COMPANY REPURCHASE RIGHTS; DISPOSITION OBLIGATION. In the event that any acquisition of Voting Securities by the Investor Group should cause the Investor Group Interest to exceed the Maximum Interest: (a) The Company or its designee shall have the right, but shall not be required, to purchase from the Investor Group, and the Investor Group shall have the obligation to sell, such number of Voting Securities owned by the Investor Group as is necessary to reduce the Investor Group Interest to the Maximum Interest. The exercise of such right by the Company shall require a Consenting Vote. Any Voting Securities purchased by the Company pursuant to this Section shall be purchased for cash at a price per share equal to the lowest of: (i) the average cost per share to the Investor Group of the Voting Securities being purchased (it being conclusively presumed that the Voting Securities last acquired which exceeded the Maximum Interest are the Voting Securities being purchased); (ii) the average of the closing price for the Company's Common Stock on a national stock exchange or automated quotation system for the ten (10) consecutive trading days preceding the date on which the Company or its designee gives written notice to Purchaser of its intent to exercise its option under this Section; or (iii) the closing price for the Company's Common Stock on a national stock exchange or automated quotation system on the last trading day preceding the date on which the Company or its designee gives written notice to Purchaser of its intent to exercise its option under this Section. This right is exercisable by the Company's delivery of written notice to Purchaser, within thirty (30) days after the Company first learns of such violation, specifying the number of Voting Securities to be purchased, the date on which said purchase shall occur (which date shall be not more than thirty (30) days after the date on which such notice was delivered to Purchaser) and the place designated for such transaction to take place. (b) The Company shall have the right, but shall not be required, to require the Investor Group, and the Investor Group shall have the obligation to sell or transfer as soon as practicable and in compliance with all applicable securities laws, such number of Voting Securities owned by the Investor Group as is necessary to reduce the Investor Group Interest to the Maximum Interest so as to not be in violation of Section 2.1(a). This right is exercisable by the Company's delivery of written notice to Purchaser, within thirty (30) days after the Company first learns of such violation. In the event the Company exercises such right, the sale or transfer of such number of Voting Securities owned by the Investor Group necessary to reduce the Investor Group Interest to the Maximum Interest shall be effected only in ordinary brokerage transactions, or in private block trades approved by Consenting Vote, provided, however, that (i) the selling member of the Investor Group shall inform the Company of such sale or transfer of Voting Securities, prior to effecting it, and (ii) Purchaser will use its reasonable efforts to effect or to cause the sale or transfer in a manner which will effect the broadest possible distribution with no sales or transfers to any one person or group within the meaning of the Exchange Act in excess of one percent (1%) of the then-outstanding Voting Securities. The exercise of such right by the Company shall require a Consenting Vote. The rights contained in this Section 2.3 shall not be deemed to be the exclusive remedies for acquisition of Voting Securities resulting in the Investor Group Interest exceeding the Maximum Interest in violation of Section 2.1(a), nor shall such right be deemed to prejudice, or to operate as a waiver of, any remedy contained in Section 6.1, or any other remedy to which the Company may be entitled at law or in equity.
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Samples: Stockholder Agreement (Ivillage Inc), Securities Purchase Agreement (Ivillage Inc), Securities Purchase Agreement (Ivillage Inc)
COMPANY REPURCHASE RIGHTS; DISPOSITION OBLIGATION. In the event that any acquisition of Voting Securities by the Investor Group should cause the Investor Group Interest Percentage to exceed the Maximum InterestThreshold Percentage:
(a) The Company or its designee shall have the right, but shall not be required, to purchase from the Investor Group, and the Investor Group shall have the obligation to sell, such number of Voting Securities owned by the Investor Group as is necessary to reduce the Investor Group Interest Percentage to the Maximum InterestThreshold Percentage. The exercise of such right by the Company shall require a Consenting Vote. Any Voting Securities purchased by the Company pursuant to this Section shall be purchased for cash at a price per share equal to the lowest of:
(i) the average cost per share to the Investor Group of the Voting Securities being purchased (it being conclusively presumed that the Voting Securities last acquired which exceeded the Maximum Interest Threshold Percentage are the Voting Securities being purchased);
(ii) the average of the closing price for the Company's Common Stock on a national stock exchange or automated quotation system for the ten (10) consecutive trading days preceding the date on which the Company or its designee gives written notice to Purchaser of its intent to exercise its option under this Section; or
(iii) the closing price for the Company's Common Stock on a national stock exchange or automated quotation system on the last trading day preceding the date on which the Company or its designee gives written notice to Purchaser of its intent to exercise its option under this Section. This right is exercisable by the Company's delivery of written notice to Purchaser, within thirty (30) days after the Company first learns of such violation, specifying the number of Voting Securities to be purchased, the date on which said purchase shall occur (which date shall be not more than thirty (30) days after the date on which such notice was delivered to Purchaser) and the place designated for such transaction to take place.
