Common use of Automatic Conversion Upon Transfer Clause in Contracts

Automatic Conversion Upon Transfer. (1) Each share of High Vote Common Stock transferred, directly or indirectly, by one or more Parent Entities (or any Permitted Transferee) to one or more Persons other than a Permitted Transferee shall automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock upon such disposition, provided that no such conversion shall occur solely as a result of the pledge, hypothecation or other similar financing transaction of any High Vote Common Stock by a Parent Entity or any Permitted Transferee so long as the transferring Parent Entity or Permitted Transferee continues to have the sole and exclusive authority and right to vote the shares subject to such pledge, hypothecation or other financing transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any share of High Vote Common Stock transferred by a Parent Entity (or any Permitted Transferee) pursuant to the provisions of the preceding sentence shall, if such transfer is to any Person other than a Parent Entity or a Wholly Owned Affiliate of a Parent Entity, automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock (A) upon such transfer, unless the applicable Parent Entity obtains from such transferee a voting agreement and voting proxy, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Corporation and the other Parent Entity (if such other Parent Entity or its Wholly Owned Affiliates then holds any High Vote Stock), pursuant to which the transferee agrees to grant to the appropriate Parent Entity the right to vote all shares of High Vote Common Stock transferred to such Person, such vote to be at the sole discretion of the appropriate Parent Entity, (B) upon the termination of, or the occurrence of any event invalidating or modifying in any material respect the voting provisions contained in, any voting agreement or voting proxy entered into pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Clause (A), and (C) solely with respect to a transfer to an Employee of AOL, ODC and/or one or more Cisneros Family members, if (i) such transfer (1) witx xxxxxct to transfers by AOL and its Permitted Transferees, either individually or when aggregated with all prior transfers of Series F Preferred Stock and High Vote Stock to Employees of AOL, exceeds 20,371,667 shares (as such number shall be equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction, and assuming for purposes of such calculation that (x) all shares of Series F Preferred Stock so transferred are converted into High Vote Common Stock at the Series F Conversion Ratio and (y) all shares of High Vote Preferred Stock so transferred are converted into High Vote Common Stock at the applicable Conversion Ratio) and (2) with respect to transfers by ODC and its Permitted Transferees, either individually or when aggregated with all prior transfers of High Vote Stock to Employees of ODC and Cisneros Family members, exceeds 19,972,382 shares (as such number shall be equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction, and assuming for purposes of such calculation that all shares of High Vote Preferred Stock so transferred are converted into High Vote Common Stock at the applicable Conversion Ratio) or (ii) such person ceases to be an Employee of AOL or ODC, as the case may be. For purposes of the foregoing, AOL shall be the appropriate Parent Entity with respect to any transfers of Class B Common Stock and ODC shall be the appropriate Parent Entity with respect to any transfers of Class C Common Stock. A copy of every voting agreement and voting proxy entered into in accordance with the provisions hereof, and all amendments thereto or modifications thereof, must be filed with the Corporation promptly after its execution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (y) if any Permitted Transferee ceases to qualify as a Permitted Transferee at anytime following the transfer of the High Vote Common Stock, then each share of the High Vote Common Stock transferred to such Permitted Transferee shall automatically convert, at the time that the transferee ceases to so qualify, into one (1) fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock; and (z) no transfer of High Vote Common Stock may be made, and any such transfer shall not be deemed to be valid by the Corporation, if such transfer would, when combined with all other transfers of such High Vote Common Stock previously consummated, require the Corporation to register the Class B Common Stock and/or Class C Common Stock under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Determinations as to the occurrence of events listed in this Clause (b)(iii)(B) of Article FOURTH shall be made by a majority of the Board of Directors, subject to the provisions of Clause (c) of Article FIFTH regarding the approval of actions with stockholders."

