Common use of Priority of Dividends Clause in Contracts

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

Appears in 22 contracts

Samples: Letter Agreement, Securities Purchase Agreement, Securities Purchase Agreement

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Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the acquisition by Corporation solely for the Issuer purpose of market-making, stabilization or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for in the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any ordinary course of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodiansbusiness; and (iii) purchases by a broker- dealer subsidiary of the exchange or conversion Corporation of Junior Stock capital stock of the Corporation for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required resale pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to an offering by the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts Corporation of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on capital stock underwritten by such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.broker-dealer subsidiary;

Appears in 12 contracts

Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement, Securities Purchase Agreement, Securities Purchase Agreement

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to Section 3(c) below and the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoingforegoing and Section 3(c) below, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

Appears in 7 contracts

Samples: Letter Agreement, Letter Agreement, Letter Agreement

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid full dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock for the most recently completed Dividend Period have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

Appears in 6 contracts

Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement, Letter Agreement, Securities Purchase Agreement

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share unit of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock Interests or any other shares of Junior Stock Interests (other than dividends distributions payable solely in shares of either Common StockInterests or such Junior Interests, as applicable) or Parity StockInterests, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity StockInterests, and no Common StockInterests, Junior Stock Interests or Parity Stock Interests shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends distributions for all past Dividend Distribution Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Distribution Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends distributions on such amount), on all outstanding shares units of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares units of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock Interests or other Junior Stock Interests in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock Interests or Parity Stock Interests for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock Interests for or into other Junior Stock Interests or of Parity Stock Interests for or into other Parity Stock Interests (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior StockInterests, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common StockInterests and (iv) tax distributions on Junior Interests to the extent determined to be reasonably necessary by the Board of Managers. When dividends distributions are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Distribution Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Interests having dividend distribution payment dates different from the Dividend Distribution Payment Dates, on a dividend distribution payment date falling within a Dividend Distribution Period related to such Dividend Distribution Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity StockInterests, all dividends distributions declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock Interests and payable on such Dividend Distribution Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Interests having dividend distribution payment dates different from the Dividend Distribution Payment Dates, on a dividend distribution payment date falling within the Dividend Distribution Period related to such Dividend Distribution Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends distributions declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends distributions per share unit on the shares units of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends distributions on such amount) and all Parity Stock Interests payable on such Dividend Distribution Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Interests having dividend distribution payment dates different from the Dividend Distribution Payment Dates, on a dividend distribution payment date falling within the Dividend Distribution Period related to such Dividend Distribution Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors Managers or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Managers out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock Interests that bears bear cumulative dividendsdistributions, all accrued but unpaid dividendsdistributions) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors Managers or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Managers determines not to pay any dividend distribution or a full dividend distribution on a Dividend Distribution Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Distribution Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends distributions (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors Managers or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Managers may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock Interests and other Junior StockInterests, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdistributions.

Appears in 5 contracts

Samples: www.sec.gov, Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (Gmac LLC), Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (Gmac LLC)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share unit of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock Interests or any other shares of Junior Stock Interests (other than dividends distributions payable solely in shares of either Common StockInterests or such Junior Interests, as applicable) or Parity StockInterests, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity StockInterests, and no Common StockInterests, Junior Stock Interests or Parity Stock Interests shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends distributions for all past Dividend Distribution Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Distribution Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends distributions on such amount), on all outstanding shares units of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares units of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock Interests or other Junior Stock Interests in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock Interests or Parity Stock Interests for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock Interests for or into other Junior Stock Interests or of Parity Stock Interests for or into other Parity Stock Interests (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior StockInterests, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common StockInterests; and (iv) tax distributions on Junior Interests to the extent determined to be reasonably necessary by the Board of Managers. When dividends distributions are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Distribution Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Interests having dividend distribution payment dates different from the Dividend Distribution Payment Dates, on a dividend distribution payment date falling within a Dividend Distribution Period related to such Dividend Distribution Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity StockInterests, all dividends distributions declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock Interests and payable on such Dividend Distribution Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Interests having dividend distribution payment dates different from the Dividend Distribution Payment Dates, on a dividend distribution payment date falling within the Dividend Distribution Period related to such Dividend Distribution Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends distributions declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends distributions per share unit on the shares units of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends distributions on such amount) and all Parity Stock Interests payable on such Dividend Distribution Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Interests having dividend distribution payment dates different from the Dividend Distribution Payment Dates, on a dividend distribution payment date falling within the Dividend Distribution Period related to such Dividend Distribution Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors Managers or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Managers out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock Interests that bears bear cumulative dividendsdistributions, all accrued but unpaid dividendsdistributions) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors Managers or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Managers determines not to pay any dividend distribution or a full dividend distribution on a Dividend Distribution Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Distribution Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends distributions (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors Managers or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Managers may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock Interests and other Junior StockInterests, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdistributions.

Appears in 5 contracts

Samples: www.sec.gov, Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (Gmac LLC), Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (Gmac LLC)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series C Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than unless full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to aside, (i) redemptionsno dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; Stock, (ii) the acquisition no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer or any as a result of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock Stock, or the exchange or conversion of Parity one share of Junior Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or another share of Junior Stock, in each caseand other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), solely nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the extent required redemption of any such securities by the Corporation and (iii) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series C Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock except by conversion into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Junior Stock, during such dividend period. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series C Preferred Stock and all such any Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata on a proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then‑current Dividend Period per share on the Series C Preferred Stock, and accrued dividends, including any accumulation, on any Parity Stock, bear to each other. No interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment on shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided that may be in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in arrears. If the case board of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from directors of the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors Corporation or a any duly authorized committee of the Board board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee directors of the Board of Directors Corporation determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer Corporation will provide provide, or cause to be provided, written notice to the holders of Designated the Series C Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Datedate. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board board of Directors directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board board of Directors directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such paymenttherefor, and holders the shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Deposit Agreement (Huntington Bancshares Inc /Md/), Deposit Agreement (Huntington Bancshares Inc /Md/), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Chemical Financial Corp)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than unless full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to aside, (i) redemptionsno dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; Stock, (ii) the acquisition no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer or any as a result of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock Stock, or the exchange or conversion of Parity one share of Junior Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or another share of Junior Stock, in each caseand other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), solely nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the extent required redemption of any such securities by the Corporation and (iii) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series A Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock except by conversion into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Junior Stock, during such dividend period. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series A Preferred Stock and all such any Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata on a proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then-current Dividend Period per share on the Series A Preferred Stock, and accrued dividends, including any accumulations, on Parity Stock, bear to each other. No interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment on shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided that may be in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by arrears. If the Board of Directors or a any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer Corporation will provide provide, or cause to be provided, written notice to the holders of Designated the Series A Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Datedate. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such paymenttherefor, and holders the shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Taylor Capital Group Inc), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Mb Financial Inc /Md)

