Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding. (b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights. (c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share. (d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Westar Industries Inc), Rights Agreement (Westar Energy Inc /Ks)
Exchange. (a) The Company may, only if there are Disinterested Directors then in office and such action is authorized by the Board of Directors Directors, including at least a majority of the Corporation may, at its optionDisinterested Directors then in office, at any time on or after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personoccurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock or Preferred Stock (or any combination thereof) at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock or one one-hundredth of a share of Preferred Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock or one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock (or any combination thereof) equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchangeexchange in accordance with Section 26 hereof; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock or Preferred Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.
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Samples: Shareholder Rights Agreement (Perini Corp), Shareholder Rights Agreement (Perini Corp)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of Subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations, and subject to subsection 24(c) below, the Corporation Company may, at its option, by action of the Board of Directors, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personoccurrence of a Triggering Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give (i) prompt written notice to the Rights Agent of such exchange; and (ii) public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company shall promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares or Preferred Shares Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with Section 24(a), the Company shall either take such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights or alternatively, at the option of a majority of the Board of Directors, with respect to each Right (i) pay cash in an amount equal to the Current Value (as hereinafter defined), in lieu of issuing shares of Common Stock in exchange therefor, or (ii) issue debt or equity securities or a combination thereof, having a value equal to the Current Value, in lieu of issuing shares of Common Stock in exchange for each such Right, where the value of such securities shall be determined by a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by majority vote of the Board of Directors, or (iii) deliver any combination of cash, property, shares of Common Stock and/or other securities having a value equal to the Current Value in exchange for each Right. For purposes of this Section 2424(c) only, the Current Value shall mean the product of the Current Per Share Market Price of shares of Common Stock on the date of the occurrence of the event described above in subparagraph (a), multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock for which the Right otherwise would be exchangeable if there were sufficient shares available. To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 24(c), the Board of Directors may temporarily suspend the exercisability of the Rights for a period of up to sixty (60) days following the date on which the event described in Section 24(a) shall have occurred, in order to seek any authorization of additional shares of Common Stock and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to the above provision and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall (i) give prompt written notice to the Rights Agent of such suspension; and (ii) issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the terms hereof).
(e) The Company may, at its option, by majority vote of the Board of Directors, at any time before the Share Acquisition Date, exchange all or part of the then outstanding Rights for rights of substantially equivalent value, as determined reasonably and with good faith by the Board of Directors, based upon the advice of one or more nationally recognized investment banking firms.
(f) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of rights in exchange therefor as has been determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with subsection 24(e) above. The Company shall give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Company shall promptly mail a notice of any such exchange with a reasonably detailed description thereof to the Rights Agent and all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the transfer agent for the shares of Common Stock of the Company. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Rights will be effected.
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Samples: Stockholders Rights Agreement (Castor Maritime Inc.), Stockholders Rights Agreement (Castor Maritime Inc.)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its optionoption and in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring PersonClose of Business on the Distribution Date and prior to the Close of Business on the Expiration Date, cause the Company to exchange all or part any portion of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one (1) share of Common Share per Stock for each Right, appropriately adjusted in accordance with Section 11(a) to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either occurring in respect of the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring Stock after the date hereof of this Agreement (such exchange ratio ratio, as so adjusted, being hereinafter referred to as the "“Exchange Ratio"”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such cause any exchange of Rights for Common Stock to occur at any time after (i) the Percentage Stock Ownership of any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a planan Exempt Person), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of fifty percent (50% %) or more or (ii) the occurrence of the Common Shares then outstandinga Flip-Over Event.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the authorizing an exchange of any Rights for Common Stock pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without by or notice to any noticePerson, the right all rights of holders to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. Promptly following the effectiveness of action of the Board authorizing an exchange of the Rights, the Company shall publicly announce the taking of such Board action. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public deliver notice of any such exchangean exchange to the Rights Agent promptly following the Exchange Date and to all registered holders of outstanding Rights as of the Exchange Date, in accordance with Section 26 hereof; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, any such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which that is mailed delivered in the manner herein provided in Section 26 hereof shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder actually receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by date on which such exchange shall be effective (the “Exchange Date”), the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued for each Right pursuant to such exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the aggregate number of Rights which that will be exchanged. Any partial exchange of Rights shall be effected pro rata among all holders of Rights as of the Close of Business on the Exchange Date, based on the number of Rights held by each holder of Rights (other than Rights which that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights).
(c) Following the action of the Board authorizing any such exchange of Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24, the Company may implement such procedures in its sole discretion as it deems appropriate for the purpose of ensuring that the Common Stock (or such other consideration) issuable upon such exchange pursuant to this Section 24 not be received by holders of Rights that have become null and void pursuant to Section 7(e) hereof. In furtherance thereof, if so directed by the Company, shares of Common Stock (or other consideration) potentially issuable upon an exchange pursuant to this Section 24 to holders of Rights that have not verified to the satisfaction of the Company, in its sole discretion, that they are not Acquiring Persons may be deposited in a trust established by the Company pending receipt of appropriate verification. To the extent that such trust is established, holders of Rights entitled to receive such shares of Common Stock (or other consideration) pursuant to an exchange pursuant to this Section 24 that have not previously received such shares of Common Stock (or other consideration) shall be entitled to receive such shares of Common Stock (or other consideration) (and any dividends paid or distributions made thereon after the date on which such shares of Common Stock (or other consideration) are deposited in the trust) only from the trust and solely upon compliance with the relevant terms and provisions of the applicable trust agreement.
(d) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares Stock (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereofEquivalent Preferred Stock) for some or all of the Common Shares Stock exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth thousandth of a share of Preferred Share Stock (or equivalent preferred shareEquivalent Preferred Stock) for each share of Common ShareStock, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in stock splits, stock dividends and other similar transactions after the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Sharedate hereof.
(de) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued Stock authorized but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be reasonably necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(f) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates that evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, there shall be paid to each of the registered holders of the Rights to whom fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the Current Market Price of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this Section 24(f), the Current Market Price of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the Closing Price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Tax Benefits Preservation Plan (Liveperson Inc), Tax Benefits Preservation Plan (Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time and from time to time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personoccurrence of a Flip-In Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or any combination thereof, at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock, or such number of Common Stock Equivalents or units representing fractions thereof as would be deemed to have the same value as one share of Common Stock, per Right, appropriately adjusted adjusted, if necessary, to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof Effective Time (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall may not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after (i) any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a planan Exempt Person), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the shares of Common Shares Stock then outstandingoutstanding or (ii) the occurrence of a Flip-Over Event.
(b) Immediately upon the effectiveness of the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to and in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section 24 (the effectiveness of which action may be conditioned on the occurrence of one or more events or on the existence of one or more facts or may be effective at some future time) and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock and/or Common Stock Equivalents equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the registered holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock and/or Common Stock Equivalents for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which that will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected as nearly pro rata as possible based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction number of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu shares of each Common Share shall have Stock that are authorized by the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board Company's articles of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued incorporation but not outstanding or authorized but unissued reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the an exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company may, at its option, take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates or scrip evidencing fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of Rights with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the value of a whole share of Common Stock. For purposes of this Section 24, the value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the Closing Price per share of Common Stock for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24, and the value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Stock on such date.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Centerpoint Energy Inc), Rights Agreement (Centerpoint Energy Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include such Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock, respectively, at an exchange ratio ratios of one share of Common Share Stock per RightRight (the "Exchange Ratio"), appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio")hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator trust agreement entered into by the Company to secure benefits payable under any employee benefit plan of the Company or fiduciary any Subsidiary of such a planthe Company), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of shares of voting securities representing 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstandingvoting power of the Company.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company shall promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such the then outstanding Rights at their last addresses address as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number and kind of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights being exchanged (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) and the number of Rights held by each holder of Rightsholder.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares or Preferred Shares Stock issued but not outstanding outstanding, or authorized but unissued unissued, to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights (including using its best efforts to cause the stockholders of the Company to take all actions necessary to authorize such additional shares).
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Samples: Rights Agreement (El Capitan Precious Metals Inc), Rights Agreement (El Capitan Precious Metals Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "“Exchange Ratio"”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Company shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trusteeor, administrator or fiduciary until the completion of such a plan)the spin-off distribution of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock by Bentley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to its stockholders) together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares Stock (or equivalent preferred sharesEquivalent Preferred Stock, as such term is defined in paragraph (b) of Section 11(b) 11 hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares Stock exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth of a share of Preferred Share Stock (or equivalent preferred shareEquivalent Preferred Stock) for each share of Common ShareStock, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in stock splits, stock dividends and other similar transactions after the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Sharedate hereof.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares or Preferred Shares Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this subsection (d), the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (CPEX Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Rights Agreement (CPEX Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan entered into by the Company to secure benefits payable under any employee benefit plan of the Company or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary Subsidiary of such a planthe Company), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of Common Shares representing fifty percent (50% %) or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company shall promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their such last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number and kind of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of such Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares for issuance upon exchange of the Rights or shall take such other action specified in Section 11(a)(iii) hereof.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Championship Auto Racing Teams Inc), Rights Agreement (Championship Auto Racing Teams Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e11(a) and Section 11(a)(ii(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.,
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection paragraph (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.at
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares or Preferred Shares Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights. In the event the Company shall, after good faith effort, be unable to take all such action as may be necessary to authorize such additional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall substitute, for each share of Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable upon exchange of a Right, a number of Preferred Shares or fraction thereof such that the current per share market price of one Preferred Share multiplied by such number or fraction is equal to the current per share market
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this paragraph (d), the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24. Section 25.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Everest Reinsurance Holdings Inc), Rights Agreement (Everest Reinsurance Holdings Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of Subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations, and subject to subsection (c) below, the Corporation Company may, at its option, by majority vote of the Board of Directors and a majority vote of the Directors, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personoccurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one (1) share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange RatioRatio of Exchange"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of fifty percent (50% %) or more of the Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange RatioRatio of Exchange. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares or Preferred Shares Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with Section 24(a), the Company shall either take such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights or alternatively, at the option of a majority of the Board of Directors, with respect to each Right (i) pay cash in an amount equal to the Current Value (as hereinafter defined), in lieu of issuing Common Stock in exchange therefor, or (ii) issue debt or equity securities or a combination thereof, having a value equal to the Current Value (as defined below), in lieu of issuing Common Stock in exchange for each such Right, where the value of such securities shall be determined by a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors by majority vote of the Board of Directors, or (iii) deliver any combination of cash, property, Common Stock and/or other securities having a value equal to the Current Value in exchange for each Right. For purposes of this Section 2424(c) only, the Current Value shall mean the product of the current per share market price of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) on the date of the occurrence of the event described above in subparagraph (a)) multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock for which the Right otherwise would be exchangeable if there were sufficient shares available. To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 24(c), the Board of Directors may temporarily suspend the exercisability of the Rights for a period of up to sixty (60) days following the date on which the event described in Section 24(a) shall have occurred, in order to seek any authorization of additional shares of Common Stock and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to the above provision and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current per share market value of a whole share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d) hereof).
(e) The Company may, at its option, by majority vote of the Board of Directors and a majority vote of the Directors, at any time before any Person has become an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding Rights for rights of substantially equivalent value, as determined reasonably and with good faith by the Board of Directors, based upon the advice of one or more nationally recognized investment banking firms.
