of any Transaction, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation with respect to such Transaction corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Avalonbay Communities Inc, Avalonbay Communities Inc

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any other person that would have beneficial ownership of its such Shares (any such person shall include without limitation any of Dealer’s affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act Act), and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) ), would be equal to or greater than 4.54.9% of the outstanding Shares (such condition, an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers transfer set forth in Section 6.2.1 Article VII of Counterparty’s Articles of Amendment and Restatement, as amended from time to time, taking into account any waivers that are then in effect (such condition, the “Excess Charter Ownership Position”) or (iii) Dealer, any Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (any of Dealer, any Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to through 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) any Dealer Person directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of 4.9% of the outstanding Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess Charter Ownership Position or Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery. Upon request of Dealer, Counterparty shall promptly confirm to Dealer the number of Shares then outstanding and Dealer shall then promptly advise Counterparty with respect to any limitations under this Section 10 applicable to any anticipated delivery of Shares hereunder; provided, however, that neither a failure by Counterparty to notify Dealer of the number of Shares then outstanding nor a failure of Dealer to advise Counterparty with respect to any applicable limitations shall be deemed a default hereunder and notwithstanding such failure the remainder of this Section 10 shall continue to apply. For the avoidance of doubt, any delivery of Shares made by Counterparty to Dealer that Dealer was not entitled to receive under the terms of this Section 10 shall not be deemed to satisfy any of the delivery obligations of Counterparty hereunder and Dealer shall promptly return such Shares to Counterparty, pending which Dealer shall be deemed to hold any such Shares solely as custodian for the benefit of Counterparty.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Equity Distribution Agreement (Life Storage Lp), Equity Distribution Agreement (Life Storage Lp)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer Party A be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, Shares to the extent that, (i) upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by DealerParty A, any other person that would have beneficial ownership of its such Shares (any such person, an “Additional Owner,” which shall include without limitation any of Party’s affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer Party A for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 13(d) of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a Act), or any “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to of which Party A or any Additional Owner is a member (any such group, a beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Party A Group”) ), would be equal to or greater than 4.5% [4.5][9.0]% of the outstanding Shares (such condition, an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) the receipt of such Shares would result in a violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers and transfer set forth in Section 6.2.1 Article VII of Party B’s Articles of Incorporation, taking into account any waivers that are then in effect (such condition, the “Excess Charter Ownership Position”) or (iii) Dealerupon such receipt of such Shares, Dealer Party A, any Party A Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that Additional Owner (any of Dealer or Dealer Group (DealerParty A, Dealer any Party A Group or any such personAdditional Owner, a “Dealer Party A Person”) under Sections 3-601 to through 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 603 of the Maryland General Corporation Law Code (Corporations and Associations) or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Party A Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty Party B) or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty Party B is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Party A hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Party B’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Party B shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Party A gives notice to Party B that such delivery would not result in (x) any Party A Person directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of [4.5][9.0]% of the outstanding Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess Charter Ownership Position or Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Party A shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Party B makes such delivery. Upon request of Party A, Party B shall promptly confirm to Party A the number of Shares then outstanding and Party A shall then promptly advise Party B with respect to any limitations under this Section 10 applicable to any anticipated delivery of Shares hereunder; provided, however, that neither a failure by Party B to notify Party A of the number of Shares then outstanding nor a failure of Party A to advise Party B with respect to any applicable limitations shall be deemed a default hereunder and notwithstanding such failure the remainder of this Section 10 shall continue to apply. For the avoidance of doubt, any delivery of Shares made by Party B to Party A that Party A was not entitled to receive under the terms of this Section 10 shall not be deemed to satisfy any of the delivery obligations of Party B hereunder and Party A shall promptly return such Shares to Party B, pending which Party A shall be deemed to hold any such Shares solely as custodian for the benefit of Party B.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Equity Distribution Agreement (Brixmor Operating Partnership LP), Equity Distribution Agreement (Brixmor Operating Partnership LP)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or any this Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or shall be deemed to receive, any Shares in connection with this Transaction if, immediately upon giving effect to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) ’s Beneficial Ownership would be equal to or greater than 4.59% of the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”)Shares, (ii) violation Dealer, or any “affiliate” or “associate” of Dealer, would occur in respect be an “interested stockholder” of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth Issuer, as all such terms are defined in Section 6.2.1 203 of the Charter or Delaware General Corporation Law, (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group (as defined below) or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local (including non-U.S.) laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would ownowns, beneficially ownowns, constructively ownowns, controlcontrols, hold holds the power to vote or otherwise meet meets a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state local, state, federal, or federal non-U.S. regulator, but excluding any reporting obligations on Form 13D or Form 13G under the Exchange Act) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty Issuer or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty Issuer is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination determination, or (such condition described in iv) the Warrant Equity Percentage exceeds 14.5% (each of clause (i), (ii), (iii)) and (iv) above, an “Excess Regulatory Ownership PositionLimitation”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of an Ownership Limitation, Dealer’s right to receive such delivery shall not be extinguished and Issuer shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Issuer that such delivery would not result in any of such Ownership Limitations being breached. The “Warrant Equity Percentage” as of any day is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, (A) the numerator of which is the sum of (1) the product of the Number of Warrants and the Warrant Entitlement and (2) the aggregate number of Shares underlying any other warrants purchased by Dealer from Issuer, and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding. “Dealer’s Beneficial Ownership” means the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder (collectively, “Section 13”)) of Shares, without duplication, by Dealer, together with any of its affiliates or other person subject to aggregation with Dealer under Section 13 for purposes of “beneficial ownership”, or by any “group” (within the meaning of Section 13) of which Dealer is or may be deemed to be a part (Dealer and any such affiliates, persons and groups, collectively, “Dealer Group”) (or, to the extent that, as a result of a change in law, regulation or interpretation after the date hereof, the equivalent calculation under Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder results in a higher number, such number). Notwithstanding anything in the Agreement or this Confirmation to the contrary, Dealer (or the affiliate designated by Dealer pursuant to Section 8(l) below) shall not become the record or beneficial owner, or otherwise have any rights as a holder, of any Shares that Dealer (or such affiliate) is not entitled to receive at any time pursuant to this Section 8(d), until such time as such Shares are delivered pursuant to this Section 8(d).

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Brookdale Senior Living Inc., Brookdale Senior Living Inc.

