Common use of Certificates and Transfer Clause in Contracts

Certificates and Transfer. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless the Board of Directors shall determine otherwise in respect of some or all of any or all classes of Shares, Shares shall not be evidenced by certificates. Certificates that are issued shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer or any Executive Vice President or Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company. No Certificate for a class of Shares shall be valid for any purpose until it has been countersigned by the Transfer Agent for such class of Shares; provided, however, that if the Board of Directors elects to cause the Company to issue Shares of such class in global form, the Certificate shall be valid upon receipt of a certificate from the Transfer Agent certifying that the Shares have been duly registered in accordance with the directions of the Company. The shares of the Company shall be entered in the books of the Company as they are issued and shall exhibit the holder’s name and number of shares. The shares of the Company shall be transferred on the books of the Company, which may be maintained by a third-party registrar or the Transfer Agent, by the holder thereof in person or by his attorney, upon surrender for cancellation of certificates for at least the same number of shares, with an assignment and power of transfer endorsed thereon or attached thereto, duly executed, with such proof of the authenticity of the signature as the Company or its agents may reasonably require or upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of uncertificated shares and upon compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form, at which time the Company shall issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto (if the Shares are then represented by certificates), cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.

Certificates and Transfer. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless the Board of Directors shall determine otherwise in respect of some or all of any or all classes of Shares, Shares shall not be evidenced by certificates. Certificates that are issued shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer or any Executive Vice President or Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company. No Certificate for a class or series of Shares shall be valid for any purpose until it has been countersigned by the Transfer Agent for such class or series of Shares; provided, however, that if the Board of Directors elects to cause the Company to issue Shares of such class or series in global form, the Certificate shall be valid upon receipt of a certificate from the Transfer Agent certifying that the Shares have been duly registered in accordance with the directions of the Company. The shares of the Company Shares shall be entered in the books of the Company as they are issued and shall exhibit the holder’s name and number of sharesShares. The shares of the Company Shares shall be transferred on the books of the Company, which may be maintained by a third-party registrar or the Transfer Agent, by the holder thereof in person or by his attorney, upon surrender for cancellation of certificates for at least the same number of shares, with an assignment and power of transfer endorsed thereon or attached thereto, duly executed, with such proof of the authenticity of the signature as the Company or its agents may reasonably require or upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of uncertificated shares Shares and upon compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares Shares in uncertificated form, at which time the Company shall issue a new certificate to the person Person entitled thereto (if the Shares are then represented by certificates), cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.

Certificates and Transfer. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless the Board of Directors shall determine otherwise in respect of some or all of any or all classes of Shares, Shares shall not be evidenced by certificates. Certificates that are issued shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer or any Executive Vice President or Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company. No Certificate for a class or series of Shares shall be valid for any purpose until it has been countersigned by the Transfer Agent for such class or series of Shares; provided, however, that if the Board of Directors elects to cause the Company to issue Shares of such class or series in global form, the Certificate shall be valid upon receipt of a certificate from the Transfer Agent certifying that the Shares have been duly registered in accordance with the directions of the Company. The shares of the Company Shares shall be entered in the books of the Company as they are issued and shall exhibit the holder’s name and number of sharesShares. The shares of the Company Shares shall be transferred Transferred on the books of the Company, which may be maintained by a third-party registrar or the Transfer Agent, by the holder thereof in person or by his attorney, upon surrender for cancellation of certificates for at least the same number of sharesShares, with an assignment and power of transfer Transfer endorsed thereon or attached thereto, duly executed, with such proof of the authenticity of the signature as the Company or its agents may reasonably require or upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of uncertificated shares Shares and upon compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares Transferring Shares in uncertificated form, at which time the Company shall issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto (if the Shares are then represented by certificates), cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.