(f) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of rights in exchange therefor as has been determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with subsection (e) above. The Company shall give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the transfer agent for the Common Stock of the Company. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Rights will be effected.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Bristol Retail Solutions Inc), Rights Agreement (Bristol Retail Solutions Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring PersonClose of Business on the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof)) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof of this Agreement (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), an Exempt Person) together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection paragraph (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, -------- however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not ------- affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of outstanding and exercisable Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof)) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued and unreserved to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares for issuance upon exchange of the Rights. In the event the Company shall, after good faith effort, be unable to take all such action as may be necessary to authorize such additional Common Shares, the Company shall substitute, for each Common Share that would otherwise be issuable upon exchange of a Right, a number of Preferred Shares or fraction thereof such that the current per share market price of one Preferred Share multiplied by such number or fraction is equal to the current per share market price of one Common Share as of the date of issuance of such Preferred Shares or fraction thereof.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of such fractional Common Shares, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional Common Shares would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Common Share. For the purposes of this paragraph (d), the current market value of a whole Common Share shall be the closing price of a Common Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i)) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Efunds Corp), Rights Agreement (Efunds Corp)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Persona Section 11(a)(ii) Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which (i) shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) hereof, and Section 11(a)(ii(ii) hereofshall include, without limitation, any Rights issued after the Distribution Date) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any forward or reverse stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the shares of Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 24, evidence of which shall have been filed with the Rights Agent, and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will shall state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares Stock (or equivalent preferred sharesstock, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all shares of the Common Shares Stock exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth thousandth of a share of Preferred Share Stock (or equivalent preferred sharestock) for each share of Common ShareStock, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares Stock pursuant to Section 3(A) of the terms thereofCertificate of Designations attached hereto as EXHIBIT A, so that the fraction of a share of Preferred Share Stock (or equivalent preferred stock) delivered in lieu of each share of Common Share Stock shall have the same voting rights as one share of Common ShareStock.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares Stock or Preferred Shares Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this subsection (e), the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the closing price per share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Centennial Technologies Inc), Rights Agreement (Centennial Technologies Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after a Stock Acquisition Date (and, if the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring PersonDistribution Date has not then occurred, after the Distribution Date), mandatorily exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that shall have become null and void and nontransferable pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii7(f) hereof) for Common Shares consideration per Right consisting of one-half of the Corporation securities that would be issuable at an exchange ratio such time upon the exercise of one Common Share Right in accordance with Section 11(a) (the consideration issuable per Right, appropriately adjusted Right pursuant to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio this Section 16 being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange RatioConsideration"). The Board of Directors of the Company may, at its option, issue, in substitution for Preferred Stock, shares of Common Stock in an amount per whole share of Preferred Stock equal to the Formula Number if there are sufficient shares of Common Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued. If the Board of Directors elects to exchange all the Rights for Exchange Consideration pursuant to this Section 16 prior to the physical distribution of the Rights Certificates, the Company may distribute the Exchange Consideration in lieu of distributing Right Certificates, in which case for purposes of this Rights Agreement holders of Rights shall be deemed to have simultaneously received and surrendered for exchange Rights Certificates on the date of such distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation an Exempt Person or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan)Permitted Holder) which, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner beneficial owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then Stock outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the Any action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (aSection 16(a) shall be irrevocable and, immediately upon the taking of this Section 24 such action and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise any such rights Right shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights Right shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of Exchange Consideration in exchange for each such rights Right held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratioholder. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares Rights for Rights the Exchange Consideration will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which shall have become null and void and nontransferable pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof7(f)) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Film Roman Inc), Rights Agreement (Brilliant Digital Entertainment Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation mayCompany, at its option, upon approval by a majority of the Directors, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, may exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares Units of the Corporation Preferred Stock at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Rightequal to, appropriately adjusted subject to adjustment to reflect any stock splitsplits, stock dividend or dividends and similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares transactions occurring after the date hereof hereof, that number obtained by dividing the Purchase Price by the then current per share market price per Unit of Preferred Stock on the earlier of (i) the date on which any Person becomes an Acquiring Person and (ii) the date on which a tender or exchange offer by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any trustee or fiduciary with respect to such plan acting in such capacity) is first published or sent or given within the meaning of Rule 14d-4(a) of the Exchange Act Regulations or any successor rule, if upon consummation thereof such Person would be the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Section 24
(a) Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall Company may not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of maintained by the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiaryof its Subsidiaries, or any entity holding Common Shares for trustee or pursuant fiduciary with respect to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of acting in such a plancapacity), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the shares of Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares Units of Preferred Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.the
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Triangle Pharmaceuticals Inc), Rights Agreement (Triangle Pharmaceuticals Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"), provided that the shares of Common Stock so exchanged shall be of the same class or series which the holders of such Rights would have been entitled to receive upon the exercise thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than (i) the CorporationCompany, (ii) any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, (iii) any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such SubsidiarySubsidiary of the Company, or any person or entity holding Common Shares organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of Voting Securities of the Company then outstanding representing 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstandingVoting Power of the Company.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (aSection 24(a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio, provided that the shares of Common Stock so exchanged shall be of the same class or series which the holder of such Rights would have been entitled to receive upon the exercise thereof. The Corporation Company shall promptly give make a public notice announcement of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to make, or any defect in, such public announcement shall not affect the validity of such exchange. Promptly after the action of the Board of Directors ordering the exchange of the Rights becoming effective, the Company shall mail a notice of such exchange to the Rights Agent and all of the holders of the then outstanding Rights in accordance with Section 26 hereof (provided that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent). Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided in Section 26 hereof shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all event that there shall not be authorized and unissued shares of the applicable class or series of Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights Stock and/or authorized and issued shares of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction applicable class or series of a Preferred Share delivered Common Stock held in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be its treasury sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of the applicable class or series of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights. In the event the Company shall, after good faith effort, be unable to take all such action as may be necessary to authorize such additional shares of the applicable class or series of Common Stock, the Company shall substitute, for each share of such class or series of Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable upon exchange of a Right, a number of shares of the applicable series of Preferred Stock or fraction thereof (subject to Section 14(b) hereof) such that the Current Market Price per share of the applicable series of Preferred Stock multiplied by such number or fraction is equal to the Current Market Price per share of such class or series of Common Stock as of the date of issuance of such shares of such series of Preferred Stock or fraction thereof.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the Current Market Price per share of the applicable class or series of Common Stock as of the Trading Day immediately prior to the record date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Sprint Corp), Rights Agreement (Sprint Corp)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its optionoption (provided that there are then Independent Directors in office and a majority of the Independent Directors concur), at any time and from time to time on or
after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Persona Section 11(a)(ii) Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (aSection 25(a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Promptly after the action of the Board of Directors ordering an exchange of the Rights, the Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchangeexchange to the Rights Agent and the holders of the then outstanding Rights by mailing such notice to all such holders at each holder's last address as it appears upon the registry books of the Rights Agent; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 2425, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute shares of Preferred Shares Stock (or equivalent preferred sharesEquivalent Preferred Stock, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all shares of the Common Shares Stock exchangeable for the Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth of a share of Preferred Share Stock (or equivalent preferred shareEquivalent Preferred Stock) for each share of Common ShareStock, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting dividend rights of the Preferred Shares Stock pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares Stock or Preferred Shares issued Stock issued, but not outstanding outstanding, or authorized but unissued unissued, to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 2425 or that any regulatory actions or approvals are required in connection therewith, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Stock or Preferred Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Section 25. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this Section 25(e), the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 25.
(f) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 25, the Company, at its option, may substitute for any share of Common Stock exchangeable for a Right (i) Common Stock Equivalents (ii) cash, (iii) debt securities of the Company, (iv) other assets, or (v) any combination of the foregoing, having an aggregate value which a majority of the Independent Directors and the Board of Directors of the Company shall have determined in good faith to be equal to the Current Market Price of one share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the Trading Date immediately preceding the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 25.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Manor Care Inc/New), Rights Agreement (Manor Care Inc/New)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors (and, if the Company is restricted from taking actions pursuant to Section 3 of the Corporation Affiliation Agreement, Ipsen) may, at its (their) option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "“Exchange Ratio"”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (aSection 24(a) of this Section 24 hereof and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In lieu of issuing Common Shares in accordance with Section 24(a) hereof, the Company may, if a majority of the Board of Directors then in office determines that such action is necessary or appropriate and not contrary to the interests of the holders of Rights, elect to (and, in the event that there are not sufficient treasury shares and authorized but unissued Common Shares to permit any exchange of the Rights in accordance with Section 24(a) hereof, the Company shall) take all such action as may be necessary to authorize, issue or pay, upon the exchange of the Rights, cash, property, Common Shares, other securities or any combination thereof having an aggregate value equal to the value of the Common Shares which otherwise would have been issuable pursuant to Section 24(a) hereof, which aggregate value shall be determined by a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the value of the Common Shares shall be determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof. Any election pursuant to this Section 2424(c) by the Board of Directors must be made by resolution within 60 days following the date on which the event described in Section 11(a)(ii) hereof shall have occurred. Following the occurrence of the event described in Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, a majority of the Board of Directors then in office may suspend the exercisability of the Rights for a period of up to 60 days following the date on which the event described in Section 11(a)(ii) hereof shall have occurred to the extent that such directors have not determined whether to exercise their rights of exchange under this Section 24(c). In the event of any such suspension, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common ShareRights has been temporarily suspended.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred be required to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient issue fractions of Common Shares or Preferred to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of such fractional Common Shares, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional Common Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to permit the exchange same fraction of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.the current market value of a whole Common Share. For the
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Tercica Inc), Rights Agreement (Ipsen, S.A.)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Preferred Stock or Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one-hundredth of a share of Preferred Stock or one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a planan Exempt Person), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the shares of Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (aSection 24(a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give make a public notice announcement of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to make, or any defect in, such public announcement shall not affect the validity of such exchange. Promptly after the action of the Board of Directors ordering the exchange of the Rights becoming effective, the Company shall mail a notice of such exchange to the Rights Agent and all of the holders of the then outstanding Rights in accordance with Section 26 hereof (provided that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent). Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided in Section 26 hereof shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to be authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock and/or authorized and issued shares of Common Stock held in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be its treasury sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights. In the event the Company shall, after good faith effort, be unable to take all such action as may be necessary to authorize such additional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall substitute, for each share of Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable upon exchange of a Right, a number of shares of Preferred Stock or fraction thereof (subject to Section 14(b) hereof) such that the value per share of Preferred Stock as determined by the Board of Directors multiplied by such number or fraction is equal to the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock as of the date of issuance of such shares of Preferred Stock or fraction thereof.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock as of the Trading Day immediately prior to the record date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Labone Inc/), Rights Agreement (Labone Inc/)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof)) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a planan Exempt Person), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection paragraph (a) of this Section 24 24, evidence of which shall have been filed with the Rights Agent, and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company shall promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof)) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent any other series of preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereofshares of the Company containing terms substantially similar to the terms of the Preferred Shares) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of oneone two-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent of such other series of preferred shareshares of the Company) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share (or of such other series of preferred shares of the Company) delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares (or any other series of preferred shares of the Company containing terms substantially similar to the terms of the Preferred Shares) issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares or Preferred Shares (or such other series of preferred shares of the Company) for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of such fractional shares, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Common Share. For the purposes of this paragraph (d), the current market value of a whole Common Share shall be the closing price of a Common Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24. 30
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Phelps Dodge Corp), Rights Agreement (Phelps Dodge Corp)
Exchange. (a) The Board Subject to the provisions of Directors of this paragraph (7) the Corporation may, at its option, at any time after and from time to time on any Dividend Payment Date, exchange, to the time extent it is legally permitted to do so, all, but not less than all, outstanding shares (and fractional shares) of Senior Preferred Stock, for Exchange Debentures, provided that (i) on or prior to the date of exchange the Corporation shall have paid to or declared and set aside for payment to the holders of outstanding shares of Senior Preferred Stock all accrued and unpaid cash dividends on shares of Senior Preferred Stock through the exchange date in accordance with the next succeeding paragraph; (ii) no event of default under the indenture (as defined in such indenture) governing the Exchange Debentures shall have occurred and be continuing; and (iii) no shares of Senior Preferred Stock are held on such date by the DLJMB Funds or any Person becomes an Acquiring Personof their Affiliates, or any of their Permitted Transferees. The principal amount of Exchange Debentures deliverable upon exchange all or part of a share of Senior Preferred Stock, adjusted as hereinafter provided, shall be determined in accordance with the Exchange Ratio (as defined below). Cash dividends on any shares of Senior Preferred Stock exchanged for Exchange Debentures which have accrued but have not been paid as of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights date of exchange shall be paid in cash. In no event shall the Corporation issue Exchange Debentures in denominations other than $1,000 or in an integral multiple thereof. Cash will be paid in lieu of any such fraction of an Exchange Debenture which would otherwise have been issued (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant be determined with respect to the provisions aggregate principal amount of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted Exchange Debentures to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred be issued to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of upon any such exchange; provided, however, that ). Interest will accrue on the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect Exchange Debentures from the validity date of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange Prior to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In effecting any exchange pursuant to this Section 24hereunder, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize appoint a trustee to serve in the capacity contemplated by an indenture between the Corporation and such trustee, containing customary terms and conditions. The EXCHANGE RATIO shall be, as of any Dividend Payment Date, $1.00 (or fraction thereof) of principal amount of Exchange Debenture for each $1.00 of (i) Liquidation Value plus (ii) accrued and unpaid cash dividends, if any, per share of Senior Preferred Stock held by a holder on the applicable exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24date.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Thermadyne Holdings Corp /De), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Thermadyne Holdings Corp /De)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof)) for Common Shares of the Corporation Company at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either adjustment in the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof number of Rights pursuant to Section 11(i) (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "“Exchange Ratio"”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Company shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan plan, or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of any such a planplan appointed by the Company), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares of the Company then outstanding. The exchange of the Rights by the Board of Directors may be made effective as such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board of Directors in its sole discretion may establish. Prior to effecting an exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Board of Directors of the Company may direct the Company to enter into a trust agreement in such form and with such terms as the Board of Directors shall then approve (the “Trust Agreement”). If the Board of Directors so directs, the Company shall enter into the Trust Agreement and shall issue to the trust created by the Trust Agreement (the “Trust”) all of the Common Shares or common stock equivalents, to the extent applicable pursuant to Section 24(c), issuable pursuant to the exchange (and any cash in lieu of fractional shares), and all Persons entitled to receive shares pursuant to the exchange shall be entitled to receive such Common Shares or common stock equivalents (and any dividends or distributions made thereon after the date on which such shares are deposited in the Trust and any cash in lieu of fractional shares) only from the Trust and solely upon compliance with the relevant terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (aSection 24(a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares of the Company equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares of the Company for Rights will be effected effected, and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof)) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares of the Company issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares of the Company for issuance upon exchange of the Rights. In the event the Company shall, after good faith effort, be unable to take all such action as may be necessary to authorize such additional Common Shares of the Company, the Company shall substitute, for each Common Share that would otherwise be issuable upon exchange of a Right, a number of preferred shares or fraction thereof such that the current per share market price of one preferred share multiplied by such number or fraction is equal to the current per share market price of one Common Share as of the date of issuance of such preferred shares or fraction thereof.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares of the Company or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares of the Company. In lieu of such fractional Common Shares of the Company, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional Common Shares of the Company would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Common Share. For the purposes of this Section 24(d), the current market value of a whole Common Share shall be the closing price of a Common Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i)) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Jason Industries, Inc.), Rights Agreement (Jason Industries, Inc.)