Priority of Dividends. The Series D will rank (i) senior to the Common Stock (as defined below) and any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock expressly stated to be junior to the Series D, (ii) junior to any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock expressly stated to be senior to the Series D (issued with the requisite consent of the Holders of the Series D, if required) and (iii) at least equally with each other class or series of Preferred Stock (as defined below) that the Corporation may issue with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock Series D remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be paid or declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries indirectly, during a Dividend Period, unless all accrued and unpaid dividends the full dividend for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have Series D has been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record dateaside). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptionsrepurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with (1) any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the administration benefit of any employee benefit plan one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants or (2) a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan; (ii) an exchange, redemption, reclassification or conversion of any class or series of Junior Stock, or any junior stock of a Subsidiary of the Corporation, for any class or series of Junior Stock; (iii) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock under the conversion or exchange provisions of Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (iv) any declaration of a dividend in connection with any stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to the plan; or (v) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equal or junior to that stock. In addition, the foregoing limitation shall not restrict the ability of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, to engage in any market-making transactions in Junior Stock in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stockbusiness. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a related Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock the Series D and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock the Series D and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the related Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Series D and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the related Dividend Period related Period) bear to such Dividend Payment Dateeach other. Subject to the foregoing, dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) (subject to their having been declared may be determined by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other Junior Stockstock ranking, as to dividends, equally with or junior to the Series D, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock the Series D shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Transaction Agreement (Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group Inc), Transaction Agreement (Morgan Stanley)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series I Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than unless full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series I Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to aside, (i) redemptionsno dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; Stock, (ii) the acquisition no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer or any as a result of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock Stock, or the exchange or conversion of Parity one share of Junior Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or another share of Junior Stock, in each caseand other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), solely nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the extent required redemption of any such securities by the Corporation and (iii) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series I Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock except by conversion into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Junior Stock, during such dividend period. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the shares of Series I Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series I Preferred Stock and all such any Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata on a proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then‑current Dividend Period per share on the shares of Designated Series I Preferred Stock (includingStock, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) aboveand accrued dividends, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Datesincluding any accumulation, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and includingany Parity Stock, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. No interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment on shares of Series I Preferred Stock that may be in arrears. If the Board of Directors or a any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer Corporation will provide provide, or cause to be provided, written notice to the holders of Designated the Series I Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Datedate. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such paymenttherefor, and holders the shares of Designated Series I Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Deposit Agreement (Huntington Bancshares Inc /Md/), Deposit Agreement (Huntington Bancshares Inc /Md/)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series [C] Preferred Stock remains outstandingremain outstanding during any Dividend Period, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on unless the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid full dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (includingor, if applicable as provided in Section 3(ano Series A Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock were outstanding during such Dividend Period, full dividends for the last four (4) above, dividends on such amount), consecutive completed Dividend Periods) on all outstanding shares of Designated Series [C] Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of aside), no dividend shall be declared or paid on any shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock) and no Junior Stock shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any indirectly (other than as a result of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock Stock, or the exchange or conversion of Parity one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock and other Parity Stock (with than through the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock). When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a the Dividend Period related relating to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the Series [C] Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated the Series [C] Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared per share shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Series [C] Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock otherwise payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) bear to each other (subject to their having been declared by applicable Delaware law restricting the Board declaration, payment or distribution of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors dividends out of funds or property legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendstherefor).

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Samples: Pledge Agreement (Metlife Inc), Pledge Agreement (American International Group Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common StockStock or in shares of the same series of the Junior Stock for which the dividend is being paid) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a3(c) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the acquisition by Corporation solely for the Issuer purpose of market-making, stabilization or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for in the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any ordinary course of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodiansbusiness; and (iii) purchases by a broker- dealer subsidiary of the exchange or conversion Corporation of Junior Stock capital stock of the Corporation for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required resale pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to an offering by the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts Corporation of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on capital stock underwritten by such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.broker-dealer subsidiary;

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Exchange Agreement, Exchange Agreement

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the ordinary course of its business; (iii) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; (iv) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (v) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iiivi) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. “Share Dilution Amount” means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding (determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and as measured from the date of the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements most recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Original Issue Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to employees and equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer Corporation will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Center Bancorp Inc), Letter Agreement (International Bancshares Corp)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstandingoutstanding and owned by the United States Department of the Treasury or its Affiliates, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock, Parity Stock or Parity Stock trust preferred securities issued by the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in shares of Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock; (iv) distributions by or other transactions solely among the Issuer and any wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer or solely among wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Issuer; (v) redemptions of securities held by the Issuer or any wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer; and (vi) for the avoidance of doubt, unpaid tax distributions on junior membership interests of GMAC LLC pursuant to Section 5.1(e) of the LLC Agreement and consistent with Section 4(b) of the Plan of Conversion. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend dividends or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Securities Purchase and Exchange Agreement (Gmac Inc.), Securities Purchase and Exchange Agreement

Priority of Dividends. The Series B will rank (i) senior to the Common Stock (as defined below) and any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock expressly stated to be junior to the Series B, (ii) junior to any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock expressly stated to be senior to the Series B (issued with the requisite consent of the Holders of the Series B, if required) and (iii) at least equally with each other class or series of Preferred Stock (as defined below) that the Corporation may issue with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock Series B remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be paid or declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries indirectly, during a Dividend Period, unless all accrued and unpaid dividends the full dividend for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have Series B has been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record dateaside). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptionsrepurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with (1) any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the administration benefit of any employee benefit plan one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants or (2) a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan; (ii) an exchange, redemption, reclassification or conversion of any class or series of Junior Stock, or any junior stock of a Subsidiary of the Corporation, for any class or series of Junior Stock; (iii) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock under the conversion or exchange provisions of Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (iv) any declaration of a dividend in connection with any stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to the plan; or (v) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equal or junior to that stock. In addition, the foregoing limitation shall not restrict the ability of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, to engage in any market-making transactions in Junior Stock in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stockbusiness. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a related Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock the Series B and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock the Series B and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the related Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Series B and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the related Dividend Period related Period) bear to such Dividend Payment Dateeach other. Subject to the foregoing, dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) (subject to their having been declared may be determined by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other Junior Stockstock ranking, as to dividends, equally with or junior to the Series B, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock the Series B shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Morgan Stanley), Securities Purchase Agreement (Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So From and including the Second Dividend Payment Date, so long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common StockStock or in shares of the same series of the Junior Stock for which the dividend is being paid) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a3(c) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the acquisition by Corporation solely for the Issuer purpose of market-making, stabilization or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the ordinary course of its business; (iii) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the beneficial ownership Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; (iv) any other persons dividends or distributions of rights of Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (other than v) the Issuer acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.subsidiaries of

