Acquisition of Additional BlackRock Capital Stock. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) below Xxxxxxx Xxxxx covenants and agrees with BlackRock that it shall not, and shall not permit any of its Affiliates to, directly or indirectly, acquire, offer or propose to acquire or agree to acquire, whether by purchase, tender or exchange offer, through the acquisition of control of another Person (whether by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise), by joining a partnership, syndicate or other Group or otherwise, the Beneficial Ownership of any additional BlackRock Capital Stock, if after giving effect to such acquisition or action, it would Beneficially Own BlackRock Capital Stock representing more than its Voting Ownership Cap or Total Ownership Cap.
Acquisition of Additional BlackRock Capital Stock. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) below each Barclays Party covenants and agrees with BlackRock that it shall not, and shall not permit any of its Affiliates to, directly or indirectly, acquire, offer or propose to acquire or agree to acquire, whether by purchase, tender or exchange offer, through the acquisition of control of another Person (whether by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise), by joining a partnership, syndicate or other Group or otherwise, the Beneficial Ownership of any additional BlackRock Capital Stock, if after giving effect to such acquisition or action, the Barclays Parties would Beneficially Own BlackRock Capital Stock representing more than any of the Voting Ownership Cap, the Total Ownership Cap or, together with the Executive Officers and directors of the Barclays Parties and their Affiliates, the Class Ownership Cap or the Aggregate Ownership Cap; provided, that neither the Class Ownership Cap nor the Aggregate Ownership Cap permit the Barclays Parties and their Affiliates to exceed the Voting Ownership Cap or the Total Ownership Cap.