Exchange. a. Subject to paragraph (ac) The of this Section 25, the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personoccurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per for every one Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend dividend, reclassification or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange" and such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) b. Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering Company authorizing the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 Exchange and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights the Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights included in the Exchange shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchangethe Exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, give or any defect in, in such notice shall not affect the validity of the Exchange. Within 10 days after such exchange. The Corporation promptly action of the Board of Directors ordering the Exchange, the Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange Exchange to all of the Rights Agent and the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, given whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange Exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights Exchange will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) c. In any exchange pursuant the event that the number of Common Shares which are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights are not sufficient to this Section 24permit the Exchange in full, the CorporationExchange Ratio shall equal one Common Stock Equivalent (in lieu of one Common Share) for every one Right. Alternatively, the Board of Directors of the Company may, at its option, may substitute Preferred determine that the Company shall (i) issue Common Shares in the Exchange to the extent Common Shares are available and (or equivalent preferred ii) utilize Common Stock Equivalents in the Exchange as provided above to the extent Common Shares are not available, in which case such Common Shares shall be allocated on such basis as the Board of Directors determines pursuant to Section 30 hereof.
d. After aggregating all the Common Shares to which a holder of Rights is entitled upon the Exchange, the Company shall not be required to issue a fraction of a Common Share to such holder. In lieu of issuing fractional shares, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of one Common Share. For the purposes of this paragraph (d), the current market value of one Common Share shall be the closing price of a Common Share (as such term is defined in determined pursuant to Section 11(b11(d) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant Trading Day immediately prior to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common ShareExchange Date.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Tasty Baking Co), Rights Agreement (Tasty Baking Co)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Persona Section 11(a)(ii) Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which (i) shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) hereof, and Section 11(a)(ii(ii) hereofshall include, without limitation, any Rights issued after the Distribution Date) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Company shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the shares of Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 24, evidence of which shall have been filed with the Rights Agent, and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that -------- ------- the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will shall state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares Stock (or equivalent preferred sharesstock, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all shares of the Common Shares Stock exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth thousandth of a share of Preferred Share Stock (or equivalent preferred sharestock) for each share of Common ShareStock, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares Stock pursuant to Section 3(A) of the terms thereofCertificate of Designations attached hereto as Exhibit A, so that the fraction of a share of Preferred Share Stock --------- (or equivalent preferred stock) delivered in lieu of each share of Common Share Stock shall have the same voting rights as one share of Common ShareStock.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares Stock or Preferred Shares Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this subsection (e), the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the closing price per share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (BJS Wholesale Club Inc), Rights Agreement (Waban Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange Common Shares of the Company for all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share of the Company per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either adjustment in the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof number of Rights pursuant to Section 11(i) (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "“Exchange Ratio"”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Company shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any an Acquiring Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares of the Company then outstanding. Prior to effecting an exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Board of Directors of the Company may direct the Company to enter into a trust agreement in such form and with such terms as the Board of Directors of the Company shall then approve (the “Trust Agreement”). If the Board of Directors of the Company so directs, the Company shall enter into the Trust Agreement and shall issue to the trust created by such agreement (the “Trust”) all of the Common Shares of the Company issuable pursuant to the exchange, and all Persons entitled to receive Common Shares of the Company pursuant to the exchange shall be entitled to receive such Common Shares of the Company (and any dividends or distributions made thereon after the date on which such Common Shares of the Company are deposited in the Trust) only from the Trust and solely upon compliance with the relevant terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection paragraph (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares of the Company equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchangeexchange (with prompt written notice thereof to the Rights Agent); provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to the Rights Agent and all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares of the Company for Rights will be effected effected, and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares of the Company issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued (after taking into account, at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Company, any necessary reserves of Common Shares of the Company) to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with Section 24(a) hereof, the Company shall either (i) take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares of the Company for issuance upon exchange of the Rights or (ii) with respect to each Right (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute, for each Common Share of the Company that would otherwise be issuable upon exchange of a Right, (A) Preferred Shares (or fractions of a Preferred Share), (B) Common Stock Equivalents, or (C) any combination of the foregoing, in any case set forth in clauses (A) through (C) above, having an aggregate value equal to the product of the current per share market price of the Common Shares of the Company times the Exchange Ratio as of the date of issuance of such shares or fraction thereof, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of an investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, that, for purposes of this Section 24(c), (x) the value of each Common Share of the Company shall be the current per share market price of the Common Shares of the Company (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof), (y) the value of each Preferred Share shall be the current per share market price of the Preferred Shares (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof), and (c) the value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to be the same value as a Common Share of the Company, in each case, as of the date of issuance of such shares or fraction thereof. To the extent that action is to be taken pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Company may suspend the exercisability of the Rights in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to the preceding sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement (with prompt written notice thereof to the Rights Agent) stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement (with prompt written notice thereof to the Rights Agent) at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares of the Company or Preferred Shares or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares of the Company or Preferred Shares. In lieu of such fractional Common Shares of the Company or Preferred Shares, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional Common Shares of the Company or Preferred Shares would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Common Share of the Company or Preferred Share. For the purposes of this paragraph (d), the current market value of a whole Common Share of the Company or Preferred Share shall be the closing price of a Common Share of the Company or Preferred Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Office Depot Inc), Rights Agreement (Office Depot Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, Stock Acquisition Date exchange all or part of the then then-outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation Stock (or Common Stock Equivalents) at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof of the distribution by CPC to its stockholders of one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding Common Stock (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Company shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any wholly owned Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan or employee stock plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares Stock as a fiduciary for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a employee stock plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to and in compliance with subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights, which excludes Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) hereof, shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock, or Common Stock Equivalents, equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly file notice of such Board action with the Rights Agent and give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company shall promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof)) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares or Preferred Shares Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(d) The Company shall not be required, pursuant to this Section 24, to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates, with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the Current Market Price of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this paragraph (d), the Current Market Price of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24, and the value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to have the same Current Market Price as the Common Stock on such date.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Corn Products International Inc), Rights Agreement (Corn Products International Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time and from time to time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personfirst occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable exerciseable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of the Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, or any combination thereof, at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Right shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall such be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock and/or Common Stock Equivalents equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last latest addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction number of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu shares of each Common Share shall have Stock which are authorized by the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board Company's Restated Certificate of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued Incorporation but not outstanding or authorized but unissued for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights are not sufficient to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company may, at its option, take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of Rights with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the value of a whole share of Common Stock. For purposes of this Section 24, the value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the closing price (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24, and the value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Stock on such date.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Bergen Brunswig Corp), Rights Agreement (Bergen Brunswig Corp)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time and from time to time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personoccurrence of a Flip-In Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or any combination thereof, at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock, or such number of Common Stock Equivalents or units representing fractions thereof as would be deemed to have the same value as one share of Common Stock, per Right, appropriately adjusted adjusted, if necessary, to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof Effective Time (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "“Exchange Ratio"”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall may not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after (i) any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a planan Exempt Person), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the shares of Common Shares Stock then outstandingoutstanding or (ii) the occurrence of a Flip-Over Event.
(b) Immediately upon the effectiveness of the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to and in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section 24 (the effectiveness of which action may be conditioned on the occurrence of one or more events or on the existence of one or more facts or may be effective at some future time) and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock and/or Common Stock Equivalents equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the registered holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock and/or Common Stock Equivalents for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which that will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected as nearly pro rata as possible based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction number of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu shares of each Common Share shall have Stock that are authorized by the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board Company’s certificate of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued incorporation but not outstanding or authorized but unissued reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the an exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company may, at its option, take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates or scrip evidencing fractional shares of Common Stock upon exchange of the Rights. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of Rights with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the value of a whole share of Common Stock. For purposes of this Section 24, the value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the Closing Price per share of Common Stock for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24, and the value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Stock on such date.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Hercules Offshore, L.L.C.), Rights Agreement (Hercules Offshore, Inc.)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time and from time to time on or after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Persona Section 11(a)(ii) Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (aSection 23(a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder the holders of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder holders multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Promptly after the action of the Board of Directors ordering an exchange of the Rights, the Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchangeexchange to the Rights Agent and the holders of the then outstanding Rights by mailing such notice to all such holders at each holder's last address as it appears upon the registry books of the Rights Agent; providedpro- vided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 2423, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute shares of Preferred Shares Stock (or equivalent preferred sharesEquivalent Preferred Stock, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all shares of the Common Shares Stock exchangeable for the Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth thousandth of a share of Preferred Share Stock (or equivalent preferred shareEquivalent Preferred Stock) for each share of Common ShareStock, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting dividend rights of the Preferred Shares Stock pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares Stock or Preferred Shares issued Stock issued, but not outstanding outstanding, or authorized but unissued unissued, to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 2423 or that any regulatory actions or approvals are required in connection therewith, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Stock or Preferred Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Section 23. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this Section 23(e), the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 23.
(f) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 23, the Company, at its option, may substitute for any share of Common Stock exchangeable for a Right (i) Common Stock Equivalents, (ii) cash, (iii) debt securities of the Company, (iv) other assets, or (v) any combination of the foregoing, having an aggregate value which a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company shall have determined in good faith to be equal to the Current Market Price of one share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the Trading Date immediately preceding the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 23.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Trans World Entertainment Corp), Rights Agreement (Trans World Entertainment Corp)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, mandatorily exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof)) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend dividend, or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"); provided, however, that during the 180 day period commencing when any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, any exchange of the Rights shall be effective only if there are at least five Continuing Directors then in office, and such exchange shall have been approved by the Board of Directors and by a majority of the such Continuing Directors. If the Board of Directors of the Company elects to exchange all the Rights for Common Stock pursuant to this Section 24 prior to the physical distribution of the Rights Certificates, the Corporation may distribute the Common Stock issuable in the exchange in lieu of distributing Right Certificates, in which case for purposes of this Rights Agreement holders of Rights shall be deemed to have simultaneously received and surrendered for exchange Right Certificates on the date of such distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the Corporationits Subsidiaries, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiaryof its Subsidiaries, or any entity holding shares of Common Shares Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the shares of Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the Any action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (aSection 24(a) shall be irrevocable and, immediately upon the taking of this Section 24 such action and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.such
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Veritas DGC Inc), Rights Agreement (Veritas DGC Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time and from time to time on or after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Persona Section 11(a)(ii) Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (aSection 24(a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder the holders of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Promptly after the action of the Board of Directors ordering an exchange of the Rights, the Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchangeexchange to the Rights Agent and the holders of the then outstanding Rights by mailing such notice to all such holders at each holder's last address as it appears upon the registry books of the Rights Agent; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected ef- fected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute shares of Preferred Shares Stock (or equivalent preferred sharesEquivalent Preferred Stock, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all shares of the Common Shares Stock exchangeable for the Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth thousandth of a share of Preferred Share Stock (or equivalent preferred shareEquivalent Preferred Stock) for each share of Common ShareStock, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting dividend rights of the Preferred Shares Stock pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares Stock or Preferred Shares issued Stock issued, but not outstanding outstanding, or authorized but unissued unissued, to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24 or that any regulatory actions or approvals are required in connection therewith, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Stock or Preferred Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Section 24. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this Section 24(e), the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
(f) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Company, at its option, may substitute for any share of Common Stock exchangeable for a Right (i) Common Stock Equivalents, (ii) cash, (iii) debt securities of the Company, (iv) other assets, or (v) any combination of the foregoing, having an aggregate value which the Board of Directors of the Company shall have determined in good faith to be equal to the Current Market Price of one share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Sec- tion 11(d) hereof) on the Trading Date immediately preceding the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Engelhard Corp), Rights Agreement (Engelhard Corp)
Exchange. (a) The Board initial Exchange Rate is 31.0020 shares of Directors of Host REIT Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount at maturity, subject to adjustment in certain events described in the Corporation may, at its option, at any time after the time Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture. A Holder that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, surrenders Debentures for exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms will receive cash in lieu of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary fractional share of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes Host REIT Common Stock based on the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstandingAverage Price.
(b) Immediately upon Subject to and in compliance with the action provisions of the Board Indenture (including, without limitation, the conditions to exchange of Directors this Debenture set forth in Article 6 of the Corporation ordering Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture), under certain circumstances set forth on the Indenture, a Holder may exchange the Holder’s Debentures for, at the Company’s option, cash or cash and shares of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Host REIT Common Shares Stock with an aggregate value equal to the number of such rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of RightsValue.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (A Debenture in respect of which a Holder has delivered a Repurchase Notice or equivalent preferred sharesDesignated Event Repurchase Notice, as the case may be, exercising the right of such term Holder to require the Company to repurchase such Debenture may be exchanged only if such Repurchase Notice or Designated Event Repurchase Notice is defined withdrawn in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all accordance with the terms of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common ShareIndenture.
(d) The Board No payment or adjustment will be made for accrued and unpaid interest (including Liquidated Damages, if any) or dividends on the shares of Directors Host REIT Common Stock, except as provided in the Indenture.