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Exchange Agreement (Citigroup Inc), Exchange Agreement (Citigroup Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock Series A remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution whatsoever shall be paid or declared or paid and no Distribution shall be made on the any class of Common Stock or any other shares future class of Junior Preferred Stock established hereafter by the Board of Directors (other than dividends Dividend Parity Stock or Dividend Senior Stock) (collectively, referred to as the “Dividend Junior Stock”), other than a dividend payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Dividend Junior Stock, and no Common Stock, shares of Dividend Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any indirectly (other than as a result of its subsidiaries a reclassification of junior stock for or into junior stock, or the exchange or conversion of one share of Dividend Junior Stock for or into another share of Dividend Junior Stock, and other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Dividend Junior Stock), unless (i) all cumulative accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), Preference Dividends on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series A have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (and the full dividend thereon for the then current Preference Dividend Period has been paid or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for payment and (ii) all prior redemption requirements with respect to Series A have been complied with; provided that the benefit Disinterested Directors’ Committee may declare or approve, and the Corporation may pay or make, a dividend or Distribution on any Dividend Junior Stock even if there are cumulative accrued and unpaid Preference Dividends that have not been paid in full or the full dividend for the then current Preference Dividend Period has not been paid or declared and set aside for payment, but only if (x) (1) such Distribution consists of the holders purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Corporation of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Dividend Junior Stock for cash, or into other Junior Stock (2) the Holders shall also participate in such dividend or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required Distribution pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to Section 4(b), and (y) the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid full Board of Directors has ratified (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from clause (1), by the Dividend Payment Datesaffirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the Board of Directors then in office, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of clause (2), by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors then in office) the Disinterested Directors’ Committee’s declaration or approval of such dividend or Distribution under clauses (1) or (2) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the declaration and payment of a dividend or making of any Distribution on any Dividend Junior Stock in which Holders shall participate pursuant to Section 4(b) in accordance with the foregoing proviso shall not obligate the Corporation to pay any Preference Dividends pursuant to Section 4(a). When Preference Dividends are not paid in full upon the shares of Series A and any future class of Preferred Stock established hereafter by the Board of Directors with the vote or written consent of a Majority In Interest, the terms of which expressly provide that such class ranks pari passu with the Series A as to rights to payment of dividends (collectively, referred to as the “Dividend Parity Stock”), all Preference Dividends declared upon shares of Series A and all dividends declared upon Dividend Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and but unpaid dividends Preference Dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Series A and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) dividends per share on all such Dividend Parity Stock bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoingforegoing and subject to Section 4(b), and not otherwise, the Corporation may pay such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined declared by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Dividend Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendstherefor.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Transaction Agreement (Garrett Motion Inc.), Transaction Agreement (Garrett Motion Inc.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Convertible Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, outstanding and subject to the immediately following paragraph in Company’s compliance with the case provisions of Parity StockSection 13, and no Common Stockunless as to a Dividend Payment Date, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid full cumulative dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Convertible Preferred Stock for all past Dividend Periods have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or and for the then current Dividend Period have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof of those dividends has been set aside aside, the Company will not, and will cause its subsidiaries not to, during the next succeeding Dividend Period that commences on such Dividend Payment Date, declare or pay any dividend on, set apart any sum for the benefit payment of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptionsdividends on, purchases make any distributions relating to, or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock redeem, purchase, acquire or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of make a liquidation payment relating to, any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for Stock, or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto. The foregoing restriction, however, will not apply to any stock dividends paid by the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Company with respect to Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with where the dividend stock is the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stockstock as that on which the dividend is being paid. For so long as any share of Convertible Preferred Stock remains outstanding, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When if dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) paid in full upon Designated the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and all such any Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, will be declared on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then-current Dividend Period per share on the shares of Designated Convertible Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, and accrued dividends on such amount) and all for the then-current Dividend Period per share of any Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of any such Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but accumulated and unpaid dividendsdividends for past Dividend Periods with respect to both the Convertible Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other property) otherwise, as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof, may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, Parity Stock from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall unless otherwise specifically provided, Holders will not be entitled to participate in any such those dividends.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investment Agreement (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co Inc), Investment Agreement (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated the Series C Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Stock or any other Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless unless, in each case, all accrued accumulated and unpaid dividends for all past preceding Dividend PeriodsPeriods have been declared and paid, including or a sufficient sum of cash has been set aside for the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on payment of such amount)dividends, on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series C Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date)Stock. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to to: (i) redemptionsany dividend or distribution payable in shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock, purchases together with cash in lieu of any fractional share; (ii) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan or other incentive plan, including any employment contract, including, without limitation, (x) purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan; provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the ordinary course Share Dilution Amount, (y) the forfeiture of business unvested shares of restricted stock or share withholdings or other surrender of shares to which the holder may otherwise be entitled upon exercise, delivery or vesting of equity awards (whether in payment of applicable taxes, the exercise price or otherwise), and consistent with past practice(z) the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares; (iiiii) purchases of fractional interests in shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such shares of other Junior Stock or any securities exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock; (iv) any dividends or distributions of rights or Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with a shareholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any shareholders’ rights plan; (v) repurchases of Common Stock or other Junior Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Common Stock or other Junior Stock existing prior to the preceding Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; (vi) the deemed purchase or acquisition of fractional interests in shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such shares or the security being converted or exchanged; (vii) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Common Stock or Parity other Junior Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons Persons (other than the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians, and the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares; and (iiiviii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock and the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares. When dividends on shares of the Series C Preferred Stock with respect to any previously completed Dividend Period (A) have not been declared and paid in full or (B) have been declared but a sum of cash sufficient for payment thereof has not been set aside for the benefit of the Holders thereof on the applicable Record Date, no dividends may be declared or paid on any Parity Stock unless dividends are declared on the shares of Series C Preferred Stock such that the respective amounts of such dividends declared on the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accumulated dividends and all declared and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock bear to each other; provided, however, that any unpaid dividends will continue to accumulate. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) purchases of fractional interests in shares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such shares of Parity Stock or any securities exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Parity Stock, (ii) the deemed purchase or acquisition of fractional interests in shares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such shares or the security being converted or exchanged, (iii) the acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other Persons (other than for the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians, and the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares and (iv) the exchange or conversion of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares the payment of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, cash in the case lieu of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Datefractional shares. Subject only to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors (or any duly an authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof) may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock Holders shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividends declared on securities other than the Series C Preferred Stock.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Deposit Agreement (CMS Energy Corp)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend whatever shall be paid or declared and no distribution shall be declared or paid made on the Common Stock or any Junior Stock, other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock, and no shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer or any as a result of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock Stock, or the exchange or conversion of Parity one share of Junior Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or another share of Junior Stock, and other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), unless (i) all accumulated dividends on all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock for all past Dividend Periods have been paid in each casefull and, solely to except as expressly provided in the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to next sentence, the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement full dividend on all such shares for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not then-current Dividend Period has been paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for payment and (ii) all prior redemption requirements with respect to the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series A Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having have been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Datecomplied with. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such paymenttherefor, and holders the shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend. Notwithstanding the foregoing, dividends may be declared and paid on the Common Stock on any date during the first Dividend Period without the dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock for such first Dividend Period having been paid or declared and set aside for payment, provided that the aggregate amount of all dividends paid on the Common Stock during such Dividend Period without paying or declaring and setting aside the dividend for the then-current Dividend Period, does not exceed the sum of (x) the net proceeds received by the Corporation from the sale of the Series A Preferred Stock and (y) the amount of distributions received in August 2007 from KMP and its subsidiary operating limited partnerships. When dividends are not paid in full upon the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock, all dividends declared upon shares of Series A Preferred Stock and all Parity Stock shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accumulated dividends per share on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock bear to each other.

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Samples: Knight Inc.