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Samples: The Note Purchase Agreement (Aol Time Warner Inc)

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Automatic Conversion Upon Transfer. (1) Each share of High Vote Common Stock transferred, directly or indirectly, by one or more Parent Entities (or any Permitted Transferee) to one or more Persons other than a Permitted Transferee shall automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock upon such disposition, provided that no such conversion shall occur solely as a result of the pledge, hypothecation or other similar financing transaction of any High Vote Common Stock by a Parent Entity or any Permitted Transferee so long as the transferring Parent Entity or Permitted Transferee continues to have the sole and exclusive authority and right to vote the shares subject to such pledge, hypothecation or other financing transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any share of High Vote Common Stock transferred by a Parent Entity (or any Permitted Transferee) pursuant to the provisions of the preceding sentence shall, if such transfer is to any Person other than a Parent Entity or a Wholly Owned Affiliate of a Parent EntityEntity or a Majority Owned Subsidiary of such Wholly Owned Affiliate, automatically convert into one (1) fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock (A) upon such transfer, unless the applicable Parent Entity obtains from such transferee a voting agreement and voting proxy, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Corporation and the other Parent Entity (if such other Parent Entity or its Wholly Owned Affiliates or Majority Owned Subsidiaries of its Wholly Owned Affiliates then holds any High Vote Stock), pursuant to which the transferee agrees to grant to the appropriate Parent Entity the right to vote all shares of High Vote Common Stock transferred to such Person, such vote to be at the sole discretion of the appropriate Parent Entity, (B) upon the termination of, or the occurrence of any event invalidating or modifying in any material respect the voting provisions contained in, any voting agreement or voting proxy entered into pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Clause (A), and (C) solely with respect to a transfer to an Employee of AOL, ODC and/or one or more Cisneros Family members, if (i) such transfer (1) witx xxxxxct with respect to transfers by AOL and its Permitted Transferees, either individually or when aggregated with all prior transfers of Series F Preferred Stock and High Vote Stock to Employees of AOL, exceeds 20,371,667 shares (as such number shall be equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction, and assuming for purposes of such calculation that (x) all shares of Series F Preferred Stock so transferred are converted into High Vote Common Stock at the Series F Conversion Ratio and (y) all shares of High Vote Preferred Stock so transferred are converted into High Vote Common Stock at the applicable Conversion Ratio) and (2) with respect to transfers by ODC and its Permitted Transferees, either individually or when aggregated with all prior transfers of High Vote Stock to Employees of ODC and Cisneros Family members, exceeds 19,972,382 shares sxxxxx (as xs such number shall be equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction, and assuming for purposes of such calculation that all shares of High Vote Preferred Stock so transferred are converted into High Vote Common Stock at the applicable Conversion Ratio) or (ii) such person ceases to be an Employee of the transferring AOL or ODC, as the case may be. For purposes of the foregoing, AOL shall be the appropriate Parent Entity with respect to any transfers of Class B Common Stock and ODC shall be the appropriate Parent Entity with respect to any transfers of Class C Common Stock. A copy of every voting agreement and voting proxy entered into in accordance with the provisions hereof, and all amendments thereto or modifications thereof, must be filed with the Corporation promptly after its execution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (y) if any Permitted Transferee ceases to qualify as a Permitted Transferee at anytime following the transfer of the High Vote Common Stock, then each share of the High Vote Common Stock transferred to such Permitted Transferee shall automatically convert, at the time that the transferee ceases to so qualify, into one (1) fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock; and (z) no transfer of High Vote Common Stock may be made, and any such transfer shall not be deemed to be valid by the Corporation, if such transfer would, when combined with all other transfers of such High Vote Common Stock previously consummated, require the Corporation to register the Class B Common Stock and/or Class C Common Stock under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Determinations as to the occurrence of events listed in this Clause (b)(iii)(B) of Article FOURTH shall be made by a majority of the Board of Directors, subject to the provisions of Clause (c) of Article FIFTH regarding the approval of actions with stockholders."