(e) To surrender a Debenture for exchange, in the case of a Global Debenture, a Holder must comply with all applicable procedures of the Corporation shall not authorize Depository, and in the case of a Certificated Security, a Holder must (1) complete and manually sign the irrevocable exchange notice below (or complete and manually sign a facsimile of such notice) and deliver such notice to the Exchange Agent, (2) surrender the Debenture, if certificated, to the Exchange Agent and in any such case furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and pay any transfer or similar taxes and all other taxes or duties, if required.
(f) If the Company or Host REIT is a party to a consolidation, merger or a transfer of all or substantially all of its properties and assets as set forth in Article 5 of the Indenture, or a merger or binding share exchange transaction referred which reclassifies or changes the outstanding shares of Host REIT Common Stock, the right to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at exchange a Debenture into shares of Host REIT Common Stock may be changed into a right to exchange it into securities, cash or other assets of the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares Company or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24another Person.
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Samples: Supplemental Indenture (Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.), Supplemental Indenture (Host Hotels & Resorts L.P.)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of Subject to applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and subject to subsection (c) below, the Corporation Company may, at its option, by majority vote of the Board of Directors, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Company Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Company Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend dividend, or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange RatioRATIO OF EXCHANGE"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator trustee or fiduciary of with respect to such a plans, or the trust maintained by the Company's employee stock ownership plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Company Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Company Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange RatioRatio of Exchange. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agentin accordance with Section 26 hereof. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Company Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which that will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Company Common Shares or Preferred Shares Stock issued but not outstanding outstanding, or authorized but unissued unissued, to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with Section 24(a), the Company shall either take such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Company Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights or alternatively, at the option of a majority of the Board of Directors, with respect to each Right (i) pay cash in an amount equal to the Current Value (as hereinafter defined), in lieu of issuing Company Common Stock in exchange therefor, or (ii) issue debt or equity securities or a combination thereof, having a value equal to the Current Value, in lieu of issuing Company Common Stock in exchange for each such Right, where the value of such securities shall be determined by a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors, or (iii) deliver any combination of cash, property, Company Common Stock, and/or other securities having a value equal to the Current Value in exchange for each Right. For purposes of this Section 2424(c) only, the Current Value shall mean the product of the current per share market price of Company Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) on the date of the occurrence of the event described above in subparagraph (a)) multiplied by the number of shares of Company Common Stock for which the Right otherwise would be exchangeable if there were sufficient shares available. To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), or (iii) of this Section 24(c), the Board of Directors may temporarily suspend the exercisability of the Rights for a period of up to sixty (60) days following the date on which the event described in Section 24(a) shall have occurred, in order to seek any authorization of additional shares of Company Common Stock and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to the above provision and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Company Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Company Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Company Common Stock, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Company Common Stock would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value per share of a whole share of Company Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d) hereof).
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Baker Michael Corp), Rights Agreement (Baker Michael Corp)
Exchange. (a) The Subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations, and subject to subsection (c) below, the Company’s Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its their option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section Sections 7(e) and Section and/or 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof July 30, 2007 (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "“Exchange Ratio"”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, Subsidiary or any entity Person holding shares of Common Shares Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of Shares of Common Stock aggregating 50% or more of the shares of Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Company’s Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection paragraph (a) of this Section 24 23 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly Company shall mail promptly a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares or Preferred Shares Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 2423, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights. In the event the Company shall, after good faith effort, be unable to take all such action as may be necessary to authorize such additional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall substitute for each share of Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable upon exchange of a Right, a number of shares of Preferred Stock or fraction thereof such that the current per share market price of one share of Preferred Stock multiplied by such number or fraction is equal to the current per share market price of one share of Common Stock as of the date of issuance of such share of Preferred Stock or fraction thereof.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this paragraph (d), the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 23.
(e) The Company’s Board of Directors may, at their option, at any time before any Person has become an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding Rights for rights of substantially equivalent value, as determined reasonably and with good faith by the Board of Directors, based upon the advice of one or more nationally recognized investment banking firms.
(f) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section 23 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of rights in exchange therefor as has been determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with subsection (e) above. The Company shall give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the transfer agent for the Common Shares of the Company. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Rights will be effected.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Icu Medical Inc/De), Rights Agreement (Icu Medical Inc/De)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii11(a)(iii) hereof)
(i) for Common A Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common A Share per RightRight (in the case of Rights which prior to the Distribution Date were evidenced by certificates for A Shares), and (ii) for B Shares at a ratio of one B Share per Right (in the case of Rights which prior to the Distribution Date were evidenced by certificates for B Shares), appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof Record Date (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, SCL, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany or SCL, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such SubsidiarySubsidiary of the Company, or any entity holding Common Voting Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of shares carrying 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstandingtotal voting rights which may be cast at any general meeting of the Company.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 24, and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common A Shares or B Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company shall promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common A Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii11(a)(iii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common A Shares or Preferred B Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional A Shares or B Shares for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Orient Express Hotels LTD), Rights Agreement (Orient Express Hotels LTD)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person first becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have not become effective or that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereofhereof ) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock (or one-hundredth of a share of Preferred Stock) per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio amount per Right being hereinafter referred to as the "“Exchange Ratio"”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any an Acquiring Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Shares Stock. The exchange of the Rights by the Board may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board in its sole discretion may establish. Before effecting an exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Board may direct the Company to enter into a Trust Agreement in such form and with such terms as the Board shall then outstandingapprove (the “Trust Agreement”). If the Board so directs, the Company shall enter into the Trust Agreement and shall issue to the trust created by such agreement (the “Trust”) all of the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the exchange, and all Persons entitled to receive shares pursuant to the exchange shall be entitled to receive such shares (and any dividends or distributions made thereon after the date on which such shares are deposited in the Trust) only from the Trust and solely upon compliance with the relevant terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement.
(b) Immediately upon the effectiveness of the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection paragraph (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchangeexchange (with prompt written notice thereof to the Rights Agent) and shall promptly mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of the Rights so exchanged at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, The Company may at its optionoption substitute, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred sharesand, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares or Preferred Shares Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued (and unreserved) to permit the an exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 2424 (or if the issuance of Common Stock in exchange for any Rights would not otherwise be permitted under the Certificate of Incorporation), the Company shall substitute, to the extent of such insufficiency or to the extent necessary to comply with its Certificate of Incorporation, for each share of Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable upon exchange of a Right, a number of shares of Preferred Stock or fraction thereof (or Equivalent Preferred Shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b), or other equivalent shares of its capital stock) such that the current per share market price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) of one share of Preferred Stock (or Equivalent Preferred Share or other equivalent share) multiplied by such number or fraction is equal to the current per share market price of one share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) as of the date of such exchange.
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Samples: Tax Benefit Preservation Plan, Tax Benefit Preservation Plan (Autobytel Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of Subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations, and subject to Section 24(c) below, the Corporation Company may, at its option, by action of the Board of Directors, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personoccurrence of a Triggering Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange RatioEXCHANGE RATIO"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50more than 60% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (aSection 24(a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.24(a), the Company shall either take such action as may be necessary to
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Samples: Preferred Shares Rights Agreement (Vib Corp), Preferred Shares Rights Agreement (Vib Corp)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either adjustments in the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof number of Rights pursuant to Section 11 of this Rights Agreement (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan or compensation arrangement of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares securities of the Company to the extent organized, appointed or established by the Company or any such Subsidiary for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plancompensation arrangement), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstandingVoting Power of the Company.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection paragraph (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right rights thereafter of a holder holders of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company promptly shall promptly give public notice of any such exchangeexchange (with prompt notice thereof to the Rights Agent); provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares Stock (or equivalent preferred sharesstock, as such term is defined in Section 11(b11(d) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares Stock exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth of a share of Preferred Share Stock (or equivalent preferred sharestock) for each share of Common ShareStock, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares Stock pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a share of Preferred Share Stock delivered in lieu of each share of Common Share Stock shall have the same voting rights as one share of Common ShareStock.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares Stock or Preferred Shares Stock (or equivalent preferred stock) issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock (or equivalent preferred stock) for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this paragraph (e), the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the current market price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(f)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Leggett & Platt Inc), Rights Agreement (Ns Group Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its sole option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). The Rights Agent shall be given written notice of any such exchange and the Exchange Ratio pursuant to which such exchange is effected. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, Subsidiary or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection paragraph (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate terminate, and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange, and the Rights Agent shall be given written notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company shall promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights AgentAgent or, prior to the Distribution Date, on the registry books of the transfer agent for the Common Shares. Any notice which that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which that will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute interests in Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth of interest in a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, Section 3(a) of Exhibit A hereto so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share. The Rights Agent shall be given written notice of any such substitution.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, (i) the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares or Preferred Shares for issuance upon exchange of the Rights or (ii) the Company, at is option, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, with respect to each Right, to the extent permitted by applicable law and any agreements or instruments in effect on the Distribution Date to which the Company is a party, upon exercise of the Rights, may pay cash and/or securities equal to the Purchase Price per Right, in lieu of issuing such additional Common Shares and requiring payment therefor. To the extent that any legal or contractual restrictions prevent the Company from paying the full amount of cash payable in accordance with the foregoing sentence, the Company shall pay to holders of the Rights as to which such payments are being made all amounts that are not then restricted on a pro rata basis. The Company shall continue to make payments on a pro rata basis as funds become available until such payments have been paid in full. The Company shall provide the Rights Agent with written notice of any election made pursuant to this Section 24(d).
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates that evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of such fractional Common Shares, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional Common Shares would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Common Share. For the purposes of this paragraph (e), the current market value of a whole Common Share shall be the closing price of a Common Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Dime Community Bancorp Inc), Rights Agreement (Dime Community Bancorp Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either adjustments in the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof number of Rights pursuant to Section 11 of this Rights Agreement (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "“Exchange Ratio"”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan or compensation arrangement of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares securities of the Company to the extent organized, appointed or established by the Company or any such Subsidiary for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan or compensation arrangement, or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a planGrandfathered Person), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstandingVoting Power of the Company.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection paragraph (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder holder, multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company promptly shall promptly give public notice of any such exchangeexchange (with prompt written notice thereof to the Rights Agent); provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail or cause to be mailed a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares Stock (or equivalent preferred sharesstock, as such term is defined in Section 11(b11(d) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares Stock exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth of a share of Preferred Share Stock (or equivalent preferred sharestock) for each share of Common ShareStock, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares Stock pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a share of Preferred Share Stock delivered in lieu of each share of Common Share Stock shall have the same voting rights as one share of Common ShareStock.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares Stock or Preferred Shares Stock (or equivalent preferred stock) issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock (or equivalent preferred stock) for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this paragraph (e), the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the current market price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(f)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Section 382 Rights Agreement (Reinsurance Group of America Inc), Section 382 Rights Agreement (Reinsurance Group of America Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of Subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations, and subject to subsection 24(c) below, the Corporation Company may, at its option, by action of the Board of Directors, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personoccurrence of a Triggering Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange RatioEXCHANGE RATIO"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with Section 24(a), the Company shall either take such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares for issuance upon exchange of the Rights or alternatively, at the option of a majority of the Board of Directors, with respect to each Right (i) pay cash in an amount equal to the Current Value (as hereinafter defined), in lieu of issuing Common Shares in exchange therefor, or (ii) issue debt or equity securities or a combination thereof, having a value equal to the Current Value, in lieu of issuing Common Shares in exchange for each such Right, where the value of such securities shall be determined by a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by majority vote of the Board of Directors, or (iii) deliver any combination of cash, property, Common Shares and/or other securities having a value equal to the Current Value in exchange for each Right. For purposes of this Section 2424(c) only, the Current Value shall mean the product of the Current Per Share Market Price of Common Shares on the date of the occurrence of the event described above in subparagraph (a), multiplied by the number of Common Shares for which the Right otherwise would be exchangeable if there were sufficient shares available. To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 24(c), the Board of Directors may temporarily suspend the exercisability of the Rights for a period of up to sixty (60) days following the date on which the event described in Section 24(a) shall have occurred, in order to seek any authorization of additional Common Shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to the above provision and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of such fractional Common Shares, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional Common Shares would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Common Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 1(j) hereof).
(e) The Company may, at its option, by majority vote of the Board of Directors, at any time before any Person has become an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding Rights for rights of substantially equivalent value, as determined reasonably and with good faith by the Board of Directors, based upon the advice of one or more nationally recognized investment banking firms.
(f) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection 24(e) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of rights in exchange therefor as has been determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with subsection 24(e) above. The Company shall give public notice of any such exchange; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the transfer agent for the Common Shares of the Company. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Rights will be effected.
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Samples: Preferred Shares Rights Agreement (Polycom Inc), Preferred Shares Rights Agreement (Polycom Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of Subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations, and subject to subsection 24(c) below, the Corporation Company may, at its option, by majority vote of the Board of Directors and a majority vote of the Continuing Directors, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personoccurrence of a Triggering Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange RatioEXCHANGE RATIO"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall -------------- not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a24(a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to -------- ------- give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with Section 24(a), the Company shall either take such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares for issuance upon exchange of the Rights or alternatively, at the option of a majority of the Board of Directors, with respect to each Right (i) pay cash in an amount equal to the Current Value (as hereinafter defined), in lieu of issuing Common Shares in exchange therefor, or (ii) issue debt or equity securities or a combination thereof, having a value equal to the Current Value, in lieu of issuing Common Shares in exchange for each such Right, where the value of such securities shall be determined by a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by majority vote of the Board of Directors, or (iii) deliver any combination of cash, property, Common Shares and/or other securities having a value equal to the Current Value in exchange for each Right. For purposes of this Section 2424(c) only, the Current Value shall mean the product of the Current Per Share Market Price of Common Shares on the date of the occurrence of the event described above in subparagraph (a), multiplied by the number of Common Shares for which the Right otherwise would be exchangeable if there were sufficient shares available. To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 24(c), the Board of Directors may temporarily suspend the exercisability of the Rights for a period of up to sixty (60) days following the date on which the event described in Section 24(a) shall have occurred, in order to seek any authorization of additional Common Shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to the above provision and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of such fractional Common Shares, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional Common Shares would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Common Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(k) hereof).