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains Series A Preference Shares remain outstanding, no unless the full dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on for the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest last completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have Series A Preference Shares and all outstanding Parity Shares has been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record dateaside). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to , (i) redemptionsno dividend shall be declared or paid on the Common Shares or any other Junior Shares or any Parity Shares (except in the case of the Parity Shares, purchases or on a pro rata basis with the Series A Preference Shares as described below), other acquisitions of shares of than a dividend payable solely in Common Stock Shares or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan Shares or (solely in the ordinary course case of business Parity Shares) other Parity Shares, as applicable, and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition no Common Shares or other Junior Shares or Parity Shares shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Company, directly or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer (A) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Shares for or any into other Junior Shares, or a reclassification of its subsidiaries)Parity Shares for or into other Parity Shares, including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of one Junior Stock Share for or into other another Junior Stock Share or the exchange or conversion of one Parity Stock Share for or into another Parity Share, (B) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of Junior Shares or (solely in the case of Parity Shares) other Parity Stock Shares, as applicable and (C) as required by or necessary to fulfill the terms of any employment contract, benefit plan or similar arrangement with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercisebenefit of one or more employees, settlement directors or exchange thereof for Common Stockconsultants). When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock on the Series A Preference Shares and any shares of Parity StockShares, all dividends declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof on Designated Preferred Stock the Series A Preference Shares and all such Parity Stock Shares and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared by the Board of Directors or such committee thereof pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidation preferences of the Series A Preference Shares and any Parity Shares so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and declared but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Series A Preference Share and all Parity Stock Shares payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Athene Holding LTD)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the ordinary course of its business; (iii) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of Capital Stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such Capital Stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; (iv) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (v) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons Persons (other than the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iiivi) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements obligations entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. "Share Dilution Amount" means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding (determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and as measured from the date of the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements most recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Original Issue Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to employees and equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction. Annex B-11 When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will Corporation shall provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Exchange Agreement (Independent Bank Corp /Mi/)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains Series C Preference Shares remain outstanding, no unless the full dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on for the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest last completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have Series C Preference Shares and all outstanding Parity Shares has been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record dateaside). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to , (i) redemptionsno dividend shall be declared or paid on the Common Shares or any other Junior Shares or any Parity Shares (except in the case of the Parity Shares, purchases or on a pro rata basis with the Series C Preference Shares as described below), other acquisitions of shares of than a dividend payable solely in Common Stock Shares or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan Shares or (solely in the ordinary course case of business Parity Shares) other Parity Shares, as applicable, and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition no Common Shares or other Junior Shares or Parity Shares shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Company, directly or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer (A) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Shares for or any into other Junior Shares, or a reclassification of its subsidiaries)Parity Shares for or into other Parity Shares, including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of one Junior Stock Share for or into other another Junior Stock Share or the exchange or conversion of one Parity Stock Share for or into another Parity Share, (B) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of Junior Shares or (solely in the case of Parity Shares) other Parity Stock Shares, as applicable and (C) as required by or necessary to fulfill the terms of any employment contract, benefit plan or similar arrangement with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercisebenefit of one or more employees, settlement directors or exchange thereof for Common Stockconsultants). When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock on the Series C Preference Shares and any shares of Parity StockShares, all dividends declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof on Designated Preferred Stock the Series C Preference Shares and all such Parity Stock Shares and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared by the Board of Directors or such committee thereof pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidation preferences of the Series C Preference Shares and any Parity Shares so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and declared but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Series C Preference Share and all Parity Stock Shares payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Athene Holding LTD)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series C Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than unless full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to aside, (i) redemptionsno dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; Stock, (ii) the acquisition no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer or any as a result of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock Stock, or the exchange or conversion of Parity one share of Junior Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or another share of Junior Stock, in each caseand other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), solely nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the extent required redemption of any such securities by the Corporation and (iii) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series C Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock except by conversion into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Junior Stock, during such dividend period. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series C Preferred Stock and all such any Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata on a proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then-current Dividend Period per share on the Series C Preferred Stock, and accrued dividends, including any accumulation, on any Parity Stock, bear to each other. No interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment on shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided that may be in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in arrears. If the case board of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from directors of the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors Corporation or a any duly authorized committee of the Board board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee directors of the Board of Directors Corporation determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer Corporation will provide provide, or cause to be provided, written notice to the holders of Designated the Series C Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Datedate. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board board of Directors directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board board of Directors directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such paymenttherefor, and holders the shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (TCF Financial Corp)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series C Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends a dividend payable solely in shares of Common Junior Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock), and no Common Stock, Stock or other Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any indirectly (other than as a result of its subsidiaries a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, or the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock and other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of Junior Stock) during a Dividend Period, unless all accrued and unpaid the full dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record dateaside). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date date the Series C Preferred is issued or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) in full upon Designated the Series C Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated the Series C Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock parity stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any the Committee (or another duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Directors) may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated the Series C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Customers Bancorp, Inc.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the acquisition by Corporation solely for the Issuer purpose of market-making, stabilization or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for in the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any ordinary course of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodiansbusiness; and (iii) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the exchange Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; (iv) any dividends or conversion distributions of rights or Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (in connection with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.stockholders’ -130-

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series C Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends or distributions payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stockor, subject to the immediately following paragraph Section 3(d), Parity Stock (other than dividends or distributions payable solely in the case shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock), and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periodsunless, including as of such date (the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount“Determination Date”), the full dividend on all outstanding shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock have for the Dividend Period in which such Determination Date falls has been or are is contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have has been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders Holders of shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock on as of the applicable record datenext Dividend Record Date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practicebusiness; (ii) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (iii) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons Persons (other than the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iiiiv) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date effective date of this Certificate of Designations or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Taylor Capital Group Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchase to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the ordinary course of business; (iii) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; (iv) any dividends or distributions of rights of Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (v) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iiivi) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into by the [Predecessor] prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. “Share Dilution Amount” means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding (determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and as measured from the date of the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements most recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Original Issue Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to employees and equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer Corporation will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Investment Agreement (Crescent Financial Corp)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains Series B Preference Shares remain outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than unless full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series B Preference Shares and any Parity Shares (including the Series A Preference Shares) payable on a Dividend Payment Date have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock aside), (1) no dividend shall be declared or paid on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation Common Shares or any other Junior Shares (other than a dividend payable solely in Common Shares or in other Junior Shares) during the following Dividend Period, and (2) no Common Shares or other Junior Shares shall not apply to be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Company, directly or indirectly (other than (i) redemptions, purchases as a result of a reclassification of Junior Shares for or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or into other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer Shares, or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of one Junior Stock Share for or into other another Junior Stock or Share, (ii) through the use of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of Junior Shares and (with iii) as permitted by the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, Bye-Laws in each case, solely to effect on the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to date of issuance of the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common StockSeries B Preference Shares). When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock the Series B Preference Shares and any shares of Parity StockShares, all dividends declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof on Designated Preferred Stock the Series B Preference Shares and all such Parity Stock Shares and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared by the Board of Directors or such committee of the Board of Directors pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidation preference of the Series B Preference Shares and any Parity Shares so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and declared but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Series B Preference Shares and all Parity Stock Shares payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Validus Holdings LTD)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series F Preferred Stock remains outstandingShares remain issued and outstanding for any Dividend Period, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on unless the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid full dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series F Preferred Stock Shares and any Parity Shares have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock aside), (1) no dividend shall be declared or paid on the applicable record dateCommon Shares or any other Junior Shares (other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Shares). The foregoing limitation , and (2) no Common Shares or other Junior Shares shall not apply to be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Company, directly or indirectly (other than (i) redemptions, purchases as a result of a reclassification of Junior Shares for or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or into other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer Shares, or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of one Junior Stock Share for or into other another Junior Stock or Share, and (ii) through the use of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of Junior StockShares, in each case, solely to case as permitted by the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to Bye-Laws in effect as of the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stockdate of this Certificate of Designations). When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the Series F Preferred Stock Shares and any shares of Parity StockShares, all dividends declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof on Designated the Series F Preferred Stock Shares and all such Parity Stock Shares and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared by the Board of Directors or such committee of the Board of Directors pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and declared but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Series F Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Shares and all Parity Stock Shares payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Arch Capital Group Ltd.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock Series A remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends a dividend payable solely in shares of Common Junior Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock), and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries indirectly during a Dividend Period, unless (x) all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a4(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series A have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series A on the applicable record date)) and (y) the Corporation shall have paid or shall contemporaneously pay in full any portion of the redemption price required to be paid by it pursuant to Section 6 that is unpaid at such time. The foregoing limitation provision shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of cashless exercises and similar actions under any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into practice prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common StockOriginal Issuance Date. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock the Series A and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock the Series A and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series A (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a4(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors (or any a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Directors) may be declared and paid on any securitiessecurities of the Corporation (other than Series A), including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock the Series A shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Registration Rights Agreement (Occidental Petroleum Corp /De/)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the acquisition by Corporation solely for the Issuer purpose of market-making, stabilization or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for in the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any ordinary course of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodiansbusiness; and (iii) purchases by a broker- dealer subsidiary of the exchange or conversion Corporation of Junior Stock capital stock of the Corporation for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required resale pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to an offering by the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts Corporation of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(aiv) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each otherany UST Seq. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment DateNo. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.381