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Samples: Voting Agreement (America Online Latin America Inc)

Automatic Conversion Upon Transfer. (1) Each share of High Vote Common Preferred Stock transferred, directly or indirectly, by one or more Parent Entities (or any Permitted Transferee) to one or more Persons other than a Permitted Transferee shall automatically upon such transfer convert into that number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of the High Vote Common Stock into which it is then convertible, at the then applicable Conversion Ratio, and each such share of High Vote Common Stock immediately and automatically thereafter shall convert into one (1) fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock upon such dispositionStock, provided that no such conversion shall occur solely as a result of the pledge, hypothecation or other similar financing transaction of any High Vote Common Preferred Stock by a Parent Entity or any Permitted Transferee so long as the transferring Parent Entity or Permitted Transferee continues to have the sole and exclusive authority and right to vote the shares subject to such pledge, hypothecation or other financing transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any share of High Vote Common Preferred Stock transferred by a Parent Entity (or any Permitted Transferee) pursuant to the provisions of the preceding sentence shall, if such transfer is to any Person other than a Parent Entity or a Wholly Owned Affiliate of a Parent Entity, automatically convert into that number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of the High Vote Common Stock into which it is then convertible at the then applicable Conversion Ratio, and each such share of High Vote Common Stock immediately and automatically thereafter shall convert into one (1) fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock (A) upon such transfer, unless the applicable Parent Entity obtains from such transferee a voting agreement and voting proxy, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Corporation and the other Parent Entity (if such other Parent Entity or its Wholly Owned Affiliates then holds any High Vote Stock), pursuant to which the transferee agrees to grant to the appropriate Parent Entity the right to vote all shares of High Vote Common Stock transferred Preferred Stocktransferred to such Person, such vote to be at the sole discretion of the appropriate Parent Entity, (B) upon the termination of, or the occurrence of any event invalidating or modifying in any material respect the voting provisions contained in, any voting agreement or voting proxy entered into pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Clause (A), and (C) solely with respect to a transfer to an Employee of AOL, ODC and/or one or more Cisneros Family members, if (i) such transfer (1) witx xxxxxct with xxxxxxx to transfers by AOL and its Permitted Transferees, either individually or when aggregated with all prior transfers of Series F Preferred Stock and High Vote Stock to Employees of AOL, exceeds 20,371,667 shares (as such number shall be equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction, and assuming for purposes of such calculation that (x) all shares of Series F Preferred Stock so transferred are converted into High Vote Common Stock at the Series F Conversion Ratio and (y) all shares of High Vote Preferred Stock so transferred are converted into High Vote Common Stock at the applicable Conversion Ratio) and (2) with respect to transfers by ODC and its Permitted Transferees, either individually or when aggregated with all prior transfers of High Vote Stock to Employees of ODC and Cisneros Family members, exceeds 19,972,382 shares (as such number shall be equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction, and assuming for purposes of such calculation that all shares of High Vote Preferred Stock so transferred are converted into High Vote Common Stock at the applicable Conversion Ratio) or (ii) such person ceases to be an Employee of AOL or ODC, as the case may be. For purposes of the foregoing, AOL shall be the appropriate Parent Entity with respect to any transfers of Class Series B Common Preferred Stock and ODC shall be the appropriate Parent Entity with respect to any transfers of Class Series C Common Preferred Stock. A copy of every voting agreement and voting proxy entered into in accordance with the provisions hereof, and all amendments thereto or modifications thereof, must be filed with the Corporation promptly after its executionthe execution thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (y) if any Permitted Transferee ceases to qualify as a Permitted Transferee at anytime following the transfer of the High Vote Common Preferred Stock, then each share of the High Vote Common Preferred Stock transferred to such Permitted Transferee shall automatically convert, at the time that the transferee ceases to so qualify, into that number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of the High Vote Common Stock into which it is then convertible at the then applicable Conversion Ratio, and each such share of High Vote Common Stock immediately and automatically thereafter shall convert into one (1) fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock; and (z) no transfer of High Vote Common Preferred Stock may be made, and any such transfer shall not be deemed to be valid by the Corporation, if such transfer would, when combined with all other transfers of such High Vote Common Preferred Stock previously consummated, require the Corporation to register any of the Class B Common Stock Securities and/or Class C Common Stock Securities under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Determinations as to the occurrence of events listed in this Clause (b)(iii)(Bc)(v)(A)(3) of Article FOURTH shall be made by a majority of the Board of Directors, subject to the provisions of Clause (c) of Article FIFTH regarding the approval of actions with stockholders. In addition, if any Person other than a Parent Entity, or Wholly Owned Affiliate of a Parent Entity, a Cisneros Family member or an Employee of ODC or AOL otherwise acquires any direct or indirect ownership interest in a share of High Vote Preferred Stock, such share of High Vote Preferred Stock automatically shall convert into that number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of the High Vote Common Stock into which it is then convertible at the then applicable Conversion Ratio, and each such share of High Vote Common Stock immediately and automatically thereafter shall convert into one (1) fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock, in any event, upon such Person acquiring such ownership interest; provided that no such conversion shall occur solely as a result of the pledge, hypothecation or other similar financing transaction of any High Vote Preferred Stock by a Parent Entity or any Permitted Transferee so long as the appropriate Parent Entity or Permitted Transferee continues to have the sole and exclusive authority and right to vote the shares subject to such pledge, hypothecation or other financing transaction. For purposes of the foregoing, AOL shall be the appropriate Parent Entity with respect to any pledges, hypothecations or other similar financing transactions with respect to any Series B Preferred Stock and ODC shall be the appropriate Parent Entity with respect to any pledges, hypothecations or other similar financing transactions with respect to any Series C Preferred Stock."