(e) The Company may, at its option, by majority vote of the Board of Directors, at any time before any Person has become an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding Rights for rights of substantially equivalent value, as determined reasonably and with good faith by the Board of Directors, based upon the advice of one or more nationally recognized investment banking firms.
(f) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection 24(e) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of rights in exchange therefor as has been determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with subsection 24(e) above. The Company shall give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect -------- ------- in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the transfer agent for the Common Shares of the Company. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Rights will be effected.
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Samples: Preferred Shares Rights Agreement (Global Motorsport Group Inc), Preferred Shares Rights Agreement (Fremont Partners Lp)
Exchange. (a) The Subject to the limitations of applicable law and to any restrictions set forth in any agreements to which the Company is a party on the date of this Rights Agreement (or, if the Board of Directors so determines, after the date of this Agreement), the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personoccurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of (1) one share of Common Share per RightStock of the Company for each Right so exchanged, appropriately adjusted as appropriate to reflect any stock split, stock combination, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such share of Common Stock issuable in exchange ratio for one Right being hereinafter referred to herein as the an "Exchange RatioShare"), or (2) Substitute Consideration, as that term is defined below. The Board of Directors may determine whether to deliver Exchange Shares or Substitute Consideration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Acquiring Person or Adverse Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Acquiring Person or Adverse Person, ) becomes the Beneficial Owner of shares of Common Stock entitled to cast 50% or more of the aggregate number of votes entitled to be cast by all shares of Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(bc) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights held Exchange Share or Substitute Consideration for each Right exchanged by such holder multiplied by holder. Promptly after the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice action of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing any such exchange, the Company shall give notice of such exchange to the Rights Agent and to the holders of the Rights by mailing such notice to all such holders at each holder's last address as it appears upon the registry books of the Rights Agent or, prior to the Distribution Date, on the registry books of the Transfer Agent for the Common Stock; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(cd) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares Stock or Preferred Shares common stock equivalents issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated by the Board of Directors in accordance with this Section 24, the Company may take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate to authorize additional shares of Common Stock or common stock equivalents for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) Unless the Board of Directors determines otherwise, the Company shall be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Miix Group Inc), Rights Agreement (Miix Group Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation -------- may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation's Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares Person organized, appointed or established by the Corporation for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder the holders of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice and notify the Rights Agent of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect -------- ------- in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth thousandth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding outstanding, or authorized but unissued unissued, to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Northrop Grumman Corp), Rights Agreement (Northrop Grumman Corp)
Exchange. (a) The Subject to Section 25(d), the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares Stock of the Corporation Company at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiarysubsidiary, any entity holding shares of Common Shares Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the shares of Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 25 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares or Preferred Shares Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 2425, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights; and, consistent with the provisions of Section 9(e) and Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, in the event the Company is unable to cause shares of Common Stock to be delivered in exchange for Rights for any reason within 90 days after the announcement of the decision to exchange Rights pursuant to Section (a) of this Section 25, the Company shall substitute for each share of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon the exchange of Rights, cash, other assets or other securities of the Company (or any combination of the foregoing) having an aggregate value equal to the "current per share market price" (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(ii) hereof), as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Aar Corp), Rights Agreement (Aar Corp)
Exchange. (a) The Subject to paragraph (c) of this Section 29, the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of but not less than all the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereofof this Agreement) for Common Shares (i) in the case of the Corporation Series A Rights, for Class A Preferred Stock at an exchange ratio of one Common Share share of Class A Preferred Stock per Series A Right, and (ii) in the case of Series B Rights, for Common Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Stock per Series B Right, in each case as appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock splitsplits, stock dividend dividends or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares transactions occurring after the date hereof of this Agreement (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange" and such exchange ratios being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange RatioRatios"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering Company authorizing the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 Exchange and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights shall the Rights will terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder the holders of such Rights included in the Exchange shall be to receive that number of shares of Class A Preferred Stock or Common Shares Stock, as the case may be, equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the appropriate Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchangethe Exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, give notice or any defect in, in such notice shall not affect the validity of the Exchange. Within 10 days after such exchange. The Corporation promptly action of the Board of Directors ordering the Exchange, the Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the Rights Agent and the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, given whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange Exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights Exchange will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rightseffected.
(c) In any exchange pursuant the event that the number of shares of Class A Preferred Stock or shares of Common Stock which are authorized by the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights are not sufficient to this Section 24permit the Exchange, or if the Board of Directors of the Company so elects in its discretion, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, Exchange Ratio as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereofSeries A Rights shall instead equal one Class A Preferred Equivalent per Series A Right, so that and/or the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share Exchange Ratio as to the Series B Rights shall have the same voting rights as instead equal one Common ShareStock Equivalent per Series B Rights.
(d) The Board Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Directors shares of Class A Preferred Stock or fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence such fractional shares. In lieu of such fractional shares, there may be paid to the registered holders of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares would otherwise be issuable, an amount in Section 24(a) hereof unless at cash equal to the time such exchange is authorized there same fraction of the current market value of one share of Class A Preferred Stock or one share of Common Stock, as the case may be. For the purposes of this paragraph (d), the current market value of one share of Class A Preferred Stock shall be sufficient the closing price of a share of Class A Preferred Stock (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) of this Agreement) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the Exchange Date, and the current market value of the share of Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to permit Section 11(d) of this Agreement) for the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24Trading Day immediately prior to the Exchange Date.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Maxxam Inc), Rights Agreement (Maxxam Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring PersonStock Acquisition Date, upon resolution by the Board of Directors of the Company, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Class A Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Class A Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof of this Agreement (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "“Section 27(a)(i) Exchange Ratio"”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall Company may not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan)Acquiring Person, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Acquiring Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of shares of Class A Common Stock and/or shares of Class B Common Stock representing 50% or more of the voting power represented by the shares of Class A Common Shares Stock and shares of Class B Common Stock then outstanding. The exchange of the Rights by the Board of Directors of the Company may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board of Directors of the Company in its sole discretion may establish. Prior to effecting an exchange pursuant to this Section 27, the Board of Directors of the Company may direct the Company to enter into a trust agreement in such form and with such terms as the Board of Directors of the Company shall then approve (the “Trust Agreement”). If the Board of Directors of the Company so directs, the Company shall enter into the Trust Agreement and shall issue to the trust created by such agreement (the “Trust”) all of the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable pursuant to the exchange, and all Persons entitled to receive shares pursuant to the exchange shall be entitled to receive such shares (and any dividends or distributions made thereon after the date on which such shares are deposited in the Trust) only from the Trust and solely upon compliance with the relevant terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection paragraph (a) of this Section 24 27 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Class A Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.27(a)
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Samples: Section 382 Rights Agreement (Comstock Holding Companies, Inc.), Section 382 Rights Agreement (Comstock Homebuilding Companies, Inc.)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time and from time to time on or after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Persona Section 11(a)(ii) Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter hereafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (aSection 24(a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder the holders of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Promptly after the action of the Board of Directors ordering an exchange of the Rights, the Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchangeexchange to the Rights Agent and the holders of the then outstanding Rights by mailing such notice to all such holders at each holder's last address as it appears upon the registry books of the Rights Agent; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute shares of Preferred Shares Stock (or equivalent preferred sharesEquivalent Preferred Stock, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all shares of the Common Shares Stock exchangeable for the Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth thousandth of a share of Preferred Share Stock (or equivalent preferred shareEquivalent Preferred Stock) for each share of Common ShareStock, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting dividend rights of the Preferred Shares Stock pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares Stock or Preferred Shares issued Stock issued, but not outstanding outstanding, or authorized but unissued unissued, to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24 or that any regulatory actions or approvals are required in connection therewith, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Stock or Preferred Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Section 24. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this Section 24(e), the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
(f) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Company, at its option, may substitute for any share of Common Stock exchangeable for a Right (i) Common Stock Equivalents, (ii) cash, (iii) debt securities of the Company, (iv) other assets, or (v) any combination of the foregoing, having an aggregate value which the Board of Directors of the Company shall have determined in good faith to be equal to the Current Market Price of one share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the Trading Date immediately preceding the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Anadigics Inc), Rights Agreement (Anadigics Inc)
Exchange. (ai) The Board Pursuant to the timing set forth in Section 1.4(a)(iii), each Company Shareholder shall be entitled to receive (A) the amount of Directors cash and (B) the number of shares of Acquirer Common Stock that such Company Shareholder has the right to receive pursuant to Section 1.3(a) and Acquirer shall provide an executed instruction letter to Computershare, Acquirer’s transfer agent, on the Closing Date, less, in the case of a Founder, such Founder’s Escrow Pro Rata Share of the Corporation may, at its option, at any time after Cash Escrow Amount.
(ii) Any certificates or book-entry entitlements representing the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part shares of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void Acquirer Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e1.3(a) and Section 11(a)(ii1.3(b) hereof) for Common Shares of shall bear the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant following legends to the terms of extent applicable (along with any such plan or any trusteeother legends that may be required under Applicable Law):
(1) THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, administrator or fiduciary of such a planAS AMENDED (“SECURITIES ACT”), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such PersonOR UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstandingOR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE SALE OR DISTRIBUTION THEREOF. NO SUCH SALE OR DISTRIBUTION MAY BE EFFECTED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION S PROMULGATED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
(b2) Immediately upon THE SHARES EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO A RIGHT OF REPURCHASE AND INDEMNITY OBLIGATIONS AS SET FORTH IN AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COMPANY.” It is Acquirer’s current policy not to issue stock certificates representing shares of its capital stock, and all new issuances of capital stock are reflected on Acquirer’s books and records in book entry only, with appropriate notations reflecting the action applicable legends.
(iii) Acquirer will (A) on the Closing Date, initiate a wire transfer to each Company shareholder of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares funds equal to the aggregate amount of cash payable to such Company Shareholder pursuant to Section 1.3(a)(i) and (B) on the Closing Date, provide an executed instruction letter to Computershare, Acquirer’s transfer agent, directing Computershare to issue to each Company Shareholder the aggregate number of shares of Acquirer Common Stock issuable to such rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; providedCompany Shareholder pursuant to Section 1.3(a)(i), however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected andless, in the event case of any partial exchangea Founder, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all Founder’s Escrow Pro Rata Share of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common ShareCash Escrow Amount.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.
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Samples: Share Purchase Agreement, Share Purchase Agreement (Marin Software Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of Subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations, and subject to subsection (c) below, the Corporation Company may, at its option, by majority vote of the Board of Directors and a majority vote of the Continuing Directors, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personoccurrence of a Triggering Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange RatioRATIO OF EXCHANGE"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange RatioRatio of Exchange. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with Section 24(a), the Company shall either take such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares for issuance upon exchange of the Rights or alternatively, at the option of a majority of the Board of Directors, with respect to each Right (i) pay cash in an amount equal to the Current Value (as hereinafter defined), in lieu of issuing Common Shares in exchange therefor, or (ii) issue debt or equity securities or a combination thereof, having a value equal to the Current Value, in lieu of issuing Common Shares in exchange for each such Right, where the value of such securities shall be determined by a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors by majority vote of the Board of Directors, or (iii) deliver any combination of cash, property, Common Shares and/or other securities having a value equal to the Current Value in exchange for each Right. For purposes of this Section 2424(c) only, the Current Value shall mean the product of the current per share market price of Common Shares (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) on the date of the occurrence of the event described above in subparagraph (a)) multiplied by the number of Common Shares for which the Right otherwise would be exchangeable if there were sufficient shares available. To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 24(c), the Board of Directors may temporarily suspend the exercisability of the Rights for a period of up to sixty (60) days following the date on which the event described in Section 24(a) shall have occurred, in order to seek any authorization of additional Common Shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to the above provision and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates that evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of such fractional Common Shares, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional Common Shares would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current per share market value of a whole Common Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d) hereof).
(e) The Company may, at its option, by majority vote of the Board of Directors, at any time before any Person has become an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding Rights for rights of substantially equivalent value, as determined reasonably and with good faith by the Board of Directors, based upon the advice of one or more nationally recognized investment banking firms.
(f) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of rights in exchange therefor as has been determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with subsection (e) above. The Company shall give public notice of any such exchange; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the transfer agent for the Common Shares of the Company. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Rights will be effected.