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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Oak Ridge Financial Services, Inc.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated the Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Junior Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, any dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series A Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full in cash (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated the Series A Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) a dividend payable on any Junior Stock in shares of any other Junior Stock, or to the acquisition of shares of any Junior Stock in exchange for, or through application of the proceeds of the sale of, shares of any other Junior Stock; (ii) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice(including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan); provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (iiiii) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (iv) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iiiv) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount). “Share Dilution Amount” means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding (determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and as measured from the Original Issue Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or Junior Stockexercise of equity-based compensation to employees and equitably adjusted for any stock split, in each casestock dividend, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date reverse stock split, reclassification or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stocksimilar transaction. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any on shares of Parity the Series A Preferred Stock, all dividends declared on Designated the Series A Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated the Series A Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, any dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated the Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Warrant Agreement (General Motors Co)

Priority of Dividends. So During any Dividend Period, so long as any share of Designated Series E Preferred Stock remains outstanding, (i) no dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or paid made or set aside for payment on any Junior Securities (other than (1) a dividend payable solely in Junior Securities or (2) any dividend in connection with the Common Stock implementation of a shareholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any other rights under any such plan), (ii) no shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock Securities shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly (other than (1) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Securities for or into other Junior Securities, (2) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Securities for or into another share of Junior Securities, (3) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Securities, (4) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Securities in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants, (5) purchases of shares of Junior Securities pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Junior Securities existing prior to the preceding Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan, (6) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Securities pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged, (7) purchases or other acquisitions by any of the Corporation’s broker-dealer subsidiaries solely for the purpose of market making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Securities in the ordinary course of business, (8) purchases by any of the Corporation’s broker-dealer subsidiaries of the Corporation’s capital stock for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary, or (9) the acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends of record ownership in Junior Securities for all past Dividend Periodsthe beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than for the beneficial ownership by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the latest completed redemption of any such securities by the Corporation), and (iii) no shares of Parity Securities, if any, shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, during a Dividend Period (includingother than (1) pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series E Preferred Stock and such Parity Securities, if applicable any, (2) as provided a result of a reclassification of Parity Securities for or into other Parity Securities, (3) the exchange or conversion of Parity Securities for or into other Parity Securities or Junior Securities, (4) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Securities, (5) purchases of shares of Parity Securities pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Parity Securities existing prior to the preceding Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan, (6) the purchase of fractional interests in Section 3(ashares of Parity Securities pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged, (7) abovepurchases or other acquisitions by any of the Corporation’s broker-dealer subsidiaries solely for the purpose of market making, dividends on stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Parity Securities in the ordinary course of business, (8) purchases by any of the Corporation’s broker-dealer subsidiaries of the Corporation’s capital stock for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such amountcapital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary, or (9) the acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Parity Securities for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than for the beneficial ownership by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such securities by the Corporation) unless, in each case, the full dividends for the preceding Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Designated Series E Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside. Subject to the immediately succeeding paragraph of this Section 4(c), for so long as any share of Series E Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividends shall be declared or paid or set aside for the benefit of the holders of payment on any Parity Securities for any period unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Designated Series E Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, then-current Dividend Period have been paid in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (full or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set aside for all outstanding shares of Series E Preferred Stock. To the benefit of extent the holders thereof Corporation declares dividends on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series E Preferred Stock and on any Parity Securities but does not make full payment of such declared dividends, the Corporation shall allocate the dividend payments ratably among the Holders of the shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Series E Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) any Parity Securities then outstanding as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.follows:

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Wintrust Financial Corp)

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Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to Section 5(c) below and the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a5(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply , subject to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common StockSection 10 below. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series A Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Series A Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a5(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer Corporation will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Series A Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoingforegoing and Section 5(c) below, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Broadway Financial Corp \De\)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated the Series E Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Company or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series E Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated the Series E Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) a dividend payable on any Junior Stock in shares of any other Junior Stock, or to the acquisition of shares of any Junior Stock in exchange for, or through application of the proceeds of the sale of, shares of any other Junior Stock; (ii) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice; provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (iiiii) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (iv) the acquisition by the Issuer Company or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer Company or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iiiv) the conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock into Common Stock; (vi) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock (other than the Convertible Preferred Stock) for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Securities Exchange Agreement (American International Group Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series G Preferred Stock remains outstandingShares remain issued and outstanding for any Dividend Period, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on unless the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid full dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all issued and outstanding shares of Designated Series G Preferred Stock Shares and any Parity Shares have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock aside), (1) no dividend shall be declared or paid on the applicable record dateCommon Shares or any other Junior Shares (other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Shares). The foregoing limitation , and (2) no Common Shares or other Junior Shares shall not apply to be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Company, directly or indirectly (other than (i) redemptions, purchases as a result of a reclassification of Junior Shares for or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or into other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer Shares, or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of one Junior Stock Share for or into other another Junior Stock or Share, and (ii) through the use of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of Junior StockShares, in each case, solely to case as permitted by the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to Bye-Laws in effect as of the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stockdate of this Certificate of Designations). When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the Series G Preferred Stock Shares and any shares of Parity StockShares, all dividends declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof on Designated the Series G Preferred Stock Shares and all such Parity Stock Shares and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared by the Board of Directors or such committee of the Board of Directors pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and declared but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Series G Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Shares and all Parity Stock Shares payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Arch Capital Group Ltd.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock Series A remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable solely in Common Stock) or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends a dividend payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject Junior Stock that ranks junior to Series A as to the immediately following paragraph in distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the case of Parity StockCorporation), and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly (other than as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock (with the same ranking relative to the Series A as to the payment of dividends and as to the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of its subsidiaries the Corporation and with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount), or the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock (with the same ranking relative to the Series A as to the payment of dividends and as to the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation and with the same or lesser per share liquidation amount) or of one share of Parity Stock for or into another share of Parity Stock (with the same or lesser per share liquidation amount) or Junior Stock (with the same or lesser per share liquidation amount)) during a Dividend Period, unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) [4(a)] above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series A have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series A on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock the Series A and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock the Series A and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series A (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) [4(a)] above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors (or any a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Directors) may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock the Series A shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (General Electric Co)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to Section 3(c) below and the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer Corporation will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoingforegoing and Section 3(c) below, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Exchange Agreement