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, or have the “right to acquire” (within the meaning of NYSE Rule 312.04(g)) Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than the lesser of (x) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (such condition, an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), and (iiy) violation would occur in respect 4.9% of the outstanding Shares as of the Trade Date for any restriction Transaction, which shall be notified by Counterparty to Dealer on ownership and/or transfers or promptly following the Trade Date and set forth in Section 6.2.1 the Supplemental Confirmation (such number of Shares, the Charter “Threshold Number of Shares” and such condition, the “Excess NYSE Ownership Position”) or (iiiii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 Section 780 of the Maryland Michigan General Corporation Law Statute or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iiiii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer under any Transaction is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of the lesser of (A) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares and (B) the Threshold Number of Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement of any Transaction, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation with respect to such Transaction corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Equity Distribution Agreement (CMS Energy Corp), Equity Distribution Agreement (CMS Energy Corp)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, or, with respect to clause (y) below, have the “right to acquire” (within the meaning of NYSE Rule 312.04(g)), Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than the lesser of (x) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (such condition (x), an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), and (iiy) violation would occur in respect 4.9% of the outstanding Shares as of the Trade Date for any restriction Transaction (such number of Shares, the “Threshold Number of Shares”), which shall be notified by Counterparty to Dealer on ownership and/or transfers or promptly following the Trade Date and set forth in Section 6.2.1 of such Supplemental Confirmation (such condition (y), the Charter “Excess NYSE Ownership Position”) or (iiiii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to through 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 603 of the Maryland General Corporation Law Code (Corporations and Associations) or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations (except for any filing requirements on Form 13F, Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G under the Exchange Act, in each case, as in effect on the date of this Master Confirmation) or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty (including, without limitation, a violation of any restriction on ownership or transfer set forth in subparagraph (a)(2) of Article EIGHTH of the Counterparty’s Articles of Amendment and Restatement (the “Counterparty Stock Ownership Restrictions”) or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party), in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iiiii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer under any Transaction is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of the lesser of (A) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares and (B) the Threshold Number of Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement of any Transaction, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation with respect to such Transaction corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Equity Distribution Agreement (Essex Portfolio Lp), Equity Distribution Agreement (Essex Portfolio Lp)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any other person that would have beneficial ownership of its such Shares (any such person shall include without limitation any of Dealer’s affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act Act), and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) ), would be equal to or greater than 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (such condition, an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers transfer set forth in Section 6.2.1 Article VII of Counterparty’s Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Declaration of Trust, as amended from time to time, taking into account any waivers that are then in effect (such condition, the “Excess Charter Ownership Position”) or (iii) Dealer, any Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (any of Dealer, any Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to through 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) any Dealer Person directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of 4.5% of the outstanding Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess Charter Ownership Position or Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery. Upon request of Dealer, Counterparty shall promptly confirm to Dealer the number of Shares then outstanding and Dealer shall then promptly advise Counterparty with respect to any limitations under this Section 10 applicable to any anticipated delivery of Shares hereunder; provided, however, that neither a failure by Counterparty to notify Dealer of the number of Shares then outstanding nor a failure of Dealer to advise Counterparty with respect to any applicable limitations shall be deemed a default hereunder and notwithstanding such failure the remainder of this Section 10 shall continue to apply. For the avoidance of doubt, any delivery of Shares made by Counterparty to Dealer that Dealer was not entitled to receive under the terms of this Section 10 shall not be deemed to satisfy any of the delivery obligations of Counterparty hereunder and Dealer shall promptly return such Shares to Counterparty, pending which Dealer shall be deemed to hold any such Shares solely as custodian for the benefit of Counterparty.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Sales Agreement (American Homes 4 Rent), American Homes 4 Rent

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or any this Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer Party A be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, or have the “right to acquire” (within the meaning of NYSE Rule 312.04(g)) Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by DealerParty A, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer Party A for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer Party A with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, the Dealer Party Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.5the lesser of (x) 9.0% of the outstanding Shares (such condition, an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), and (y) 8,397,899 (such number of Shares, the “Threshold Number of Shares” and such condition, the “Excess NYSE Ownership Position”) or (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the Charter or (iii) DealerParty A, Dealer Party A Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer Party A or Dealer Party A Group (DealerParty A, Dealer Party A Group or any such person, a “Dealer Party A Person”) under Sections 3-601 to through 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 603 of the Maryland General Corporation Law Code (Corporations and Associations) or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Party A Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty Party B) or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty Party B is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iiiii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Party A hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Party B’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Party B shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Party A gives notice to Party B that such delivery would not result in (x) Party A Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of the lesser of (A) 9.0% of the outstanding Shares and (B) the Threshold Number of Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Party A shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Party B makes such delivery.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Cedar Realty Trust, Inc., Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or any Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.5% [ ]%4 of the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 4.9 of the Charter or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position 4 To be agreed with the relevant Manager. would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of [ ]%5 of the outstanding Shares and (y) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery.

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Samples: Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything shall be determined, and a Person shall be -------------------- the BENEFICIAL OWNER of all securities which such Person is deemed to own ---------------- beneficially, pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the contrary in General Rules and Regulations under the Agreement Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or any Confirmationsuccessor rule or statutory provision), or, if such Rule 13d-3 shall be rescinded and there shall be no successor rule or statutory provision thereto, pursuant to such Rule 13d-3 as in effect on the date hereof; provided, however, that a Person shall, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receiveany -------- ------- event, or also be deemed to receivebe the Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares: (A) of which such Person or any of its Affiliates or Associates is, Shares to directly or indirectly, the extent that, upon Beneficial Owner; or (B) of which such receipt Person or any of such Shares, its Affiliates or Associates has (i) the “beneficial ownership” right to acquire (within whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the meaning passage of Section 13 time), pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, and (ii) sole or shared voting or investment power with respect thereto pursuant to any agreement, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise (but shall not be deemed to be the Exchange Act and Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares solely by reason of a revocable proxy granted for a particular meeting of stockholders, pursuant to a public solicitation of proxies for such meeting, with respect to shares of which neither such Person nor any such Affiliate or Associate is otherwise deemed the rules promulgated thereunderBeneficial Owner), or (C) of Shares by Dealerwhich another Person is, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner if such first mentioned Person or any of its affiliates’ business units subject Affiliates or Associates acts with such other Person as a partnership, syndicate or other group pursuant to aggregation with Dealer any agreement, arrangement or understanding for purposes the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any shares of capital stock of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 Company; and provided further, however, that (i) -------- ------- ------- no director or officer of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” Company, nor any Associate or Affiliate of any such director or officer, shall, solely by reason of any or all of such directors and officers acting in their capacities as such, be deemed for any purpose hereof, to be the Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares of which any other such director or officer (collectively, “Dealer Group”or any Associate or Affiliate thereof) would be equal to or greater than 4.5% of is the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), Beneficial Owner and (ii) violation would occur in respect no trustee of an employee stock ownership or similar plan of the Company or any Subsidiary ("Employee Plan Trustee") or any Associate or Affiliate of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 such Trustee, shall, solely by reason of being an Employee Plan Trustee or Associate or Affiliate of an Employee Plan Trustee, be deemed for any purposes hereof to be the Charter Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares held by or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or under any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18plan.