(b) The Company shall have the right, but shall not be required, to require the Investor Group, and the Investor Group shall have the obligation to sell or transfer as soon as practicable and in compliance with all applicable securities laws, such number of Voting Securities owned by the Investor Group as is necessary to reduce the Investor Group Interest Percentage to the Maximum Interest Threshold Percentage so as to not be in violation of Section 2.1(a). This right is exercisable by the Company's delivery of written notice to Purchaser, within thirty (30) days after the Company first learns of such violation. In the event the Company exercises such right, the sale or transfer of such number of Voting Securities owned by the Investor Group necessary to reduce the Investor Group Interest to the Maximum Interest shall be effected only in ordinary brokerage transactions, or in private block trades approved by Consenting Vote, provided, however, that (i) the selling member of the Investor Group shall inform the Company of such sale or transfer of Voting Securities, prior to effecting it, and (ii) Purchaser will use its reasonable efforts to effect or to cause the sale or transfer in a manner which will effect the broadest possible distribution with no sales or transfers to any one person or group within the meaning of the Exchange Act in excess of one percent (1%) of the then-outstanding Voting Securities. The exercise of such right by the Company shall require a Consenting Vote. The rights contained in this Section 2.3 shall not be deemed to be the exclusive remedies for acquisition of Voting Securities resulting in the Investor Group Interest exceeding the Maximum Interest in violation of Section 2.1(a), nor shall such right be deemed to prejudice, or to operate as a waiver of, any remedy contained in Section 6.1, or any other remedy to which the Company may be entitled at law or in equity.Investor
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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Hearst Communications Inc), Securities Purchase Agreement (Hearst Communications Inc)
COMPANY REPURCHASE RIGHTS; DISPOSITION OBLIGATION. In the event that any acquisition of Voting Securities by the Investor Group should cause the Investor Group Interest to exceed the Maximum Interest:
(a) The Company or its designee shall have the right, but shall not be required, to purchase from the Investor Group, and the Investor Group shall have the obligation to sell, such number of Voting Securities owned by the Investor Group as is necessary to reduce the Investor Group Interest to the Maximum Interest. The exercise of such right by the Company shall require a Consenting Vote. Any Voting Securities purchased by the Company pursuant to this Section shall be purchased for cash at a price per share equal to the lowest of:
(i) the average cost per share to the Investor Group of the Voting Securities being purchased (it being conclusively presumed that the Voting Securities last acquired which exceeded the Maximum Interest are the Voting Securities being purchased);
(ii) the average of the closing price for the Company's Common Stock on a national stock exchange or automated quotation system for the ten (10) consecutive trading days preceding the date on which the Company or its designee gives written notice to Purchaser of its intent to exercise its option under this Section; or
(iii) the closing price for the Company's Common Stock on a national stock exchange or automated quotation system on the last trading day preceding the date on which the Company or its designee gives written notice to Purchaser of its intent to exercise its option under this Section. This right is exercisable by the Company's delivery of written notice to Purchaser, within thirty (30) days after the Company first learns of such violation, specifying the number of Voting Securities to be purchased, the date on which said purchase shall occur (which date shall be not more than thirty (30) days after the date on which such notice was delivered to Purchaser) and the place designated for such transaction to take place.