Priority of Dividends. The Corporation shall not declare or pay or set apart funds for the payment of dividends on any Parity Stock, if any, unless the Corporation has paid or set apart funds for the payment of dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock. So long as any share of Designated Series C Preferred Stock remains outstanding, (i) no dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or paid made or set aside for payment on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends a dividend payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity any dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such plan), (ii) no shares of Junior Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any indirectly (other than as a result of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends a reclassification of Junior Stock for all past Dividend Periods, including or into other Junior Stock; the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock; through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptionsJunior Stock; purchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other the Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants; purchases of shares of Junior Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Junior Stock existing prior to the preceding Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged; purchases or other acquisitions by any of our broker-dealer subsidiaries solely for the purpose of market making; stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practicebusiness; (ii) purchases by any of our broker-dealer subsidiaries of our capital stock for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; or the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its our subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than for the beneficial ownership by the Corporation or any of our subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians) nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such securities by the Corporation and (iii) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation (other than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series C Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock; as a result of a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock; the exchange or conversion of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock; through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Stock; purchases of shares of Parity Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Parity Stock existing prior to the preceding Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged; purchases or other acquisitions by any of our broker-dealer subsidiaries solely for the purpose of market making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Parity Stock in the ordinary course of business; purchases by any of our broker-dealer subsidiaries of our capital stock for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; or the acquisition by the Corporation or any of our subsidiaries of record ownership in Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than for the Issuer beneficial ownership by the Corporation or any of its our subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock), unless, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement full dividends for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not then-current Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock have been declared and paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) aside. When dividends are not paid in full upon Designated the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series C Preferred Stock and all such any Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, will be declared on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock (includingStock, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) aboveand accrued dividends, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Datesincluding any accumulations, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and includingany Parity Stock, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. No interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment on shares of Series C Preferred Stock that may be in arrears. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Corporation determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer Corporation will provide provide, or cause to be provided, written notice to the holders of Designated the Series C Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Datedate. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other property) otherwise), as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, or Parity Stock from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and the holders of Designated Series C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Northern Trust Corp)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains Series A Preference Shares remain outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than unless full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series A Preference Shares and any Parity Shares payable on a Dividend Payment Date have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock aside), (1) no dividend shall be declared or paid on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation Common Shares or any other Junior Shares (other than a dividend payable solely in Common Shares or in other Junior Shares) during the following Dividend Period, and (2) no Common Shares or other Junior Shares shall not apply to be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Company, directly or indirectly (other than (i) redemptions, purchases as a result of a reclassification of Junior Shares for or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or into other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer Shares, or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of one Junior Stock Share for or into other another Junior Stock or Share, (ii) through the use of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of Junior Shares and (with iii) as permitted by the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, Bye-Laws in each case, solely to effect on the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to date of issuance of the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common StockSeries A Preference Shares). When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock the Series A Preference Shares and any shares of Parity StockShares, all dividends declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof on Designated Preferred Stock the Series A Preference Shares and all such Parity Stock Shares and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared by the Board of Directors or such committee of the Board of Directors pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidation preference of the Series A Preference Shares and any Parity Shares so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and declared but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Series A Preference Shares and all Parity Stock Shares payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Validus Holdings LTD)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the acquisition by Corporation solely for the Issuer purpose of market-making, stabilization or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for in the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any ordinary course of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodiansbusiness; and (iii) purchases by a broker- dealer subsidiary of the exchange Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; (iv) any dividends or conversion distributions of rights or Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (in connection with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.stockholders’

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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Morgan Stanley)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series F Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends or distributions payable solely in shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock) or Parity Stockor, subject to the immediately following paragraph Section 3(d), Parity Stock (other than dividends or distributions payable solely in the case shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock), and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periodsunless, including as of such date (the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount“Determination Date”), the full dividend on all outstanding shares of Designated Series F Preferred Stock have for the Dividend Period in which such Determination Date falls has been or are is contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have has been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders Holders of shares of Designated Series F Preferred Stock on as of the applicable record datenext Dividend Record Date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practicebusiness; (ii) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (iii) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons Persons (other than the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iiiiv) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Read Carefully and Complete (Taylor Capital Group Inc)

Priority of Dividends. The Series C will rank (i) senior to the Common Stock (as defined below) and any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock expressly stated to be junior to the Series C, (ii) junior to any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock expressly stated to be senior to the Series C (issued with the requisite consent of the Holders of the Series C, if required) and (iii) at least equally with each other class or series of Preferred Stock (as defined below) that the Corporation may issue with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock Series C remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be paid or declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries indirectly, during a Dividend Period, unless all accrued and unpaid dividends the full dividend for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have Series C has been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record dateaside). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptionsrepurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with (1) any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the administration benefit of any employee benefit plan one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants or (2) a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan; (ii) an exchange, redemption, reclassification or conversion of any class or series of Junior Stock, or any junior stock of a Subsidiary of the Corporation, for any class or series of Junior Stock; (iii) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock under the conversion or exchange provisions of Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (iv) any declaration of a dividend in connection with any stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to the plan; or (v) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equal or junior to that stock. In addition, the foregoing limitation shall not restrict the ability of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, to engage in any market-making transactions in Junior Stock in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stockbusiness. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a related Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock the Series C and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock the Series C and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the related Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Series C and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the related Dividend Period related Period) bear to such Dividend Payment Dateeach other. Subject to the foregoing, dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) (subject to their having been declared may be determined by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other Junior Stockstock ranking, as to dividends, equally with or junior to the Series C, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock the Series C shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock Series A remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution whatsoever shall be paid or declared or paid and no Distribution shall be made on the any class of Common Stock or any other shares future class of Junior Preferred Stock established hereafter by the Board of Directors (other than dividends Dividend Parity Stock or Dividend Senior Stock) (collectively, referred to as the “Dividend Junior Stock”), other than a dividend payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Dividend Junior Stock, and no Common Stock, shares of Dividend Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any indirectly (other than as a result of its subsidiaries a reclassification of junior stock for or into junior stock, or the exchange or conversion of one share of Dividend Junior Stock for or into another share of Dividend Junior Stock, and other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Dividend Junior Stock), unless (i) all cumulative accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), Preference Dividends on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series A have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (and the full dividend thereon for the then current Preference Dividend Period has been paid or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business payment and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (all prior redemption requirements with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely respect to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common StockSeries A have been complied with. When dividends Preference Dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the shares of Series A and any future class of Preferred Stock and any established hereafter by the Board of Directors with the vote or written consent of a Majority In Interest, the terms of which expressly provide that such class ranks pari passu with the Series A as to rights to payment of dividends (collectively, referred to as the “Dividend Parity Stock”), all Preference Dividends declared upon shares of Parity Stock, Series A and all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such upon Dividend Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and but unpaid dividends Preference Dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Series A and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) dividends per share on all such Dividend Parity Stock bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoingforegoing and subject to Section 4(b), and not otherwise, the Corporation may pay such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined declared by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Dividend Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendstherefor.