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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Specialty Catalog Corp)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything shall be determined, and a Person shall be the Beneficial Owner of all securities which such Person is deemed to own beneficially, pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the contrary in General Rules and Regulations under the Agreement Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or any Confirmationsuccessor rule or statutory provision), or, if such Rule 13d-3 shall be rescinded and there shall be no successor rule or statutory provision thereto, pursuant to such Rule 13d-3 as in effect on the date hereof; provided, however, that a Person shall, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receiveany event, or also be deemed to receivebe the Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares: (A) of which such Person or any of its Affiliates or Associates is, Shares to directly or indirectly, the extent that, upon Beneficial Owner; or (B) of which such receipt Person or any of such Shares, its Affiliates or Associates has (i) the “beneficial ownership” right to acquire (within whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the meaning passage of Section 13 time), pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, and (ii) sole or shared voting or investment power with respect thereto pursuant to any agreement, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise (but shall not be deemed to be the Exchange Act and Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares solely by reason of a revocable proxy granted for a particular meeting of stockholders, pursuant to a public solicitation of proxies for such meeting, with respect to shares of which neither such Person nor any such Affiliate or Associate is otherwise deemed the rules promulgated thereunderBeneficial Owner), or (C) of Shares by Dealerwhich another Person is, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner if such first mentioned Person or any of its affiliates’ business units subject Affiliates or Associates acts with such other Person as a partnership, syndicate or other group pursuant to aggregation with Dealer any agreement, arrangement or understanding for purposes the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any shares of capital stock of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 Company; and provided further, however, that (i) no director or officer of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” Company, nor any Associate or Affiliate of any such director or officer, shall, solely by reason of any or all of such directors and officers acting in their capacities as such, be deemed for any purpose hereof, to be the Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares of which any other such director or officer (collectively, “Dealer Group”or any Associate or Affiliate thereto) would be equal to or greater than 4.5% of is the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), Beneficial Owner (ii) violation would occur in respect no trustee of an employee stock ownership or similar plan of the Company or any Subsidiary (“Employee Plan Trustee”) or any Associate or Affiliate of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 such Trustee, shall, solely by reason of being an Employee Plan Trustee or Associate or Affiliate of an Employee Plan Trustee, be deemed for any purposes hereof to be the Charter Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares held by or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or under any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18plan.

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Samples: Form of Indemnification Agreement (EndoCeutics, Inc.)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, or have the “right to acquire” (within the meaning of NYSE Rule 312.04(g)) Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a any “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with of which Dealer with respect is or may be deemed to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares be a part (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than the lesser of (x) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (such condition, an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), and (y) 4.9% of the outstanding Shares as of the Trade Date for any Transaction (such number of Shares, the “Threshold Number of Shares” and such condition, the “Excess NYSE Ownership Position”) or (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the Charter or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to through 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 603 of the Maryland General Corporation Law Code (Corporations and Associations) or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty (including, without limitation, Section 9.2(a) of Counterparty’s Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Articles of Incorporation (as amended from time to time)) or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iiiii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer under any Transaction is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of the lesser of (A) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares and (B) the Threshold Number of Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement of any Transaction, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation with respect to such Transaction corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery. Upon request of Dealer, Counterparty shall promptly confirm to Dealer the number of Shares then outstanding and Dealer shall then promptly advise Counterparty with respect to any limitations under this Section 10 applicable to any anticipated delivery of Shares hereunder; provided, however, that neither a failure by Counterparty to notify Dealer of the number of Shares then outstanding nor a failure of Dealer to advise Counterparty with respect to any applicable limitations shall be deemed a default hereunder and notwithstanding such failure the remainder of this Section 10 shall continue to apply. For the avoidance of doubt, any delivery of Shares made by Counterparty to Dealer that Dealer was not entitled to receive under the terms of this Section 10 shall not be deemed to satisfy any of the delivery obligations of Counterparty hereunder and Dealer shall promptly return such Shares to Counterparty, pending which Dealer shall be deemed to hold any such Shares solely as custodian for the benefit of Counterparty. Exh. C-30

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Samples: Sales Agency Financing Agreement (Eastgroup Properties Inc)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or any this Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, or have the “right to acquire” (within the meaning of NYSE Rule 312.04(g)), Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.5the lesser of (x) 4.9% of the outstanding Shares (such condition, an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”) and (y) [__]13 Shares (such number of Shares, the “Threshold Number of Shares” and such condition, an “Excess NYSE Ownership Position”), or (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the Charter or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 Article 14 and 3-701 to 3-710 Article 14.1 of the Maryland General Virginia Stock Corporation Law Act and the Texas Business Organizations Code or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of the lesser of (A) 4.9% of the outstanding Shares and (B) the Threshold Number of Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Atmos Energy Corp

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or any Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.59.0% of the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the Charter or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of 9.0% of the outstanding Shares and (y) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery. 2 Disclosure statement to be customized for dealer Schedule D- 24