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Samples: The Note Purchase Agreement (Aol Time Warner Inc)

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Automatic Conversion Upon Transfer. (1) Each share of High Vote Common Preferred Stock transferred, directly or indirectly, by one or more Parent Entities (or any Permitted Transferee) to one or more Persons other than a Permitted Transferee shall automatically upon such transfer convert into that number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of the High Vote Common Stock into which it is then convertible, at the then applicable Conversion Ratio, and each such share of High Vote Common Stock immediately and automatically thereafter shall convert into one (1) fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock upon such dispositionStock, provided that no such conversion shall occur solely as a result of the pledge, hypothecation or other similar financing transaction of any High Vote Common Preferred Stock by a Parent Entity or any Permitted Transferee so long as the transferring Parent Entity or Permitted Transferee continues to have the sole and exclusive authority and right to vote the shares subject to such pledge, hypothecation or other financing transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any share of High Vote Common Preferred Stock transferred by a Parent Entity (or any Permitted Transferee) pursuant to the provisions of the preceding sentence shall, if such transfer is to any Person other than a Parent Entity or a Wholly Owned Affiliate of a Parent EntityEntity or a Majority Owned Subsidiary of such Wholly Owned Affiliate, automatically convert into that number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of the High Vote Common Stock into which it is then convertible at the then applicable Conversion Ratio, and each such share of High Vote Common Stock immediately and automatically thereafter shall convert into one (1) fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock (A) upon such transfer, unless the applicable Parent Entity obtains from such transferee a voting agreement and voting proxy, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Corporation and the other Parent Entity (if such other Parent Entity or its Wholly Owned Affiliates or Majority Owned Subsidiaries of its Wholly Owned Affiliates then holds any High Vote Stock), pursuant to which the transferee agrees to grant to the appropriate Parent Entity the right to vote all shares of High Vote Common Preferred Stock transferred to such Person, such vote to be at the sole discretion of the appropriate Parent Entity, (B) upon the termination of, or the occurrence of any event invalidating or modifying in any material respect the voting provisions contained in, any voting agreement or voting proxy entered into pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Clause (A), and (C) solely with respect to a transfer to an Employee of AOL, ODC and/or one or more Cisneros Family members, if (i) such transfer (10) witx xxxxxct xxxh respect to transfers by AOL and its Permitted Transferees, either individually or when aggregated with all prior transfers of Series F Preferred preferred Stock and High Vote Stock to Employees of AOL, exceeds 20,371,667 shares (as such number shall be equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction, and assuming for purposes of such calculation that (x) all shares of Series F Preferred Stock so transferred are converted into High Vote Common Stock at the Series F Conversion Ratio and (y) all shares of High Vote Preferred Stock so transferred are converted into High Vote Common Stock at the applicable Conversion Ratio) and (2) with respect to transfers by ODC and its Permitted Transferees, either individually or when aggregated with all prior transfers of High Vote Stock to Employees of ODC and Cisneros Family members, exceeds 19,972,382 shares sxxxxx (as