(b) The Company shall have the right, but shall not be required, to require the Investor Group, and the Investor Group shall have the obligation to sell or transfer as soon as practicable and in compliance with all applicable securities laws, such number of Voting Securities owned by the Investor Group as is necessary to reduce the Investor Group Interest to the Maximum Interest so as to not be in violation of Section 2.1(a). This right is exercisable by the Company's delivery of written notice to Purchaser, within thirty (30) days after the Company first learns of such violation. In the event the Company exercises such right, the sale or transfer of such number of Voting Securities owned by the Investor Group necessary to reduce the Investor Group Interest to the Maximum Interest shall be effected only in ordinary brokerage transactions, or in private block trades approved by Consenting Vote, provided, however, that (i) the selling member of the Investor Group shall inform the Company of such sale or transfer of Voting Securities, prior to effecting it, and (ii) Purchaser will use its reasonable efforts to effect or to cause the sale or transfer in a manner which will effect the broadest possible distribution with no sales or transfers to any one person or group within the meaning of the Exchange Act in excess of one percent (1%) of the then-outstanding Voting Securities. The exercise of such right by the Company shall require a Consenting Vote. The rights contained in this Section 2.3 shall not be deemed to be the exclusive remedies for acquisition of Voting Securities resulting in the Investor Group Interest exceeding the Maximum Interest in violation of Section 2.1(a), nor shall such right be deemed to prejudice, or to operate as a waiver of, any remedy contained in Section 6.1, or any other remedy to which the Company may be entitled at law or in equity.its
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Samples: Stockholder Agreement (Hearst Communications Inc), Stockholder Agreement (Hearst Communications Inc)
COMPANY REPURCHASE RIGHTS; DISPOSITION OBLIGATION. In the event that any acquisition of Voting Securities by the Investor Group should cause the Investor Group Interest Percentage to exceed the Maximum InterestThreshold Percentage:
(a) The Company or its designee shall have the right, but shall not be required, to purchase from the Investor Group, and the Investor Group shall have the obligation to sell, such number of Voting Securities owned by the Investor Group as is necessary to reduce the Investor Group Interest Percentage to the Maximum InterestThreshold Percentage. The exercise of such right by the Company shall require a Consenting Vote. Any Voting Securities purchased by the Company pursuant to this Section shall be purchased for cash at a price per share equal to the lowest of:
(i) the average cost per share to the Investor Group of the Voting Securities being purchased (it being conclusively presumed that the Voting Securities last acquired which exceeded the Maximum Interest Threshold Percentage are the Voting Securities being purchased);
(ii) the average of the closing price for the Company's Common Stock on a national stock exchange or automated quotation system for the ten (10) consecutive trading days preceding the date on which the Company or its designee gives written notice to Purchaser of its intent to exercise its option under this Section; or
(iii) the closing price for the Company's Common Stock on a national stock exchange or automated quotation system on the last trading day preceding the date on which the Company or its designee gives written notice to Purchaser of its intent to exercise its option under this Section. This right is exercisable by the Company's delivery of written notice to Purchaser, within thirty (30) days after the Company first learns of such violation, specifying the number of Voting Securities to be purchased, the date on which said purchase shall occur (which date shall be not more than thirty (30) days after the date on which such notice was delivered to Purchaser) and the place designated for such transaction to take place.
(b) The Company shall have the right, but shall not be required, to require the Investor Group, and the Investor Group shall have the obligation to sell or transfer as soon as practicable and in compliance with all applicable securities laws, such number of Voting Securities owned by the Investor Group as is necessary to reduce the Investor Group Interest Percentage to the Maximum Interest Threshold Percentage so as to not be in violation of Section 2.1(a). This right is exercisable by the Company's delivery of written notice to Purchaser, within thirty (30) days after the Company first learns of such violation. In the event the Company exercises such right, the sale or transfer of such number of Voting Securities owned by the Investor Group necessary to reduce the Investor Group Interest Percentage to the Maximum Interest Threshold Percentage shall be effected only in ordinary brokerage transactions, or in private block trades approved by Consenting Vote, provided, however, that (i) the selling member of the Investor Group shall inform the Company of such sale or transfer of Voting Securities, prior to effecting it, and (ii) Purchaser will use its reasonable efforts to effect or to cause the sale or transfer in a manner which will effect the broadest possible distribution with no sales or transfers to any one person or group within the meaning of the Exchange Act in excess of one percent (1%) of the then-outstanding Voting Securities. The exercise of such right by the Company shall require a Consenting Vote. The rights contained in this Section 2.3 shall not be deemed to be the exclusive remedies for acquisition of Voting Securities resulting in the Investor Group Interest Percentage exceeding the Maximum Interest Threshold Percentage in violation of Section 2.1(a), nor shall such right be deemed to prejudice, or to operate as a waiver of, any remedy contained in Section 6.1, or any other remedy to which the Company may be entitled at law or in equity.
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