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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (Garrett Motion Inc.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series [H] Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than unless full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series [H] Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to aside, (i) redemptionsno dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; Stock, (ii) the acquisition no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer or any as a result of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock Stock, or the exchange or conversion of Parity one share of Junior Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or another share of Junior Stock, in each caseand other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), solely nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the extent required redemption of any such securities by the Corporation and (iii) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series [H] Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock except by conversion into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Junior Stock, during such dividend period. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the shares of Series [H] Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series [H] Preferred Stock and all such any Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata on a proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then‑current Dividend Period per share on the shares of Designated Series [H] Preferred Stock (includingStock, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) aboveand accrued dividends, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Datesincluding any accumulation, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and includingany Parity Stock, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. No interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment on shares of Series [H] Preferred Stock that may be in arrears. If the Board of Directors or a any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer Corporation will provide provide, or cause to be provided, written notice to the holders of Designated the Series [H] Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Datedate. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such paymenttherefor, and holders the shares of Designated Series [H] Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend. 1 To reflect the last dividend payment date in respect of the 5.70% Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, no par value, of TCF Financial Corporation.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Huntington Bancshares Inc/Md)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series C Preferred Stock remains outstanding, (i) no dividend or other distribution shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on the Common Stock or any Junior Stock, other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock, (ii) no shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly (other than as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into Junior Stock, or the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, or other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of its subsidiaries unless all accrued any such securities by the Corporation and unpaid (iii) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series C Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock except by conversion into or exchange for Junior Stock, during a Dividend Period, unless, in each case, the full dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed then-current Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stockaside. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series C Preferred Stock and all such any Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata on a proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then-current Dividend Period per share on the shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock (includingStock, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative accrued dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) including any accumulations on Parity Stock, bear to each other. If the Board No interest will be payable in respect of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend payment on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Datethat may be in arrears. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such paymenttherefor, and holders the shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend.

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Samples: Shareholder Agreement (Banco Santander, S.A.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series [H] Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than unless full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series [H] Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to aside, (i) redemptionsno dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; Stock, (ii) the acquisition no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer or any as a result of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock Stock, or the exchange or conversion of Parity one share of Junior Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or another share of Junior Stock, in each caseand other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), solely nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the extent required redemption of any such securities by the Corporation and (iii) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series [H] Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock except by conversion into prior to or 1 To reflect the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement last dividend payment date in respect of the 5.70% Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, no par value, of TCF Financial Corporation. exchange for the accelerated exerciseJunior Stock, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stockduring such dividend period. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the shares of Series [H] Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series [H] Preferred Stock and all such any Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata on a proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then‑current Dividend Period per share on the shares of Designated Series [H] Preferred Stock (includingStock, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) aboveand accrued dividends, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Datesincluding any accumulation, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and includingany Parity Stock, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. No interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment on shares of Series [H] Preferred Stock that may be in arrears. If the Board of Directors or a any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer Corporation will provide provide, or cause to be provided, written notice to the holders of Designated the Series [H] Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Datedate. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such paymenttherefor, and holders the shares of Designated Series [H] Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (TCF Financial Corp)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock with respect to all prior Dividend Periods have been paid in full or declared and set aside for payment, (i) no dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or paid made or set aside for payment on the Common Stock or any other Junior Stock, (ii) no shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly (other than as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, or the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, and other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Junior Stock by the Corporation and (iii) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock, except by conversion into or exchange for Junior Stock. The foregoing limitations do not apply to purchases or acquisitions of the Corporation’s Junior Stock pursuant to any employee or director incentive or benefit plan or arrangement (including any employment, severance or consulting agreement) of the Corporation or any subsidiary of its subsidiaries the Corporation heretofore or hereafter adopted. Subject to the succeeding sentence, for so long as any shares of Preferred Stock remain outstanding, no dividends shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment on any Parity Stock for any period unless all accrued and unpaid full dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock with respect to all prior Dividend Period have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for aside. To the benefit extent the Corporation declares dividends on the Preferred Stock and on any Parity Stock but cannot make full payment of such declared dividends, the Corporation will allocate the dividend payments on a pro rata basis among the holders of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and the holders of any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in then outstanding. For purposes of calculating the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that allocation of partial dividend payments, the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear Corporation will allocate dividend payments based on the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share between the then-current dividend payments due on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided and the aggregate of the current and accrued dividends due on the outstanding Parity Stock. No interest will be payable in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case respect of Parity Stock having any dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board shares of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Preferred Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Datemay be in arrears. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such paymenttherefor, and holders the shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend.

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Samples: Purchase Agreement (Flagstar Bancorp Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series C Preferred Stock remains outstanding, (i) no dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment, and no distribution shall be declared or paid made or set aside for payment, on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (Stock, other than dividends a dividend payable solely in shares of Common Junior Stock; (ii) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case no shares of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer or any as a result of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock Stock, or the exchange or conversion of Parity one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, and other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Junior Stock by the Corporation; and (iii) except as set forth in the succeeding sentence, no shares of Parity Stock (with shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the same Corporation, directly or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) indirectly, other than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series C Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock, except by conversion into or exchange for Junior Stock, in each case, solely unless all accrued Mandatory Cash Dividends on all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock have been paid in full. The foregoing limitations do not apply to (A) purchases or acquisitions of the Corporation’s Junior Stock pursuant to any employee or director incentive or benefit plan or arrangement (including any employment, severance or consulting agreement) of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation heretofore or hereafter adopted, or (B) any mandatory redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior Certificate of Designations for the Series A Preferred Stock. Subject to the Signing Date succeeding sentence, for so long as any shares of Series C Preferred Stock remain outstanding, no dividends shall be declared or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement paid or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for payment on any Parity Stock for any period unless all accrued Mandatory Cash Dividends on all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock have been paid in full. To the benefit extent the Corporation cannot make full payment of the holders thereof any Mandatory Cash Dividends on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series C Preferred Stock and any cash dividends on any Parity Stock, the Corporation will allocate the dividend payments on a pro rata basis among the holders of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and the holders of any Parity Stock then outstanding. For purposes of calculating the pro rata allocation of partial dividend payments, the Corporation will allocate dividend payments based on the ratio between the total Mandatory Cash Dividend payments then due on the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock and the total cash dividend payments then due on the outstanding shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such paymenttherefor, and holders the shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend.