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Samples: Preferred Shares Rights Agreement (Innerdyne Inc), Preferred Shares Rights Agreement (Retix)
Exchange. (a) The Company, upon resolution of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Directors, may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personfirst occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, exchange all or part of the then then-outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Units of Preferred Stock or shares of Company Common Shares Stock at the election of the Corporation Board of Directors (such Units of Preferred Stock or shares of Company Common Stock, as applicable, the “Exchange Securities”) at an exchange ratio of one share of Class A Common Share Stock or one Unit of Series A Preferred per Class A Right and one share of Class B Common Stock or one Unit of Series B Preferred per Class B Right, in each case as appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to the “Exchange Ratio”). The exchange of the Rights by the Board of Directors may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the "Exchange Ratio")Board of Directors in its sole discretion may establish. Notwithstanding the foregoingPrior to effecting an exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Board of Directors may direct the Company to enter into a Trust Agreement in such form and with such terms as the Board of Directors shall not be empowered then approve (the “Trust Agreement”). If the Board of Directors so directs, the Company shall enter into the Trust Agreement and shall issue to effect the trust created by such exchange at any time after any Person agreement (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary “Trust”) all of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or Exchange Securities issuable pursuant to the exchange, and all Persons entitled to receive Exchange Securities pursuant to the exchange shall be entitled to receive such Exchange Securities (and any dividends or distributions made thereon after the date on which such Exchange Securities are deposited in the Trust) only from the Trust and solely upon compliance with the relevant terms and provisions of any such plan the Trust Agreement. Any Exchange Securities issued at the direction of the Board of Directors in connection herewith shall be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Company Common Stock or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a planPreferred Stock (as the case may be), together with all Affiliates and Associates of the Company shall be deemed to have received as consideration for such Person, becomes issuance a benefit having a value that is at least equal to the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more aggregate par value of the Common Shares then outstandingExchange Securities so issued.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 24(a), and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive (i) that number of shares of Class A Common Shares Stock or Units of Series A Preferred, as applicable, equal to the number of such rights Class A Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio and (ii) that number of shares of Class B Common Stock or Units of Series B Preferred, as applicable, equal to the number of such Class B Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give provide public notice of any such exchangeexchange (with prompt written notice thereof to the Rights Agent); provided, however, that the failure to give, give or any defect in, in such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company shall promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will shall state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares Exchange Securities for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares event that: (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(bx) hereof) for some or all the number of Exchange Securities which are authorized by the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate Certificate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued Incorporation but not outstanding or authorized but unissued reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights are not sufficient to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24 or (y) the securities issuable upon exercise of the Rights are required to be registered under the Securities Act or registered or qualified under applicable state securities laws or “blue sky” laws, then the Company, at the election of the Board of Directors, shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Exchange Securities, register or qualify any securities as the case may be, for issuance upon exchange of the Rights or shall make adequate provision to substitute, in whole or in part, (1) cash, (2) other comparable equity securities of the Company (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock which, having dividend, voting and liquidation rights substantially comparable to those of the Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, as the case may be, as determined by the Board in its sole discretion), (3) debt securities of the Company, (4) other assets, or (5) any combination of the foregoing, having an aggregate value for each Right to be exchanged equal to the per share market price of one share of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock or one Unit of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred, as applicable (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) as of the date of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors. To the extent that the Company determines that action must be taken pursuant to the foregoing clauses of this Section 24(c), the Board of Directors may suspend the exercisability of the Rights, in order to seek any authorization of additional Exchange Securities, register or qualify any securities that will be issued on exercise of the Rights as the case may be, and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to the above provision and to determine the value thereof.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Exchange Securities or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Units or fractional shares. In lieu of issuing fractional Units or fractional shares, the Company may pay to the registered holders of Rights Certificates at the time such Rights are exchanged as herein provided an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) of one share of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock or one Unit of Series A Preferred or Series B Preferred, as applicable, on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Tax Benefits Preservation Plan, Tax Benefits Preservation Plan (ICO Global Communications (Holdings) LTD)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either adjustments in the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof number of Rights pursuant to Section 11 of this Rights Agreement (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan or compensation arrangement of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares securities of the Company to the extent organized, appointed or established by the Company or any such Subsidiary for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plancompensation arrangement), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstandingVoting Power of the Company.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection paragraph (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right rights thereafter of a holder holders of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company promptly shall promptly give public notice of any such exchangeexchange (with prompt notice thereof to the Rights Agent); provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute Series AA Preferred Shares Stock (or equivalent preferred sharesSeries AA Preferred stock, as such term is defined in Section 11(b11(d) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares Stock exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth of a share of Series AA Preferred Share Stock (or equivalent preferred shareSeries AA Preferred stock) for each share of Common ShareStock, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Series AA Preferred Shares Stock pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a share of Series AA Preferred Share Stock delivered in lieu of each share of Common Share Stock shall have the same voting rights as one share of Common ShareStock.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares Stock or Series AA Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding Stock (or equivalent Series AA Preferred stock) authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock or Series AA Preferred Stock (or equivalent Series AA Preferred stock) for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this paragraph (e), the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the current market price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(f)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals Inc), Rights Agreement (Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time and from time to time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personfirst occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock or Common Stock Equivalents, or any combination thereof, at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock and/or Common Stock Equivalents equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last latest addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchangedeffected. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction number of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu shares of each Common Share shall have Stock which are authorized by the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board Company's Restated Certificate of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued Incorporation but not outstanding or authorized but unissued reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights are not sufficient to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company may, at its option, take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of Rights with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the value of a whole share of Common Stock. For purposes of this Section 24, the value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the closing price (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24, and the value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Stock on such date.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Omniquip International Inc), Rights Agreement (Dt Industries Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either adjustments in the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof number of Rights pursuant to Section 11 of this Rights Agreement (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan or compensation arrangement of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares securities of the Company to the extent organized, appointed or established by the Company or any such Subsidiary for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plancompensation arrangement), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstandingVoting Power of the Company.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection paragraph (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right rights thereafter of a holder holders of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company promptly shall promptly give public notice of any such exchangeexchange (with prompt notice thereof to the Rights Agent); provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the Rights Agent and validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute Series AA Preferred Shares Stock (or equivalent preferred sharesSeries AA Preferred stock, as such term is defined in Section 11(b11(d) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares Stock exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth of a share of Series AA Preferred Share Stock (or equivalent preferred shareSeries AA Preferred stock) for each share of Common ShareStock, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Series AA Preferred Shares Stock pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a share of Series AA Preferred Share Stock delivered in lieu of each share of Common Share Stock shall have the same voting rights as one share of Common ShareStock.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares Stock or Series AA Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding Stock (or equivalent Series AA Preferred stock) authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock or Series AA Preferred Stock (or equivalent Series AA Preferred stock) for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this paragraph (e), the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the current market price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(f)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Trico Bancshares /), Rights Agreement (Trico Bancshares /)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more a majority of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.equal
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) common stock equivalents for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred sharean appropriate number of common stock equivalents) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares, Preferred Shares or Preferred Shares issued but common stock equivalents authorized by the Company's certificate of incorporation and not outstanding or authorized but unissued subscribed for, or reserved or otherwise committed for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of Rights, to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares, Preferred Shares or common stock equivalents for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of such fractional Common Shares, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional Common Shares would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current per share market value of a whole Common Share. For the purposes of this paragraph (e), the current per share market value of a whole Common Share shall be the closing price of a Common Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24. Section 25.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Talley Industries Inc), Rights Agreement (Talley Manufacturing & Technology Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "“Exchange Ratio"”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares Person organized, appointed or established by the Corporation for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder the holders of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will shall be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will shall be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth thousandth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred share) pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding outstanding, or authorized but unissued unissued, to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Telewest Global Inc), Rights Agreement (Telewest Global Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person first becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then then-outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have not become effective or that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one (1) share of Common Share Stock (or ten-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock) per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio amount per Right being hereinafter referred to as the "“Exchange Ratio"”). Notwithstanding The exchange of the foregoing, Rights by the Board of Directors shall not may be empowered to effect made effective at such exchange at any time after any Person (other than time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstandingBoard in its sole discretion may establish.
(b) Immediately upon the effectiveness of the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 23 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchangeexchange (with prompt written notice thereof to the Rights Agent); provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company shall promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such the Rights so exchanged at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock, for Rights will shall be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, The Company may at its optionoption substitute and, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares or Preferred Shares Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued (and unreserved) to permit the an exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 2423, the Company shall substitute to the extent of such insufficiency, for each share of Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable upon exchange of a Right, a number of shares of Preferred Stock or fraction thereof (or equivalent preferred shares as such term is defined in Section 11(b)) such that the Current Per Share Market Price of one share of Preferred Stock (or equivalent preferred share) multiplied by such number or fraction is equal to the Current Per Share Market Price as of the date of such exchange.
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Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time and from time to time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personoccurrence of a Flip-In Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or any combination thereof, at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock, or such number of Common Stock Equivalents or units representing fractions thereof as would be deemed to have the same value as one share of Common Stock, per Right, appropriately adjusted adjusted, if necessary, to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof Effective Date (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall may not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after (i) any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a planan Exempt Person), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the shares of Common Shares Stock then outstandingoutstanding or (ii) the occurrence of a Flip-Over Event.
(b) Immediately upon the effectiveness of the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to and in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section 24 (the effectiveness of which action may be conditioned on the occurrence of one or more events or on the existence of one or more facts or may be effective at some future time) and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock and/or Common Stock Equivalents equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the registered holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.Stock and/or Common Stock
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction number of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu shares of each Common Share shall have Stock that are authorized by the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board Company's articles of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued incorporation but not outstanding or authorized but unissued reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the an exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company may, at its option, take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates or scrip evidencing fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of Rights with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the value of a whole share of Common Stock. For purposes of this Section 24, the value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the Closing Price per share of Common Stock for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24, and the value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Stock on such date.
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Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time and from time to time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personfirst occurrence of a Flip-In Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock or Common Stock Equivalents or any combination thereof, at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock, or such number of Common Stock Equivalents or units representing fractions thereof as would be deemed to have the same value as one share of Common Stock, per Right, appropriately adjusted adjusted, if necessary, to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof Rights Dividend Declaration Date (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall may not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a planan Exempt Person), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the shares of Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the effectiveness of the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to and in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section 24 (which action may be conditioned on the occurrence of one or more events or on the existence of one or more facts or may be effective at some future time) and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock and/or Common Stock Equivalents equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock and/or Common Stock Equivalents for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which that will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected as nearly pro rata as possible based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction number of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu shares of each Common Share shall have Stock that are authorized by the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board Company's certificate of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued incorporation but not outstanding or authorized but unissued reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the an exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company may, at its option, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and regulations, take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates or scrip evidencing fractional shares of Common Stock. If the Company elects not to issue fractional shares, then in lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of Rights with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the value of a whole share of Common Stock. For purposes of this Section 24, the value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the Closing Price per share of Common Stock for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24, and the value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Stock on such date.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Southdown Inc)
Exchange. a. Subject to paragraph (ac) The of this Section 25, the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personoccurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per for every one Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend dividend, reclassification or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange" and such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) b. Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering Company authorizing the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 Exchange and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights the Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights included in the Exchange shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchangethe Exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, give or any defect in, in such notice shall not affect the validity of the Exchange. Within 10 days after such exchange. The Corporation promptly action of the Board of Directors ordering the Exchange, the Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange Exchange to all of the Rights Agent and the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, given whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange Exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights Exchange will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) c. In any exchange pursuant the event that the number of Common Shares which are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights are not sufficient to this Section 24permit the Exchange in full, the CorporationExchange Ratio shall equal one Common Stock Equivalent (in lieu of one Common Share) for every one Right. Alternatively, the Board of Directors of the Company may, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares determine that the Company shall (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(bi) hereof) for some or all of the issue Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant Exchange to the terms thereofextent Common Shares are available and (ii) utilize Common Stock Equivalents in the Exchange as provided above to the extent Common Shares are not available, so that in which case such Common Shares shall be allocated on such basis as the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred determines pursuant to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 2430 hereof.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Primesource Corp)
Exchange. (a) The Subject to Section 15(b), the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares Stock of the Corporation Company at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "“Exchange Ratio"”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiarysubsidiary, any entity holding shares of Common Shares Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the shares of Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 25 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares or Preferred Shares Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 2425, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights; and, consistent with the provisions of Section 9(e) and Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, in the event the Company is unable to cause shares of Common Stock to be delivered in exchange for Rights for any reason within 90 days after the announcement of the decision to exchange Rights pursuant to Section (a) of this Section 25, the Company shall substitute for each share of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon the exchange of Rights, cash, other assets or other securities of the Company (or any combination of the foregoing) having an aggregate value equal to the “current per share market price” (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(ii) hereof), as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Aar Corp)
Exchange. (a) The Board Series B Preferred Shares shall be subject to exchange into Exchange Notes as follows:
a. Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of Directors of the Corporation may, at its optionthis Section 4, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personthree (3) year anniversary of the Issue Date, exchange a holder of Series B Preferred Shares shall have the right (the "Exchange Right"), at his or her option, to convert all or part any portion of such Series B Preferred Shares into an Exchange Note in the principal amount equal to, for each Series B Preferred Share so converted, the Issue Price plus an amount representing a ten percent (10%) per annum return (compounded annually) on the Issue Price from the Issue Date (treating any dividends paid on the Series B Preferred Shares pursuant to Section 2 hereof as a reduction in the Issue Price effected on the date such dividend was paid). The principal amount of the then outstanding Exchange Notes shall be calculated to the nearest whole cent (with $0.005 being rounded upward).