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Equity Distribution Agreement (QualityTech, LP)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, or have the “right to acquire” (within the meaning of NYSE Rule 312.04(g)) Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than the lesser of (x) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (such condition, an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), and (y) 4.9% of the outstanding Shares as of the Trade Date for any Transaction (such number of Shares, the “Threshold Number of Shares” and such condition, the “Excess NYSE Ownership Position”) or (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the Charter or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 Section 203 of the Maryland Delaware General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty (including, without limitation, Article VI of Counterparty’s Amended and Restated By-Laws, as may be amended and/or restated from time to time) or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iiiii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer under any Transaction is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of the lesser of (A) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares and (B) the Threshold Number of Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement of any Transaction, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation with respect to such Transaction corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Equity Distribution Agreement (Welltower Inc.)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or any Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.59.0% of the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the Charter or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of 9.0% of the outstanding Shares and (y) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Equity Distribution Agreement (QualityTech, LP)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer Party A be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, Shares to the extent that, (i) upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by DealerParty A, any other person that would have beneficial ownership of its such Shares (any such person, an “Additional Owner,” which shall include without limitation any of Party A’s affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer Party A for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 13(d) of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a Act), or any “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to of which Party A or any Additional Owner is a member (any such group, a beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Party A Group”) ), would be equal to or greater than 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (such condition, an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), ) or (ii) violation would occur in respect upon such receipt of such Shares, Party A, any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the Charter or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Party A Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that Additional Owner (any of Dealer or Dealer Group (DealerParty A, Dealer any Party A Group or any such personAdditional Owner, a “Dealer Party A Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Party A Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty Party B) or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty Party B is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Party A hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Party B’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Party B shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Party A gives notice to Party B that such delivery would not result in (x) any Party A Person directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of 9.0% of the outstanding Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Party A shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Party B makes such delivery. Upon request of Party A, Party B shall promptly confirm to Party A the number of Shares then outstanding and Party A shall then promptly advise Party B with respect to any limitations under this Section 10 applicable to any anticipated delivery of Shares hereunder; provided, however, that neither a failure by Party B to notify Party A of the number of Shares then outstanding nor a failure of Party A to advise Party B with respect to any applicable limitations shall be deemed a default or breach hereunder and notwithstanding such failure the remainder of this Section 10 shall continue to apply. For the avoidance of doubt, any delivery of Shares made by Party B to Party A that Party A was not entitled to receive under the terms of this Section 10 shall not be deemed to satisfy any of the delivery obligations of Party B hereunder and Party A shall promptly return such Shares to Party B, pending which Party A shall be deemed to hold any such Shares solely as custodian for the benefit of Party B. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Applicable Laws for purposes of this Section 10 shall not include the substantial holding notice requirements pursuant to section 671B of the Corporations.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Open Market Sale (Opthea LTD)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or any this Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, or have the “right to acquire” (within the meaning of NYSE Rule 312.04(g)), Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than the lesser of (x) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (such condition, an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”) and (y) [ ]14 Shares (such number of Shares, the “Threshold Number of Shares” and such condition, an “Excess Exchange Ownership Position”), (ii) Dealer’s ultimate parent entity would purchase, acquire or take (as such terms are used in the Federal Power Act) at any time on the relevant date in excess of 7.5% of the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 FPA Ownership Position”), (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the Charter or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 Section 180.1140 and 3-701 to 3-710 Section 180.1141 of the Maryland General Wisconsin Business Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of the lesser of (A) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares and (B) the Threshold Number of Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess FPA Ownership Position or an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Alliant Energy Corp)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any other person that would have beneficial ownership of its such Shares (any such person shall include without limitation of any of Dealer’s affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act Act) and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 Article VII of the Charter (such condition, “Excess Charter Ownership Position”) (iii) Dealer would hold 5% or more of the number of Shares of Counterparty’s outstanding common stock or 5% or more of Counterparty’s outstanding voting power (the “Exchange Limit Ownership Position”) or (iiiiv) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of 4.5% of the outstanding Shares and (y) the occurrence of an Excess Charter Ownership Position, an Exchange Limit Ownership Position or Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery. Upon request of Dealer, Counterparty shall promptly confirm to Dealer the number of Shares then outstanding and Dealer shall then promptly advise Counterparty with respect to any limitations under this Section 16 applicable to any anticipated delivery of Shares hereunder; provided, however, that neither a failure by Counterparty to notify Dealer of the number of Shares then outstanding nor a failure of Dealer to advise Counterparty with respect to any applicable limitations shall be deemed a default hereunder and notwithstanding such failure the remainder of this Section 16 shall continue to apply. For the avoidance of doubt, any delivery of Shares made by Counterparty to Dealer that Dealer was not entitled to receive under the terms of this Section 16 shall not be deemed to satisfy any of the delivery obligations of Counterparty hereunder and Dealer shall promptly return such Shares to Counterparty, pending which Dealer shall be deemed to hold any such Shares solely as custodian for the benefit of Counterparty. 3 Disclosure statement to be customized for dealer.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Terms Agreement (CareTrust REIT, Inc.)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or any this Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, or have the “right to acquire” (within the meaning of NYSE Rule 312.04(g)), Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, and after taking into account any Shares concurrently deliverable to Dealer pursuant to the Base Confirmation, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than the lesser of (x) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (such condition, an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”) and (y) [ ]9 Shares (such number of Shares, the “Threshold Number of Shares” and such condition, an “Excess NYSE Ownership Position”), (ii) Dealer’s ultimate parent entity would purchase, acquire or take (as such terms are used in the Federal Power Act) at any time on the relevant date in excess of 7.5% of the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 FPA Ownership Position”), (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the Charter or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 Article 14 of the Maryland General Corporation Law Virginia Stock Corporate Act or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not, after taking into account any Shares concurrently deliverable to Dealer pursuant to the Base Confirmation, result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of the lesser of (A) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares and (B) the Threshold Number of Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess FPA Ownership Position or an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Dominion Energy Inc /Va/)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything shall be determined, and a Person shall be the BENEFICIAL OWNER of all securities which such Person is deemed to own beneficially, pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the contrary in General Rules and Regulations under the Agreement Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or any Confirmationsuccessor rule or statutory provision), or, if such Rule 13d-3 shall be rescinded and there shall be no successor rule or statutory provision thereto, pursuant to such Rule 13d-3 as in effect on the date hereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that a Person shall, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receiveany event, or also be deemed to receivebe the Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares: (A) of which such Person or any of its Affiliates or Associates is, Shares to directly or indirectly, the extent that, upon Beneficial Owner; or (B) of which such receipt Person or any of such Shares, its Affiliates or Associates has (i) the “beneficial ownership” right to acquire (within whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the meaning passage of Section 13 time), pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, and (ii) sole or shared voting or investment power with respect thereto pursuant to any agreement, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise (but shall not be deemed to be the Exchange Act and Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares solely by reason of a revocable proxy granted for a particular meeting of stockholders, pursuant to a public solicitation of proxies for such meeting, with respect to shares of which neither such Person nor any such Affiliate or Associate is otherwise deemed the rules promulgated thereunderBeneficial Owner), or (C) of Shares by Dealerwhich another Person is, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner if such first mentioned Person or any of its affiliates’ business units subject Affiliates or Associates acts with such other Person as a partnership, syndicate or other group pursuant to aggregation with Dealer any agreement, arrangement or understanding for purposes the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any shares of capital stock of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 Company; and PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that (i) no director or officer of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” Company, nor any Associate or Affiliate of any such director or officer, shall, solely by reason of any or all of such directors and officers acting in their capacities as such, be deemed for any purpose hereof, to be the Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares of which any other such director or officer (collectively, “Dealer Group”or any Associate or Affiliate thereof) would be equal to or greater than 4.5% of is the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), Beneficial Owner (ii) violation would occur in respect no trustee of an employee stock ownership or similar plan of the Company or any Subsidiary ("Employee Plan Trustee") or any Associate or Affiliate of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 such Trustee, shall, solely by reason of being an Employee Plan Trustee or Associate or Affiliate of an Employee Plan Trustee, be deemed for any purposes hereof to be the Charter Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares held by or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or under any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18plan.

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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Langer Biomechanics Group Inc)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer Party A be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, Shares to the extent that, (i) upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by DealerParty A, any other person that would have beneficial ownership of its such Shares (any such person, an “Additional Owner, ” which shall include without limitation any of Party A’s affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer Party A for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 13(d) of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a Act), or any “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to of which Party A or any Additional Owner is a member (any such group, a beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Party A Group”) ), would be equal to or greater than 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (such condition, an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) the receipt of such Shares would result in a violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers and transfer set forth in Section 6.2.1 3.4 of Party B’s Amended and Restated Charter, as supplemented, taking into account any waivers that are then in effect (such condition, the “Excess Charter Ownership Position”) or (iii) Dealerupon such receipt of such Shares, Dealer Party A, any Party A Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that Additional Owner(any of Dealer or Dealer Group (DealerParty A, Dealer any Party A Group or any such personAdditional Owner, a “Dealer Party A Person”) under Sections 3-601 to through 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 603 of the Maryland General Corporation Law Code (Corporations and Associations) or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Party A Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty Party B) or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty Party B is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Party A hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Party B’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Party B shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Party A gives notice to Party B that such delivery would not result in (x) any Party A Person directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of [ ]2% of the outstanding Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess Charter Ownership Position or Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Party A shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Party B makes such delivery. Upon request of Party A, Party B shall promptly confirm to Party A the number of Shares then outstanding and Party A shall then promptly advise Party B with respect to any limitations under this Section 10 applicable to any anticipated delivery of Shares hereunder; provided, however, that neither a failure by Party B to notify Party A of the number of Shares then outstanding nor a failure of Party A to advise Party B with respect to any applicable limitations shall be deemed a default hereunder and notwithstanding such failure the remainder of this Section 10 shall continue to apply. For the avoidance of doubt, any delivery of Shares made by Party B to Party A that Party A was not entitled to receive under the terms of this Section 10 shall not be deemed to satisfy any of the delivery obligations of Party B hereunder and Party A shall promptly return such Shares to Party B, pending which Party A shall be deemed to hold any such Shares solely as custodian for the benefit of Party B.

