Common use of Avoidance of Control Clause in Contracts

Avoidance of Control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Transaction Documents, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary shall take any action (including any redemption, repurchase, or recapitalization of Common Stock, or securities or rights, options or warrants to purchase Common Stock, or securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible into or exchangeable into or exercisable for Common Stock in each case, where the Anchor Investors are not given the right to participate in such redemption, repurchase or recapitalization to the extent of the Anchor Investors’ pro rata proportion), that would cause any Anchor Investor’s or any other Person’s ownership of voting securities of the Company (together with the ownership by such Anchor Investor’s or other Person’s Affiliates (as such term is used under the BHC Act) of voting securities of the Company) to increase above 24.9%, without the prior written consent of such affected Anchor Investor, or to increase to an amount that would constitute “control” under the BHC Act, or otherwise cause any Anchor Investor to “control” the Company under and for purposes of the BHC Act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any Transaction Document, no Anchor Investor or any other Person (together with the Anchor Investors or Affiliates (as such term is used under the BHC ACT) shall have the ability to exercise any voting rights of any securities in excess of 24.9% of the total outstanding voting securities of the Company. In the event either the Company or any Anchor Investor breaches its obligations under this Section 3.6 or believes that it is reasonably likely to breach such an obligation, it shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and shall cooperate in good faith with such parties to modify ownership or make other arrangements or take any other action, in each case, as is necessary to cure or avoid such breach.

Appears in 5 contracts

Samples: Investment Agreement (DBD Cayman, Ltd.), Investment Agreement (Anchorage Advisors, LLC), Investment Agreement (Hampton Roads Bankshares Inc)

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Avoidance of Control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Transaction Documents, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary shall take any action (including any redemption, repurchase, or recapitalization of Common Stock, or securities or rights, options or warrants to purchase Common Stock, or securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible into or exchangeable into or exercisable for Common Stock in each case, where the Anchor Investors are not given the right to participate in such redemption, repurchase or recapitalization to the extent of the Anchor Investors’ pro rata proportion), that would cause any Anchor Investor’s or any other Person’s ownership of voting securities of the Company (together with the ownership by such Anchor Investor’s or other Person’s Affiliates (as such term is used under the BHC Act) of voting securities of the Company) to increase above 24.9%, without the prior written consent of such affected Anchor Investor, or to increase to an amount that would constitute “control” under the BHC Act, or otherwise cause any Anchor Investor to “control” the Company under and for purposes of the BHC Act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any Transaction Document, no Anchor Investor or any other Person (together with the Anchor Investors or Affiliates (as such term is used under the BHC ACTAct)) shall have the ability to exercise any voting rights of any securities in excess of 24.9% of the total outstanding voting securities of the Company. In the event either the Company or any Anchor Investor breaches its obligations under this Section 3.6 or believes that it is reasonably likely to breach such an obligation, it shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and shall cooperate in good faith with such parties to modify ownership or make other arrangements or take any other action, in each case, as is necessary to cure or avoid such breach.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investment Agreement (Hampton Roads Bankshares Inc), Investment Agreement (Hampton Roads Bankshares Inc)

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Avoidance of Control. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Transaction Documentsthis Agreement, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary shall take any action (including any redemption, repurchase, or recapitalization of Common Stock, or securities or rights, options or warrants to purchase Common Stock, or securities of any type whatsoever that are, or may become, convertible into or exchangeable into or exercisable for Common Stock in each case, where the Anchor Investors are Investor is not given the right to participate in such redemption, repurchase or recapitalization to the extent of the Anchor Investors’ Investor’s pro rata proportion), that would cause any Anchor the Investor’s or any other Person’s ownership of voting securities of the Company Voting Securities (together with the ownership by such Anchor the Investor’s or other Person’s Affiliates (as such term is used under the BHC Act) of voting securities of the CompanyVoting Securities) to increase above 24.9%, without the prior written consent of such affected Anchor Investor, or to increase to an amount that would constitute “control” under the BHC Act, or otherwise cause any Anchor the Investor to “control” the Company under and for purposes of the BHC Act. Notwithstanding anything ; provided, however, that the Company shall not be deemed to have violated this Section 3.3(a) if it has given the Investor the opportunity to participate in such redemption, repurchase or recapitalization to the contrary in this Agreement or any Transaction Document, no Anchor Investor or any other Person (together with the Anchor Investors or Affiliates (as such term is used under the BHC ACT) shall have the ability to exercise any voting rights of any securities in excess of 24.9% extent of the total outstanding voting securities of Investor’s pro rata proportion on the Company. same terms as the other participants in such redemption, repurchase or recapitalization and the Investor fails to so participate. (b) In the event either that the Company or any Anchor Investor breaches its obligations under this Section 3.6 3.3 or believes that it is reasonably likely to breach such an obligationobligations, it shall promptly notify the other parties hereto Investor as promptly as practicable and shall cooperate in good faith with such parties the Investor to modify any ownership or make other arrangements or take any other action, in each case, as is necessary to cure or avoid such breach.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Subscription Agreement (Central Pacific Financial Corp)

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