b. In order to exercise the Exchange Right, the holder of each Series B Preferred Share to be exchanged shall surrender the certificate representing such share, duly endorsed or assigned to the Corporation or in blank, at the office of the Transfer Agent, accompanied by written notice to the Corporation that the holder thereof elects to exchange such Series B Preferred Shares into Exchange Notes. Unless the Exchange Note issuable upon exercise of a holder's Exchange Right is to be issued in the same name as the name in which such Series B Preferred Share is registered, the shares surrendered for exchange shall be accompanied by instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed by the holder or such holder's duly authorized attorney together with an amount sufficient to pay any transfer or similar tax (or evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation demonstrating that such taxes have been paid).
c. Upon the exercise of the Exchange Right, a holder of Series B Preferred Shares shall forfeit his or her right to receive all cumulated and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void unpaid dividends on Series B Preferred Shares surrendered for exchange pursuant to the provisions of this Section 7(e) 4; provided, that such cumulated and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors unpaid dividends shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than factored into the Corporation, any Subsidiary calculation of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan principal amount of the Exchange Notes so issued upon exchange.
d. As promptly as practicable after the surrender of certificates for Series B Preferred Shares as aforesaid, the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to shall issue and deliver at the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more office of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon holder, or on his or her written order, such other location, the action of Exchange Note, all in accordance with the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) provisions of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio4. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such Each exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be to have been effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant immediately prior to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.close
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Gfi Co)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, Stock Acquisition Date exchange all or part of the then then-outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation Stock (or Common Stock Equivalents) at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof of the distribution by CPC to its stockholders of one hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding Common Stock (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Company shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any wholly owned Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan or employee stock plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares Stock as a fiduciary for or pursuant to the terms of any an such employee benefit plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a employee stock plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to and in compliance with subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right night to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights, which excludes Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) hereof, shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock, or Common Stock Equivalents, equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly file notice of such Board action with the Rights Agent and give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company shall promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof)) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares or Preferred Shares Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(d) The Company shall not be required, pursuant to this Section 24, to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates, with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the Current Market Price of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this paragraph (d), the Current Market Price of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24, and the value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to have the same Current Market Price as the Common Stock on such date.
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Exchange. (a) The Company, at its option, upon approval by the Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its optionCompany, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, may exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio equal to one Share of one Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted Right (subject to adjustment to reflect any stock splitsplits, stock dividend or dividends and similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares transactions occurring after the date hereof hereof), at the election and in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors or the Company, either (i) that number obtained by dividing the Purchase Price by the then current per share market price per share of Common Stock on the earlier of (A) the date on which any Person becomes an Acquiring Person or (B) the date on which a tender or exchange offer by any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any trustee or fiduciary with respect to such plan acting in such capacity) is first published or sent or given within the meaning of Rule 14d-4(a) of the Exchange Act Regulations or any successor rule, if upon consummation thereof such Person would be the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding or (ii) one share of Common Stock per Right (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Section 24
(a) Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall Company may not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of maintained by the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiaryof its Subsidiaries, or any entity holding Common Shares for trustee or pursuant fiduciary with respect to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of acting in such a plancapacity), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the shares of Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.
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Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors All or any portion of the Corporation mayprincipal amount of this Debenture may be exchanged by or on behalf of a Participant, at its optionand only a Participant (except as provided in Section 16 of this Debenture), at any time after upon the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding terms and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant subject to the provisions conditions specified herein, in the Exchange Acknowledgment of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per RightParent dated June 15, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof 1994 (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange RatioAcknowledgment"), and in the Investment Option Agreement or Purchase Agreement to which such Participant is a party into Convertible Preferred Shares of Parent, at an initial exchange price for Convertible Preferred Shares equal to $300.40 principal amount of Debentures per Convertible Preferred Share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not The exchange price for Convertible Preferred Shares will be empowered subject to effect such exchange at adjustment in order to prevent any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary dilution or enlargement of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares exchange privilege and exchange applicable to this Debenture. No adjustments shall be made for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering accrued interest on the exchange of any Rights pursuant principal amount of Debentures or for dividends or distributions on the issuance of any Convertible Preferred Shares upon conversion. In order to subsection exchange any principal amount of Debentures for Convertible Preferred Shares of Parent: (a) a Participant must deliver (i) an exercise notice specifying such Participant's intention to purchase the principal amount of this Section 24 Debenture specified therein pursuant to the exercise of an Option and without any further action have the Debenture so purchased immediately exchanged on such Participant's behalf into Convertible Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms hereof and without any noticethereof, or (ii) an exchange notice specifying such Participant's intention to exchange a principal amount of Debenture previously purchased by the right Participant pursuant to exercise such rights shall terminate a Purchase Agreement and specified therein for Convertible Preferred Shares of Parent in accordance with the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights terms hereof and thereof; (b) the Debentures shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal surrendered to the number of such rights held by such holder multiplied Company at its designated office set forth in Section 9; and (c) if required by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; providedCompany, however, that the failure to give, appropriate endorsements or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided transfer documents shall be deemed given, whether or not furnished to the holder receives the noticeCompany. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in In the event of any partial exchangeexchange of this Debenture in part only, a new Debenture for the number of Rights which unexchanged portion hereof will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on issued in the number name of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rightsthis Debenture upon the cancellation hereof.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.
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Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation's Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares Person organized, appointed or established by the Corporation for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder the holders of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice and notify the Rights Agent of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth thousandth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding outstanding, or authorized but unissued unissued, to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Footstar Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Persondate the Rights first become exercisable for Common Shares pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii), exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e11(a) and Section 11(a)(ii(ii) hereof) for Common Shares, with each Right to be exchanged for such number of Common Shares as shall equal the result obtained by dividing (x) the then current Purchase Price by (y) the current per share market price of Common Shares (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the Corporation at an exchange ratio date the Rights first become exercisable for Common Shares pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) (such number of one Common Share per Right, shares being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). The Exchange Ratio shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either affecting the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring that occurs after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred the Rights first become exercisable for Common Shares pursuant to as the "Exchange Ratio"Section 11(a)(ii). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Company shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a planan Exempt Person), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection paragraph (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e11(a) and Section 11(a)(ii(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In the event that there shall not be sufficient authorized, unissued and unreserved Common Shares to permit any exchange pursuant to of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof, or common share equivalents, as such term is defined in Section 11(a)(iii)(B)(3) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) or one common share equivalent for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions affecting the voting rights Common Shares that occur after the date of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Sharethis Agreement.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares Shares, Preferred Shares, equivalent preferred shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but common share equivalents, authorized, unissued and unreserved to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares or Preferred Shares, equivalent preferred shares or common share equivalents for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of such fractional Common Shares, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional Common Shares would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Common Share. For the purposes of this paragraph (e), the current market value of a whole Common Share shall be the closing price of a Common Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Exchange. (ai) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time on or after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring PersonDistribution Date, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares Stock of the Corporation Company at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock of the Company per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Section 24(a)(i) Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a planan Exempt Person), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares Stock of the Company.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Company may, at its option, at any time on or after the Distribution Date, exchange all or part of the then outstandingoutstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) hereof) for shares of Common Stock of the Company at an exchange ratio specified in the following sentence, as appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction occurring after the date of this Agreement. Subject to the adjustment described in the foregoing sentence, each Right may be exchanged for that number of shares of Common Stock of the Company obtained by dividing the Spread (as defined in Section 11(a)(iii)) by the then Fair Market Value per one one-hundredth of a share of Preferred Stock on the earlier of (x) the date on which any person becomes an Acquiring Person or (y) the date on which a tender or exchange offer by any Person (other than an Exempt Person) is first published or sent or given within the meaning of Rule 14d-4(a) of the Exchange Act or any successor rule, if upon consummation thereof such Person would be the Beneficial Owner of more than 15% of the shares of Common Stock of the Company then outstanding (such exchange ratio being referred to herein as the "Section 24(a)(ii) Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than an Exempt Person), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Stock of the Company.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock of the Company equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Section 24(a)(i) Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that Ratio or the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.)
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Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock (or one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock) per one-half of one Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either occurring with respect to the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring Stock after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "“Exchange Ratio"”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any an Acquiring Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes shall have become the Beneficial Owner of shares of Common Stock aggregating 50% or more of the shares of Common Shares Stock then outstanding. From and after the occurrence of an event specified in Section 13(a) hereof, any Rights that theretofore have not been exchanged pursuant to this Section 24(a) shall thereafter be exercisable only in accordance with Section 13 and may not be exchanged pursuant to this Section 24(a). The exchange of the Rights by the Board of Directors may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board of Directors in its sole discretion may establish.
(b) Immediately upon the effectiveness of the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection paragraph (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange, with prompt notice thereof to the Rights Agent; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company shall promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such the Rights so exchanged at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange of Rights shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, The Company may at its optionoption substitute, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred sharesand, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares or Preferred Shares Stock, issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights for Common Stock as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall substitute, to the extent of such insufficiency, for each share of Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable upon exchange of a Right, a number of shares of Preferred Stock or fractions thereof (or equivalent preferred shares as such term is defined in Section 11(b)) having an aggregate current per share market price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) equal to the current per share market price of one share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) as of the date of issuance of such shares of Preferred Stock or fractions thereof (or equivalent preferred shares).
(d) The Company shall not, in connection with any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this paragraph (d), the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Exchange. (a) The Subject to Section 25(d), the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares Stock of the Corporation Company at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiarysubsidiary, any entity holding shares of Common Shares Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the shares of Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 25 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares or Preferred Shares Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 2425, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights; and, consistent with the provisions of Section 9(e) and Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, in the event the Company is unable to cause shares of Common Stock to be delivered in exchange for Rights for any reason within 90 days after the announcement of the decision to exchange Rights pursuant to Section (a) of this Section 25, the Company shall substitute for each share of Common Stock otherwise issuable upon the exchange of Rights, cash, other assets or other securities of the Company (or any combination of the foregoing) having an aggregate value equal to the "current per share market price" (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(ii) hereof), as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (General Employment Enterprises Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) by exchanging for each such Right one share of Class A Common Shares Stock of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per RightCorporation, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio number of shares of Class A Common Stock per Right being hereinafter referred to as the "“Exchange Ratio"”); provided, however, that in connection with any exchange effected pursuant to this Section 27, no Person holding Rights shall be entitled to receive shares of Class A Common Stock (or other shares of capital stock of the Corporation) that would result in such Person, together with such Person's Affiliates and Associates, becoming the Beneficial Owner of an amount of Capital Stock that equals or exceeds either of the Stated Thresholds (unless such Person would be an Exempt Person under clauses (iv) or (v) of the definition of Exempt Person). If a Person holding Rights would, but for the proviso set forth in the previous sentence, be entitled to receive a number of shares of Class A Common Stock (or other shares of capital stock of the Corporation) that would otherwise result in such Person, together with such Person’s Affiliates and Associates, becoming the Beneficial Owner of an amount of Capital Stock that equals or exceeds either of the Stated Thresholds (such shares, the “Excess Exchange Shares”), in lieu of receiving such Excess Exchange Shares, such Person will be entitled to receive an amount in cash equal to the product of (x) the Fair Market Value of a share of Class A Common Stock at the close of business on the trading day following the date on which the exchange effected pursuant hereto is first effected and (y) the number of Excess Exchange Shares applicable to such Person. The exchange of the Rights by the Board of Directors may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board of Directors may establish. Prior to effecting an exchange pursuant to this Section 27, the Board of Directors may direct the Corporation to enter into a Trust Agreement in such form and with such terms as the Board of Directors shall then approve (the “Trust Agreement”). If the Board of Directors so directs, the Corporation shall enter into the Trust Agreement and shall issue to the trust created by such agreement (the “Trust”) all of the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable pursuant to the exchange, and all Persons entitled to receive shares pursuant to the exchange shall be entitled to receive such shares (and any dividends or distributions made thereon after the date on which such shares are deposited in the Trust) only from the Trust and solely upon compliance with the relevant terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a planan Exempt Person), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of fifty percent (50% %) or more of the Common Shares Capital Stock then outstanding. From and after the occurrence of an event specified in Section 13(a) hereof, any Rights that theretofore have not been exchanged pursuant to this Section 27(a) shall thereafter be exercisable only in accordance with Section 13 hereof and may not be exchanged pursuant to this Section 27(a). For purposes of this Section 27(a), fifty percent (50%) or more of the Capital Stock shall mean a number of shares of Capital Stock as shall equal in voting power fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting power of the then outstanding Capital Stock in the election of a majority of the Board of Directors or in respect of a merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets, liquidation, dissolution or winding up.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (aSection 27(a) of this Section 24 hereof and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Class A Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; exchange (and the Rights Agent shall be given prompt notice of any such exchange); provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Class A Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Class A Common Shares or Preferred Shares Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 2427, the Corporation shall substitute to the extent of such insufficiency, for each share of Class A Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable upon exchange of a Right, a number of shares of Preferred Stock or fractions thereof having an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the Fair Market Value of one share of Class A Common Stock as of the date any Person becomes an Acquiring Person.