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Samples: Terms Agreement (Apartment Income REIT Corp.)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, or have an “interest” in (within the meaning of NYSE Rule 312.04(e)) Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than the lesser of (x) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (such condition, an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), and (iiy) violation would occur in respect 4.9% of 9 Insert for MUFG. the outstanding Shares as of the Trade Date for any restriction Transaction, which shall be notified by Counterparty to Dealer on ownership and/or transfers the Trade Date and set forth in Section 6.2.1 the Supplemental Confirmation (such number of Shares, the Charter “Threshold Number of Shares” and such condition, the “Excess NYSE Ownership Position”) or (iiiii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General South Dakota Business Corporation Law Act or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty (including, without limitation, Article VII of Counterparty’s Restated Articles of Incorporation, effective as of January 30, 2018 and as may be amended and/or restated from time to time) or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such number of Shares described in clause (ii), the “Threshold Regulatory Number of Shares” and such condition described in clause (iiiii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). The Threshold Regulatory Number of Shares shall be notified by Counterparty to Dealer on the Trade Date and set forth in the Supplemental Confirmation. If any delivery owed 18to Dealer under any Transaction is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of the lesser of (A) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares and (B) the Threshold Number of Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement of any Transaction, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation with respect to such Transaction corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery.

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Samples: Equity Distribution Agreement (Black Hills Corp /Sd/)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or any this Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer CS be entitled to receive, receive or be deemed to receive, any Shares to the extent thatif, upon such receipt of such SharesShares by CS, (ix) CS, its affiliates and each person subject to aggregation with CS or its affiliates (collectively, and together with any group referenced in clause (y) below, a “CS Person”) under Section 13 of the Exchange Act or, if the Issuer ceases to be a beneficial ownershipforeign private issuer” as defined in Rule 3b-4 promulgated under the Exchange Act (a “Foreign Private Issuer”), Section 16 of the Exchange Act and rules promulgated thereunder or under any other federal, state or local (including non-U.S.) laws, regulations, regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of the Issuer that are, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares or (y) any “group” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of that includes (or may be deemed to include) CS or its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes , would own, “beneficially own” (within the meaning of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”rules promulgated thereunder), (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the Charter or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote vote, or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of with respect to (A) a number of Shares equal in excess of 8% of the outstanding Shares (in the case of Section 13 of the Exchange Act or, if the Issuer ceases to (x) be a Foreign Private Issuer, Section 16 of the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and Exchange Act), or (B) the a number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations (other than under Section 13 or 16 of the Exchange Act) or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state local, state, federal or federal non-U.S. regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met CS Person, or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is could result in an adverse effect on a partyCS Person, as determined by CS in its reasonable discretion (in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii)case, an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to CS hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of the application of this provision, Counterparty’s obligation to effect such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall effect such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Clearance System Business Day after, CS gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in an Excess Ownership Position.

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Samples: Letter Agreement (De Agostini Spa)

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Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or any this Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.59.0 % of the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 7.2.1 of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement (as amended from time to time, the “Charter”) of CONE (“Excess Charter Position”) or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Group Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of CounterpartyCONE, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Group Person under Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty CONE or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty CONE is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) CONE’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and CONE shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, Dealer gives notice to CONE that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of 9.0% of the outstanding Shares, (y) the occurrence of an Excess Charter Position, and (z) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date CONE makes such delivery. Dealer represents and warrants to and agrees that, assuming the accuracy of CONE’s representations and warranties made hereunder and under the Sales Agreement and compliance by CONE with its obligations hereunder and under the Sales Agreement, (i) based upon advice of counsel, Dealer (A) does not have actual knowledge of the existence on the Trade Date of an Excess Section 13 Ownership Position, an Excess Charter Position or an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (B) based on good faith inquiry does not have actual knowledge on the Trade Date of any event or circumstance that is expected to cause the occurrence of an Excess Section 13 Ownership Position, an Excess Charter Position or an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position on any day during the term of the Transaction; and (ii) assuming no event or circumstance by or within the control of CONE or its affiliates occurs in connection with which the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer Group and/or the “ownership” (howsoever defined under any Applicable Restriction) of Shares by Dealer Group would increase, Dealer will not knowingly cause the occurrence of an Excess Section 13 Ownership Position, an Excess Charter Position or an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position on any day during the term of the Transaction with the specific intent of causing an Acceleration Date to occur. CONE agrees to provide Dealer at least 10 Scheduled Trading Days’ written notice prior to any amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification to the Charter, bylaws or any other constitutive document of CONE that would reduce the ownership threshold set forth in Section 7.2.1 of the Charter to a percentage lower than 9.8% or that would, based on the advice of counsel to CONE, give rise to any other Applicable Restriction (as defined below) applicable to Dealer (including with respect to its commercially reasonable hedge positions) with respect to the Transaction (a “Charter Notice”). Upon receipt of a Charter Notice, Dealer may designate an Additional Termination Event with respect to any portion of the Transaction as the sole Affected Transaction with CONE as the sole Affected Party, that Dealer (or its affiliate), reasonably determines, based on advice of counsel, is necessary to reduce the Charter Percentage to (i) the lowest ownership level contemplated by Section 7.2.1 of the Charter (or, if lower, the ownership level contemplated in any such other Applicable Restriction) minus (ii) 0.5%. The “Charter Percentage” shall be a fraction, the numerator of which is (i) the relevant Number of Shares plus (ii) any other Shares that Dealer, its affiliates and each other person subject to aggregation of Shares with Dealer under the Charter (or such other Applicable Restriction) reasonably determines, based on advice of counsel, may be “Beneficially Owned” (howsoever defined) under the Charter (or such other Applicable Restriction), and the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding. To CONE’s knowledge, no state or local (including, to the best of CONE’s knowledge, non-U.S. jurisdictions) law, rule, regulation or regulatory order applicable specifically to the Shares (and not generally to ownership of equity securities by a financial institution that is not generally applicable to holders of the Shares) would give rise to any reporting, consent, registration or other requirement (including without limitation a requirement to obtain prior approval from any person or entity) as a result of Dealer or its affiliates owning or holding (however defined) Shares as a commercially reasonable Hedge Position in connection with the Transaction in accordance with the terms of this Confirmation and the Agreement.

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Samples: Terms Agreement (CyrusOne Inc.)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, or have the “right to acquire” (within the meaning of NYSE Rule 312.04(g)) Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a any “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with of which Dealer with respect is or may be deemed to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares be a part (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than the lesser of (x) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (such condition, an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), and (y) 4.9% of the outstanding Shares as of the Trade Date for any Transaction (such number of Shares, the “Threshold Number of Shares” and such condition, the “Excess NYSE Ownership Position”) or (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the Charter or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to through 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 603 of the Maryland General Corporation Law Code (Corporations and Associations) or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty (including, without limitation, Section 9.2(a) of Counterparty’s Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Articles of Incorporation (as amended from time to time)) or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iiiii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer under any Transaction is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of the lesser of (A) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares and (B) the Threshold Number of Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement of any Transaction, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation with respect to such Transaction corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery.