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Samples: Term Loan Agreement (Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares class or series of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Stock or any other Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued accumulated and unpaid dividends for all past preceding Dividend PeriodsPeriods have been declared and paid upon, including or a sufficient sum of cash or number of shares of Common Stock has been set apart for the latest completed Dividend Period (includingpayment of such dividends upon, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date)Stock. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptionsany dividend or distribution payable in shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock; (ii) purchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan or other incentive plan, including any employment contract, in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice(including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan); (ii) provided that any purchases to offset the acquisition by Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodiansShare Dilution Amount; and (iii) the exchange any dividends or conversion distributions of Junior rights in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (iv) purchases of Common Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to a contractually binding contractual agreements entered into requirement to buy Common Stock or other Junior Stock existing prior to the Signing Date preceding Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; (v) the deemed purchase or any subsequent agreement for acquisition of fractional interests in shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock pursuant to the accelerated exercise, settlement conversion or exchange thereof for Common Stockprovisions of such shares or the security being converted or exchanged; or (vi) purchases, redemptions or acquisitions deemed to occur as a result of the Merger. When dividends are on shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (A) have not paid (or been declared and paid in full on any Dividend Payment Date or (B) have been declared but a sum of cash or number of shares of Common Stock sufficient for payment thereof has not been set aside for the benefit of the holders Holders thereof on the applicable record date) Record Date, no dividends may be declared or paid on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from unless dividends are declared on the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued accumulated dividends and all declared and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on and such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not ; provided that any unpaid dividends will continue to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Dateaccumulate. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors (or any duly an authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof) may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock Holders shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Crown Castle International Corp)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains Series B Preference Shares remain outstanding, no unless the full dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on for the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest last completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have Series B Preference Shares and all outstanding Parity Shares has been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record dateaside). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to , (i) redemptionsno dividend shall be declared or paid on the Common Shares or any other Junior Shares or any Parity Shares (except in the case of the Parity Shares, purchases or on a pro rata basis with the Series B Preference Shares as described below), other acquisitions of shares of than a dividend payable solely in Common Stock Shares or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan Shares or (solely in the ordinary course case of business Parity Shares) other Parity Shares, as applicable, and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition no Common Shares or other Junior Shares or Parity Shares shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Company, directly or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer (A) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Shares for or any into other Junior Shares, or a reclassification of its subsidiaries)Parity Shares for or into other Parity Shares, including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of one Junior Stock Share for or into other another Junior Stock Share or the exchange or conversion of one Parity Stock Share for or into another Parity Share, (B) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of Junior Shares or (solely in the case of Parity Shares) other Parity Stock Shares, as applicable and (C) as required by or necessary to fulfill the terms of any employment contract, benefit plan or similar arrangement with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercisebenefit of one or more employees, settlement directors or exchange thereof for Common Stockconsultants). When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock on the Series B Preference Shares and any shares of Parity StockShares, all dividends declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof on Designated Preferred Stock the Series B Preference Shares and all such Parity Stock Shares and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared by the Board of Directors or such committee thereof pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidation preferences of the Series B Preference Shares and any Parity Shares so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and declared but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Series B Preference Share and all Parity Stock Shares payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Athene Holding LTD)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock Series T remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends a dividend payable solely in shares of Common Junior Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock), and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer or any as a result of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, or the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock or of one share of Parity Stock for or into another share of Parity Stock (with the same or lesser per share liquidation amount) or Junior Stock) during a Dividend Period, unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in each caseSection 4(a) above, solely dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Series T have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Series T on the applicable record date). The foregoing provision shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into cashless exercises and similar actions under any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice prior to the Signing Date Original Issuance Date; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the ordinary course of its business; (iii) in connection with the issuance of Junior Stock or Parity Stock, ordinary sale and repurchase transactions to facilitate the distribution of such Junior Stock or Parity Stock; and (iv) the acquisition by the Corporation or any subsequent agreement of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the accelerated exercisebeneficial ownership of, settlement and at the ultimate cost of, any other persons (other than the Corporation or exchange thereof for Common Stockany of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock the Series T and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock the Series T and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series T (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a4(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors (or any a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Directors) may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock the Series T shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Bank of America Corp /De/)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated the Series D Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series D Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated the Series D Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the ordinary course of its business; (iii) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; (iv) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (v) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iiivi) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Closing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. “Share Dilution Amount” means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding (determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and as measured from the date of the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements most recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Closing Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to employees and equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the Series D Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated the Series D Preferred Stock and and/or all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated the Series D Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated the Series D Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Share Exchange Agreement (United Community Banks Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock, any other share of Junior Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, other Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, unless on the date of such declaration, payment, purchase, redemption or other acquisition for consideration (i) all Past Due Dividends, and accrued and unpaid dividends Additional Dividends thereon to the date of payment of such Past Due Dividends, for all past prior Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock, shall have been declared and paid in full and (ii) an amount equal to the full Regular Quarterly Dividend for all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period shall have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or declared and such amount shall have been declared and a sum sufficient deposited by the Corporation in trust for the payment thereof has been set aside for the pro rata benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock on the applicable record datedate therefor with an Eligible Institution). The foregoing limitation sentence shall not apply to (i) redemptionsprohibit purchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with cashless exercises of options and similar actions under any equity incentive plan (including any stock option plan) of the administration Corporation adopted by the Board of any employee benefit plan Directors, in each case, in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsbusiness.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Kraft Foods Group, Inc.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as Irrespective of whether the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof declares a dividend for any share Dividend Period, in the event that dividends payable on shares of the Designated Preferred Stock remains outstandingwith respect to such Dividend Period (the “Dividend Amount”) have not been paid in full on any Dividend Payment Date, no dividend then the Issuer shall not redeem, purchase or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall beotherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, purchasedany Junior Stock or Parity Stock, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by nor shall the Issuer pay any dividends or make any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past distributions to any Junior Stock until such time as the Issuer has paid the full Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Amount with respect to a subsequent Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date)Period. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to to: (i) a dividend payable on any Junior Stock in shares of Junior Stock, or to the acquisition of shares of any Junior Stock in exchange for, or through application of the proceeds of the sale of, shares of any Junior Stock; (ii) purchases of fractional interests in shares of any Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such shares of Junior Stock or any securities exchangeable for or convertible into such shares of Junior Stock; (iii) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business business, including, without limitation, the forfeiture of unvested shares of restricted stock or share withholdings upon exercise, delivery or vesting of equity awards granted to officers, directors and consistent with past practiceemployees; (iiiv) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (v) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries Subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiariesSubsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iiivi) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock; and (vii) for the avoidance of doubt, in each case, solely to the extent required unpaid tax distributions on junior membership interests of GMAC LLC pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit Section 5.1(e) of the holders thereof on LLC Agreement and consistent with Section 4(b) of the applicable record date) Plan of Conversion. In the event the Dividend Amount has not been paid in full on any Dividend Payment Date (orDate, in the case of no dividends may be declared or paid on any Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from unless (i) such dividends are payable solely in shares of Junior Stock or (ii) dividends are declared on the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared on the Designated Preferred Stock and each such other class or series of Parity Stock shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of the Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on and such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case class or series of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividendsfunds) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Ally Financial Inc.

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