Common use of Provisions in Case of a Change of Control Clause in Contracts

Provisions in Case of a Change of Control. In case of any “Change of Control”; that is: (i) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company to a non-affiliated third party; (ii) any merger or consolidation with a non-affiliated third party to which the Company is a party and as a result of which the holders of the voting securities of the Company immediately prior thereto own less than a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving entity immediately following such transaction; or (iii) any Person or group of Persons (as such term is used in Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) shall beneficially own (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) securities of the Company representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company then outstanding, then the Purchaser shall thereafter have the right to convert its shares of the Class B Stock into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger or disposition by the Purchaser of the number of shares of Common Stock that the Purchaser would have received had it converted its shares of Class B Stock immediately prior to such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger or disposition pursuant to Section 4(c)(i). For purposes of this section, “voting securities” shall mean securities, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to elect the corporate directors (or Persons performing similar functions). The foregoing provisions of this section shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, reclassifications, consolidations, mergers or dispositions.