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Samples: Avalonbay Communities Inc

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything For the purposes of this Agreement a Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial owner”, have “Beneficial ownership” of, and to “Beneficially own”, on any date, (a) any securities of which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates is the contrary owner at law or in equity on that date; (b) any securities of which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has the right, exercisable within a period of 60 days of that date, to become the owner at law or in equity, whether or not on condition or the happening of any contingency or the making of any payment, pursuant to any agreement, arrangement, pledge or understanding, whether or not in writing (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and/or banking group members and/or selling group members with respect to a distribution of securities and other than pledges of securities in the Agreement or ordinary course of business), other than the Rights; and (c) any Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (securities which are Beneficially owned within the meaning of Section 13 of paragraph (a) or (b) by any other Person with whom such Person is acting jointly or in concert; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder“Beneficial owner” of, or to have “Beneficial ownership” of, or to “Beneficially own”, any security: (i) of Shares because such security has been deposited or tendered pursuant to any Takeover Bid made by Dealersuch Person, any of its affiliates’ business units subject such Person’s Affiliates or Associates or any other Person referred to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” in paragraph (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”c), until the earlier of such deposited or tendered security being taken up or paid for; (ii) violation would occur in respect because such Person, any of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the Charter such Person’s Affiliates or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group Associates or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group other Person referred to in paragraph (Dealer, Dealer Group or any c) holds such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18security provided that,

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Samples: Shareholder Rights Plan Agreement (Virginia Gold Mines Inc)

Beneficial Ownership. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or any this Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.59.0 % of the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 7.2.1 of the Charter of CONE (“Excess Charter Position”) or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Group Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of CounterpartyCONE, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Group Person under Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty CONE or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty CONE is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) CONE’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and CONE shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, Dealer gives notice to CONE that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of 9.0% of the outstanding Shares, (y) the occurrence of an Excess Charter Position, and (z) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date CONE makes such delivery.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Sales Agreement (CyrusOne Inc.)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything shall be determined, and a Person shall be the BENEFICIAL OWNER of all securities which such Person is deemed to own beneficially, pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the contrary in General Rules and Regulations under the Agreement Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or any Confirmationsuccessor rule or statutory provision), or, if such Rule 13d-3 shall be rescinded and there shall be no successor rule or statutory provision thereto, pursuant to such Rule 13d-3 as in effect on the date hereof; provided, however, that a Person shall, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receiveany event, or also be deemed to receivebe the Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares: (A) of which such Person or any of its Affiliates or Associates is, Shares to directly or indirectly, the extent that, upon Beneficial Owner; or (B) of which such receipt Person or any of such Shares, its Affiliates or Associates has (i) the “beneficial ownership” right to acquire (within whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the meaning passage of Section 13 time), pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, and (ii) sole or shared voting or investment power with respect thereto pursuant to any agreement, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise (but shall not be deemed to be the Exchange Act and Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares solely by reason of a revocable proxy granted for a particular meeting of stockholders, pursuant to a public solicitation of proxies for such meeting, with respect to shares of which neither such Person nor any such Affiliate or Associate is otherwise deemed the rules promulgated thereunderBeneficial Owner), or (C) of Shares by Dealerwhich another Person is, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner if such first mentioned Person or any of its affiliates’ business units subject Affiliates or Associates acts with such other Person as a partnership, syndicate or other group pursuant to aggregation with Dealer for purposes any agreement, voting or disposing of any shares of capital stock of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 Company; and provided further, however, that (i) no director or officer of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” Company, nor any Associate or Affiliate of any such director or officer, shall, solely by reason of any or all of such directors and officers acting in their capacities as such, be deemed for any purpose hereof, to be the Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares of which any other such director or officer (collectively, “Dealer Group”or any Associate or Affiliate thereof) would be equal to or greater than 4.5% of is the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), Beneficial Owner (ii) violation would occur in respect no trustee of an employee stock ownership or similar plan of the Company or any Subsidiary ("Employee Plan Trustee") or any Associate or Affiliate of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 such Trustee, shall solely by reason of being an Employee Plan Trustee or Associate or Affiliate of an Employee Plan Trustee, be deemed for any purposes hereof to be the Charter Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares held by or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or under any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 plan shall not be deemed to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 trigger any of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18Indemnitee's rights hereunder.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Bolle Inc)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, or have the “right to acquire” (within the meaning of NYSE Rule 312.04(g)) Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than the lesser of (x) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (such condition, an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), and (y) 4.9% of the outstanding Shares as of the Trade Date for any Transaction (such number of Shares, the “Threshold Number of Schedule C - 33 Shares” and such condition, the “Excess NYSE Ownership Position”) or (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the Charter or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 Section 203 of the Maryland Delaware General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty (including, without limitation, Article VI of Counterparty’s Amended and Restated By-Laws, as may be amended and/or restated from time to time) or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iiiii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer under any Transaction is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of the lesser of (A) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares and (B) the Threshold Number of Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement of any Transaction, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation with respect to such Transaction corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Equity Distribution Agreement (Welltower Inc.)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, or, with respect to clause (y) below, have the “right to acquire” (within the meaning of NYSE Rule 312.04(g)), Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than the lesser of (x) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (such condition, an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), and (iiy) violation would occur in respect 4.9% of the outstanding Shares as of the Trade Date for any restriction Transaction, which shall be notified by Counterparty to Dealer on ownership and/or transfers or promptly following the Trade Date and set forth in Section 6.2.1 the Supplemental Confirmation (such number of Shares, the Charter “Threshold Number of Shares” and such condition, the “Excess NYSE Ownership Position”) or (iiiii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to through 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 603 of the Maryland General Corporation Law Code (Corporations and Associations) or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or (including, without limitation, Article Ninth of the Charter and any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party), in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iiiii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer under any Transaction is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of the lesser of (A) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares and (B) the Threshold Number of Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement of any Transaction, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation with respect to such Transaction corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Equity Distribution Agreement (Agree Realty Corp)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, Shares to the extent that, (i) upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any other person that would have beneficial ownership of its such Shares (any such person, an “Additional Owner,” which shall include without limitation any of Party’s affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 13(d) of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a Act), or any “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with of which Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of or any Shares Additional Owner is a member (collectivelyany such group, a “Dealer Group”) ), would be equal to or greater than 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (such condition, an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) the receipt of such Shares would result in a violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers and transfer set forth in Section 6.2.1 Article IX of Counterparty’s Articles of Incorporation, taking into account any waivers that are then in effect (such condition, the “Excess Charter Ownership Position”) or (iii) upon such receipt of such Shares, Dealer, any Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that Additional Owner (any of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, any Dealer Group or any such personAdditional Owner, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to through 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 603 of the Maryland General Corporation Law Code (Corporations and Associations) or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty Counterparty) or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) any Dealer Person directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of 4.5% of the outstanding Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess Charter Ownership Position or Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery. Upon request of Dealer, Counterparty shall promptly confirm to Dealer the number of Shares then outstanding and Dealer shall then promptly advise Counterparty with respect to any limitations under this Section 10 applicable to any anticipated delivery of Shares hereunder; provided, however, that neither a failure by Counterparty to notify Dealer of the number of Shares then outstanding nor a failure of Dealer to advise Counterparty with respect to any applicable limitations shall be deemed a default hereunder and notwithstanding such failure the remainder of this Section 10 shall continue to apply. For the avoidance of doubt, any delivery of Shares made by Counterparty to Dealer that Dealer was not entitled to receive under the terms of this Section 10 shall not be deemed to satisfy any of the delivery obligations of Counterparty hereunder and Dealer shall promptly return such Shares to Counterparty, pending which Dealer shall be deemed to hold any such Shares solely as custodian for the benefit of Counterparty.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Equity Distribution Agreement (First Industrial Lp)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the ISDA Agreement or any this Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer Bank be entitled to receivereceive (or be obligated to deliver), or shall be deemed to receive, any Shares to the extent thatif, upon such receipt of such SharesShares by Bank, (i) the Equity Percentage would be equal to or greater than 4.9% or (ii) the Share Amount would exceed the Applicable Share Limit (if any applies). The beneficial ownershipEquity Percentage” as of any day is the fraction (A) the numerator of which is the number of Shares that Bank, its affiliates and each other person subject to aggregation of Shares with Bank under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder would directly or indirectly “beneficially own” (within the meaning of Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the outstanding. The beneficial ownershipShare Amounttest under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” as of any day is the number of Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the Charter or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or that Bank and any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group Bank (Dealer, Dealer Group Bank or any such person, a “Dealer Bank Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking lawslaw, or any federalrule, state or local lawsregulation, regulations or regulatory orders order or organizational documents or contracts of CounterpartyCounterparty that are, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would ownowns, beneficially ownowns, constructively ownowns, controlcontrols, hold holds the power to vote or otherwise meet meets a relevant definition of ownership under any Applicable Restriction, as determined by Bank in excess of its reasonable discretion. The “Applicable Share Limit” means a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum minimum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would could give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state from any person or federal regulatorentity) of a Dealer Person Bank Person, or could result in an adverse effect on a Bank Person, under any Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a partyRestriction, as determined by Bank in each case its reasonable discretion, minus (y) 11.0% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”)outstanding. If any delivery owed 18to Bank hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Clearance System Business Day after, Bank gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in the Equity Percentage exceeding 4.9% or the Share Amount exceeding the Applicable Limit (if any applies), as the case may be.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: DDR Corp