xs such number shall be equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction, and assuming for purposes of such calculation that all shares of High Vote Preferred Stock so transferred are converted into High Vote Common Stock at the applicable Conversion Ratio) or (ii) such person ceases to be an Employee of AOL or ODC, as the case may be. For purposes of the foregoing, AOL shall be the appropriate Parent Entity with respect to any transfers of Class Series B Common Preferred Stock and ODC shall be the appropriate Parent Entity with respect to any transfers of Class Series C Common Preferred Stock. A copy of every voting agreement and voting proxy entered into in accordance with the provisions hereof, and all amendments thereto or modifications thereof, must be filed with the Corporation promptly after its executionthe execution thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (y) if any Permitted Transferee ceases to qualify as a Permitted Transferee at anytime following the transfer of the High Vote Common Preferred Stock, then each share of the High Vote Common Preferred Stock transferred to such Permitted Transferee shall automatically convert, at the time that the transferee ceases to so qualify, into that number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of the High Vote Common Stock into which it is then convertible at the then applicable Conversion Ratio, and each such share of High Vote Common Stock immediately and automatically thereafter shall convert into one (1) fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock; and (z) no transfer of High Vote Common Preferred Stock may be made, and any such transfer shall not be deemed to be valid by the Corporation, if such transfer would, when combined with all other transfers of such High Vote Common Preferred Stock previously consummated, require the Corporation to register any of the Class B Common Stock Securities and/or Class C Common Stock Securities under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Determinations as to the occurrence of events listed in this Clause (b)(iii)(Bc)(v)(A)(3) of Article FOURTH shall be made by a majority of the Board of Directors, subject to the provisions of Clause (c) of Article FIFTH regarding the approval of actions with stockholders. In addition, if any Person other than a Parent Entity or a Permitted Transferee otherwise acquires any direct or indirect ownership interest in a share of High Vote Preferred Stock, such share of High Vote Preferred Stock automatically shall convert into that number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of the High Vote Common Stock into which it is then convertible at the then applicable Conversion Ratio, and each such share of High Vote Common Stock immediately and automatically thereafter shall convert into one (1) fully paid and non-assessable share of Class A Common Stock, in any event, upon such Person acquiring such ownership interest; provided that no such conversion shall occur solely as a result of the pledge, hypothecation or other similar financing transaction of any High Vote Preferred Stock by a Parent Entity or any Permitted Transferee so long as the appropriate Parent Entity or Permitted Transferee continues to have the sole and exclusive authority and right to vote the shares subject to such pledge, hypothecation or other financing transaction. For purposes of the foregoing, AOL shall be the appropriate Parent Entity with respect to any pledges, hypothecations or other similar financing transactions with respect to any Series B Preferred Stock and ODC shall be the appropriate Parent Entity with respect to any pledges, hypothecations or other similar financing transactions with respect to any Series C Preferred Stock."

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Samples: Voting Agreement (America Online Latin America Inc)

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