Common use of Successor Securities Clause in Contracts

Successor Securities. The provisions of this Agreement pertaining to shares of Common Stock or Voting Stock shall apply equally to any additional shares of Common Stock authorized after the Effective Date and any shares of the Company, regardless of class, series, designation or par value, that are issued as a dividend on or in any other distribution in respect of, or as a result of a reclassification (including a change in par value) in respect of, shares of Common Stock or any other shares of Voting Stock or other shares of the Company which, as provided by this section, are considered as shares of Common Stock for purposes of this Agreement and shall also apply to any voting equity security (or, in the case of Article II, any equity security even if not voting) issued by any company that succeeds, by merger, consolidation, a share exchange, a reorganization of the Company or any similar transaction, to all or substantially all the business of the Company, or to the ownership thereof, if such security was issued in exchange for or otherwise as consideration for or in respect of shares of Common Stock (or other shares considered as shares of Common Stock, as provided by this Section) in connection with such succession transaction.