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or any Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act Act) and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.5% [4.5]% of the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 Article VII of the Charter (an “Excess Charter Ownership Position”) or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in 2 Disclosure statement to be customized for dealer. part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of [4.5]% of the outstanding Shares and (y) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Equity Distribution Agreement (Broadstone Net Lease, Inc.)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or any Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the Charter or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of 4.5% of the outstanding Shares and (y) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Physicians Realty Trust

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything shall be determined, and a Person shall be the BENEFICIAL OWNER of all securities which such Person is deemed to own beneficially, pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the contrary in General Rules and Regulations under the Agreement Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or any Confirmationsuccessor rule or statutory provision), or, if such Rule 13d-3 shall be rescinded and there shall be no successor rule or statutory provision thereto, pursuant to such Rule 13d-3 as in effect on the date hereof; provided, however, that a Person shall, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receiveany event, or also be deemed to receivebe the Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares: (A) of which such Person or any of its Affiliates or Associates is, Shares to directly or indirectly, the extent that, upon Beneficial Owner; or (B) of which such receipt Person or any of such Shares, its Affiliates or Associates has (i) the “beneficial ownership” right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, and (ii) sole or shared voting or investment power with respect thereto pursuant to any agreement, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise (but shall not be deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares solely by reason of a revocable proxy granted for a particular meeting of stockholders, pursuant to a public solicitation of proxies for such meeting, with respect to shares of which neither such Person nor any such Affiliate or Associate is otherwise deemed the Beneficial Owner), or (C) of which another Person is, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner if such first mentioned Person or any of its Affiliates or Associates acts with such other Person as a partnership, syndicate or other group pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any shares of capital stock of the Company; and provided further, however, that (i) no director or officer of the Company, nor any Associate or Affiliate of any such director or officer, shall, solely by reason of any or all of such directors and officers acting in their capacities as such, be deemed for any purpose hereof, to be the Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares of which any other such director or officer (or any Associate or Affiliate thereof) is the Beneficial Owner and (ii) no trustee of an employee stock ownership or similar plan of the Company or any Subsidiary ("Employee Plan Trustee") or any Associate or Affiliate of any such Trustee, shall, solely by reason of being an Employee Plan Trustee or Associate or Affiliate of an Employee Plan Trustee, be deemed for any purposes hereof to be the Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares held by or under any such plan. (c) A CHANGE IN CONTROL: shall be deemed to have occurred if (A) any Person (other than (a) the Company or any subsidiary or (b) any pension, profit sharing, employee stock ownership or other employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary or any trustee of or fiduciary with respect to any such plan when acting in such capacity, is or becomes, after the date of this Agreement, the Beneficial Owners of 30% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Shares, (B) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Company and any new director whose election or appointment by the Board of Directors or nomination or recommendation for election by the Company's stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, or (C) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the Voting Shares of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into Voting Shares of the surviving entity) at least 60% of the total voting power represented by the Voting Shares of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding, or the stockholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets. (d) CLAIM: means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration or proceeding, or any inquiry or investigation, whether brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise, that Indemnitee in good faith reasonably believes might lead to the institution of any such action, suit, arbitration or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other, or any appeal therefrom. (e) EQUITY SECURITY: shall have the meaning given to such term under Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on the date hereof. (f) D&O INSURANCE: means any valid directors' and officers' liability insurance policy maintained by the Company for the benefit of the Indemnitee, if any. (g) DETERMINATION: means a determination, and DETERMINED means a matter which has been determined based on the facts known at the time, by: (i) a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors, or (ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or, in the event there has been a Change in Control, by the Special Independent Counsel (in a written opinion) selected by Indemnitee as set forth in Section 6, or (iii) a majority of the disinterested stockholders of the Company, or (iv) a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction. (h) EXCLUDED CLAIM: means any payment for Losses or Expenses in connection with any Claim: (i) based or attributable to Indemnitee gaining in fact any personal profit or advantage to which Indemnitee is not entitled; or (ii) for the return by Indemnitee of any remuneration paid to Indemnitee without the previous approval of the Board or stockholders of the Company which, but for such approval, would be illegal; or (iii) for an accounting of profits in fact made from the purchase or sale by Indemnitee of securities of the Company within the meaning of Section 13 16 of the Securities Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer1934, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” as amended, or similar provisions of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the Charter state law; or (iiiiv) Dealerresulting from Indemnitee's knowingly fraudulent, Dealer Group dishonest or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer willful misconduct; or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (xv) the lesser payment of which by the Company is not permitted by applicable law. (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iiii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18

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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Jyra Research Inc)

Beneficial Ownership. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or any this Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.59.0 % of the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 7.2.1 of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement (as amended from time to time, the “Charter”) of CONE (“Excess Charter Position”) or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Group Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of CounterpartyCONE, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Group Person under Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty CONE or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty CONE is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) CONE’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and CONE shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, Dealer gives notice to CONE that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of 9.0% of the outstanding Shares, (y) the occurrence of an Excess Charter Position, and (z) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date CONE makes such delivery.

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Samples: Terms Agreement (CyrusOne Inc.)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or any this Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) violation Dealer’s ultimate parent entity would occur purchase, acquire or take (as such terms are used in respect the Federal Power Act) at any time on the relevant date in excess of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 7.5% of the Charter outstanding Shares (an “Excess FPA Ownership Position”) or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 Subchapters 25E, 25F, 25G or 25H of the Maryland General Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares Share that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of 4.5% of the outstanding Shares and (y) the occurrence of an Excess FPA Ownership Position or an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery.

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Samples: Exelon Corp

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything shall be determined, and a Person shall be the Beneficial Owner of all securities which such Person is deemed to own beneficially, pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the contrary in General Rules and Regulations under the Agreement Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or any Confirmationsuccessor rule or statutory provision), or, if such Rule 13d-3 shall be rescinded and there shall be no successor rule or statutory provision thereto, pursuant to such Rule 13d-3 as in effect on the date hereof; provided, however, that a Person shall, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receiveany event, or also be deemed to receivebe the Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares: (A) of which such Person or any of its Affiliates or Associates is, Shares to directly or indirectly, the extent that, upon Beneficial Owner; or (B) of which such receipt Person or any of such Shares, its Affiliates or Associates has (i) the “beneficial ownership” right to acquire (within whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the meaning passage of Section 13 time), pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, and (ii) sole or shared voting or investment power with respect thereto pursuant to any agreement, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise (but shall not be deemed to be the Exchange Act and Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares solely by reason of a revocable proxy granted for a particular meeting of stockholders, pursuant to a public solicitation of proxies for such meeting, with respect to shares of which neither such Person nor any such Affiliate or Associate is otherwise deemed the rules promulgated thereunderBeneficial Owner), or (C) of Shares by Dealerwhich another Person is, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner if such first mentioned Person or any of its affiliates’ business units subject Affiliates or Associates acts with such other Person as a partnership, syndicate or other group pursuant to aggregation with Dealer any agreement, arrangement or understanding for purposes the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any shares of capital stock of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 Company; and provided further, however, that (i) no director or officer of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” Company, nor any Associate or Affiliate of any such director or officer, shall, solely by reason of any or all of such directors and officers acting in their capacities as such, be deemed for any purpose hereof, to be the Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares of which any other such director or officer (collectively, “Dealer Group”or any Associate or Affiliate thereof) would be equal to or greater than 4.5% of is the outstanding Shares (an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), Beneficial Owner (ii) violation would occur in respect no trustee of an employee stock ownership or similar plan of the Company or any Subsidiary ("Employee Plan Trustee") or any Associate or Affiliate of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 such Trustee, shall, solely by reason of being an Employee Plan Trustee or Associate or Affiliate of an Employee Plan Trustee, be deemed for any purposes hereof to be the Charter Beneficial Owner of any Voting Shares held by or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or under any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable Restrictions”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18plan.

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Samples: Indemnification Agreement (Langer Inc)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement or any this Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (such condition, an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), (ii) violation Dealer’s ultimate parent entity would occur purchase, acquire or take (as such terms are used in respect the Federal Power Act) at any time on the relevant date in excess of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 7.5% of the Charter outstanding Shares (an “Excess FPA Ownership Position”) or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 Section 180.1140 and 3-701 to 3-710 Section 180.1141 of the Maryland General Wisconsin Business Corporation Law or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of 4.5% of the outstanding Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess FPA Ownership Position or an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery.

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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Alliant Energy Corp)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, or have the “right to acquire” (within the meaning of NYSE Rule 312.04(g)) Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), or deemed to form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than 4.5the lesser of (x) 9.0% of the outstanding Shares (such condition, an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), and (iiy) violation would occur in respect 4.9% of the outstanding Shares as of the Trade Date for any restriction Transaction, which shall be notified by Counterparty to Dealer on ownership and/or transfers the Trade Date and set forth in Section 6.2.1 the Supplemental Confirmation (such number of Shares, the Charter “Threshold Number of Shares” and such condition, the “Excess NYSE Ownership Position”) or (iiiii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 The General and 3-701 to 3-710 of the Maryland General Business Corporation Law of Missouri or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations (other than any filing under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, in each case, as in effect on the Trade Date) or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such number of Shares described in clause (ii), the “Threshold Regulatory Number of Shares” and such condition described in clause (iiiii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). The Threshold Regulatory Number of Shares shall be notified by Counterparty to Dealer on the Trade Date and set forth in the Supplemental Confirmation. If any delivery owed 18to Dealer under any Transaction is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of the lesser of (A) 9.0% of the outstanding Shares and (B) the Threshold Number of Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement of any Transaction, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation with respect to such Transaction corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery.

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Samples: Equity Distribution Sales Agreement (Ameren Corp)

Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement Agreement, this Master Confirmation or any Supplemental Confirmation, in no event shall Dealer be entitled to receive, or be deemed to receive, or have an “interest” in (within the meaning of Rule 312.04(e) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual) Shares to the extent that, upon such receipt of such Shares, (i) the “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) of Shares by Dealer, any of its affiliates’ business units subject to aggregation with Dealer for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act and all persons who may form a “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) with Dealer with respect to “beneficial ownership” of any Shares (collectively, “Dealer Group”) would be equal to or greater than the lesser of (x) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares (such condition, an “Excess Section 13 Ownership Position”), and (y) 4.9% of the outstanding Shares as of the Trade Date for any Transaction (such number of Shares, the “Threshold Number of Shares” and such condition, the “Excess NYSE Ownership Position”) or (ii) violation would occur in respect of any restriction on ownership and/or transfers set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the Charter or (iii) Dealer, Dealer Group or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of Dealer or Dealer Group (Dealer, Dealer Group or any such person, a “Dealer Person”) under Sections 3-601 to 3-605 and 3-701 to 3-710 Section 780 of the Maryland Michigan General Corporation Law Statute or any state or federal bank holding company or banking laws, or any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders or organizational documents or contracts of Counterparty, in each case, applicable to ownership of Shares (“Applicable RestrictionsLaws”), would own, beneficially own, constructively own, control, hold the power to vote or otherwise meet a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the lesser of (A) the maximum number of Shares that would be permitted under Applicable Restrictions Laws and (B) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a Dealer Person under Applicable Restrictions Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination (such condition described in clause (iiiii), an “Excess Regulatory Ownership Position”). If any delivery owed 18to Dealer under any Transaction is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, (i) Counterparty’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Counterparty shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Exchange Business Day after, Dealer gives notice to Counterparty that such delivery would not result in (x) Dealer Group directly or indirectly so beneficially owning in excess of the lesser of (A) 4.5% of the outstanding Shares and (B) the Threshold Number of Shares or (y) the occurrence of an Excess Regulatory Ownership Position and (ii) if such delivery relates to a Physical Settlement of any Transaction, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Dealer shall not be obligated to satisfy the portion of its payment obligation with respect to such Transaction corresponding to any Shares required to be so delivered until the date Counterparty makes such delivery.

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Samples: Equity Distribution Agreement (CMS Energy Corp)

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