(d) The Corporation shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Class A Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares. In lieu of such fractional shares, the Corporation shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Class A Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Class A Common Stock. For the purposes of this Section 27(d), the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Class A Common Stock for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 27.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (FXCM Inc.)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at -------- its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar simi lar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (Person, other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan)an Exempt Person, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that -------- ------- the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute Series One Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred sharesSeries One Preferred Shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth of a Series One Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred shareSeries One Preferred Share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Series One Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Series One Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Series One Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares or Series One Preferred Shares for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of such fractional Common Shares, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional Common Shares would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Common Share. For the pur poses of this paragraph (e), the current market value of a whole Common Share shall be the closing price of a Common Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Nabi /De/)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personlater of the Distribution Date and the first occurrence of a Triggering Event, exchange all or part of the then then-outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at 52 56 an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), who or which, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (aSection 27(a) of this Section 24 hereof, and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right with respect to such Rights thereafter of a the holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice Promptly after the action of the Board of Directors of the Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to Section 27(a) hereof, the Company shall publicly announce such exchange; providedaction, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice and within 10 calendar days thereafter shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a give notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will shall state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.exchange
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Hughes Supply Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board All shares of Directors of Intracel Stock shall be repurchased by the Corporation may, at its option, at any time after Company and the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of Transferred Assets shall be transferred to the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void Company pursuant to the provisions Asset Transfer Agreement in exchange for (i) the Company’s issuance of Section 7(e3,451,766 shares of Series B Preferred Stock (the “Exchange Shares”) to the Holders, in the proportions set forth on Schedule A hereto, and Section 11(a)(ii(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or other shares of stock that are issued in the future pursuant to the terms of any Investors’ Rights Agreement (the “Milestone and Anti-Dilution Shares”) and as a dividend or distribution with regard to such plan Exchange Shares or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates Milestone and Associates of such Person, becomes Anti-Dilution Shares. Upon the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more acceptance of the Common Third Amendment for record by the Secretary of State, (i) the shares of Intracel Stock shall be deemed to be repurchased by the Company and Intracel shall have no further rights with respect to the shares of Intracel Stock, and any certificates representing shares of Intracel Stock shall be deemed to be converted into only the right to receive the Exchange Shares, and (ii) the Exchange Shares then outstandingshall have been validly issued by the Company.
(b) Immediately upon Intracel shall transfer all stock certificates representing shares of Intracel Stock, duly executed in blank. If such stock certificates shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Intracel may tender in lieu thereof (i) an affidavit of that fact by Intracel, and (ii) an indemnity agreement against any claim that may be made against the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant Company with respect to subsection (a) of this Section 24 such lost, stolen or destroyed certificates, each in form and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal substance reasonably satisfactory to the number of such rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of RightsCompany.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all Company’s issuance of the Common Exchange Shares exchangeable for Rights, at to the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to Tranche 12 Lenders shall be conditioned upon the terms thereof, so that applicable Tranche 12 Lender entering into the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have Investor Rights Agreement and the same voting rights as one Common ShareRegistration Rights Agreement.
(d) The Board of Directors Each of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred Holders acknowledges that, in satisfaction of the Transfer Obligation, twenty percent (20%) of the Exchange Shares (in the aggregate) are being issued directly to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange Tranche 12 Lenders. In addition, Intracel Investment, which is authorized there shall be sufficient Common one of the Tranche 12 Lenders, and the Intracel Investment Members acknowledge that the Exchanges Shares or Preferred Shares to which Intracel Investment is entitled pursuant to the Transfer Obligation are being issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued directly to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated Intracel Investment Members in accordance with this Section 24their respective interests in such entity.
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Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of Subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations, and subject to subsection (c) below, the Corporation Company may, at its option, by majority vote of the Board of Directors, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personoccurrence of a Triggering Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereofof this Agreement) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof of this Agreement (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange RatioRatio of Exchange"). ----------------- Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange RatioRatio of Exchange. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the -------- ------- failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereofof this Agreement) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with Section 24(a), the Company shall either take such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares for issuance upon exchange of the Rights or alternatively, at the option of a majority of the Board of Directors, with respect to each Right (i) pay cash in an amount equal to the Current Value (as hereinafter defined), in lieu of issuing Common Shares in exchange therefor, or (ii) issue debt or equity securities or a combination thereof, having a value equal to the Current Value, in lieu of issuing Common Shares in exchange for each such Right, where the value of such securities shall be determined by a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors by majority vote of the Board of Directors, or (iii) deliver any combination of cash, property, Common Shares and/or other securities having a value equal to the Current Value in exchange for each Right. For purposes of this Section 2424(c) only, the Current Value shall mean the product of the current per share market price of Common Shares (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) on the date of the occurrence of the event described above in subparagraph (a)) multiplied by the number of Common Shares for which the Right otherwise would be exchangeable if there were sufficient shares available. To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 24(c), the Board of Directors may temporarily suspend the exercisability of the Rights for a period of up to sixty (60) days following the date on which the event described in Section 24(a) shall have occurred, in order to seek any authorization of additional Common Shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to the above provision and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates that evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of such fractional Common Shares, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional Common Shares would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current per share market value of a whole Common Share (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) of this Agreement).
(e) The Company may, at its option, by majority vote of the Board of Directors, at any time before any Person has become an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding Rights for rights of substantially equivalent value, as determined reasonably and with good faith by the Board of Directors, based upon the advice of one or more nationally recognized investment banking firms.
(f) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of rights in exchange therefor as has been determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with subsection (e) above. The Company shall give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, -------- ------- that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the transfer agent for the Common Shares of the Company. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Rights will be effected.
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Samples: Preferred Shares Rights Agreement (Oracle Corp /De/)
Exchange. On the Exchange Date, provided that the -------- Company shall then have delivered to the Depositary the Exchange Debentures and the aggregate amount of cash required to pay any accrued and unpaid dividends and cash in respect of fractional debenture interests issuable and payable with respect to the Stock then deposited with the Depositary, the Depositary shall deliver to each holder the proportionate amount of such Exchange Debentures (asubject to the minimum denomination requirements of such Exchange Debentures referred to below in this Section 2.11) and cash so delivered to the Depositary in respect of such holder's Depositary Shares. The Board Depositary shall, as directed by the Company, mail, first class postage prepaid, notice of Directors such Exchange of Stock and the proposed simultaneous Exchange of the Corporation mayDepositary Shares, not less than five and not more than 15 days prior to the Exchange Date. Such notice shall be mailed to each holder at the address of such holder as the same appears on the records of the Depositary at the close of business on the second business day immediately preceding the date on which the mailing of such notices is commenced; but neither failure to mail any such notice to one or more holders nor any defect in any notice shall affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for the Exchange. The Company shall provide the Depositary with such notice, and each such notice shall state: the Exchange Date; that all outstanding Depositary Shares on the Exchange Date will be exchanged for Exchange Debentures; the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, payable with respect to each Depositary Share to be so exchanged; the place or places where Receipts to be so exchanged are to be surrendered for exchange; that dividends in respect of the Stock represented by the Depositary Shares to be so exchanged shall cease to accrue on the Exchange Date; the minimum principal amount in which Exchange Debentures shall be issued; and such additional information as the Company in its option, at any time discretion deems appropriate. From and after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring PersonExchange Date, exchange the Depositary Shares automatically exchanged for Exchange Debentures shall be deemed no longer to be outstanding and all or part rights of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights holders of Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, except the right to exercise receive the Exchange Debentures and any cash payable upon the Exchange) shall, to the extent of such rights Depositary Shares, cease and terminate. Upon surrender, in accordance with the notice specified in the preceding paragraph, of the Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Depositary shall terminate and the only right thereafter of so require), a holder of such Rights Receipts shall be to receive that number for such holder's Depositary Shares a principal amount of Common Shares Exchange Debentures equal to the number principal amount of such rights held Exchange Debentures, and an amount of cash equal to the cash for accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, delivered in respect of the exchanged Stock represented by such holder multiplied by Depositary Shares. An amount of cash will be paid to holders in respect of any principal amount of Exchange Debentures otherwise issuable which is less than $1,000, or such other minimum denomination as shall be specified in the Exchange Rationotice referred to in the preceding paragraph. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided foregoing shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant subject further to the terms thereof, so that and conditions of the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common ShareCertificate.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.ARTICLE III CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS OF THE HOLDERS OF RECEIPTS AND THE COMPANY
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Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of Subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations, and subject to subsection (c) below, the Corporation Company may, at its option, by majority vote of the Board of Directors and a majority vote of the Continuing Directors, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personoccurrence of a Triggering Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange RatioRatio of Exchange"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such
(c) In the event that there shall not be sufficient Common Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with Section 24(a), the Company shall either take such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares for issuance upon exchange of the Rights or alternatively, at the option of a majority of the Board of Directors, with respect to each Right (i) pay cash in an amount equal to the Current Value (as hereinafter defined), in lieu of issuing Common Shares in exchange therefor, or (ii) issue debt or equity securities or a combination thereof, having a value equal to the Current Value, in lieu of issuing Common Shares in exchange for each such Right, where the value of such securities shall be determined by a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors by majority vote of the Board of Directors, or (iii) deliver any combination of cash, property, Common Shares and/or other securities having a value equal to the Current Value in exchange for each Right. For purposes of this Section 24(c) only, the Current Value shall mean the product of the current per share market price of Common Shares (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) on the date of the occurrence of the event described above in subparagraph (a)) multiplied by the number of Common Shares for which the Right otherwise would be exchangeable if there were sufficient shares available. To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 24(c), the Board of Directors may temporarily suspend the exercisability of the Rights for a period of up to sixty (60) days following the date on which the event described in Section 24(a) shall have occurred, in order to seek any authorization of additional Common Shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to the above provision and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of such fractional Common Shares, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional Common Shares would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current per share market value of a whole Common Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d) hereof).
(e) The Company may, at its option, by majority vote of the Board of Directors, at any time before any Person has become an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding
(f) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights held by such holder multiplied in exchange therefor as has been determined by the Exchange RatioBoard of Directors in accordance with subsection (e) above. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agenttransfer agent for the Common Shares of the Company. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rightseffected.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.
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Samples: Preferred Shares Rights Agreement (Netframe Systems Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at -------- its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof)) for Common Shares of the Corporation Company at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof Original Agreement Date (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan)Person, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstandingoutstanding (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or any Exempted Person (provided that with respect to the Exempt Person, the Exempt Person is not then an Acquiring Person)).
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 24(a), and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares of the Company equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, -------- however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, any such notice shall ------- not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares of the Company for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof)) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares of the Company issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares for issuance upon exchange of the Rights. In the event the Company shall, after good faith effort, be unable to take all such action as may be necessary to authorize such additional Common Shares, the Company shall substitute, for each Common Share that would otherwise be issuable upon exchange of a Right, a number of Preferred Shares or fraction thereof such that the current per share market price of one Preferred Share multiplied by such number or fraction is equal to the current per share market price of one Common Share as of the date of issuance of such Preferred Shares or fraction thereof.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of such fractional Common Shares, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional Common Shares would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Common Share. For the purposes of this Section 24(d), the current market value of a whole Common Share shall be the closing price of a Common Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i)) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Exchange. (a) The Board of Continuing Directors of the Corporation then in office may, at its their option, upon the affirmative vote or written consent of not less than two-thirds of such Continuing Directors, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personoccurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Continuing -------- ----- Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Continuing Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 25 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, -------- however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not ------- affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 2425, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of oneone ten-hundredth thousandth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 2425, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares or Preferred Shares for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of such fractional Common Shares, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional Common Shares would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Common Share. For the purposes of this paragraph (e), the current market value of a whole Common Share shall be the closing price of a Common Share (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 25.
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Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation and/or Class A Common Shares at an exchange ratio of one Common Share and/or Class A Common Shares per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares and/or Class A Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more a sixty percent (60%) of the Common Shares and/or Class A Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares and/or Class A Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares and/or Class A Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata PRO RATA based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) common stock equivalents for some or all of the Common Shares and/or Class A Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred sharean appropriate number of common stock equivalents) for each Common ShareShare and/or Class A Common Shares, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share and/or Class A Common Shares shall have the same voting rights as one Common ShareShare and/or Class A Common Shares.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or and/or Class A Common Shares, Preferred Shares issued but or common stock equivalents authorized by the Company's certificate of incorporation and not outstanding or authorized but unissued subscribed for, or reserved or otherwise committed for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of Rights, to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares and/or Class A Common Shares, Preferred Shares or common stock equivalents for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares and/or Class A Common Shares or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares and/or Class A Common Shares. In lieu of such fractional Common Shares, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional Common Shares and/or Class A Common Shares would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current per share market value of a whole Common Share and/or Class A Common Shares. For the purposes of this paragraph (e), the current per share market value of a whole Common Share and/or Class A Common Shares shall be the closing price of a Common Share and/or Class A Common Shares (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Heico Corp)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii7(d) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "“Exchange Ratio"”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or of more of the shares of Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder the holders of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchangeexchange to the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights in the manner provided in Section 26; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii7(d) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares common stock equivalents (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof11(a)(iii)) for some or all shares of the Common Shares Stock exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or one common stock equivalent preferred share) for each share of Common ShareStock, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the dividend, liquidation and voting rights of the Preferred Shares common stock equivalents pursuant to the terms thereof, so that each common stock equivalents pursuant to the fraction of a Preferred Share terms thereof, so that each common stock equivalent delivered in lieu of each share of Common Share Stock shall have essentially the same dividend, liquidation and voting rights as one share of Common ShareStock.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Northwest Pipe Co)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of Subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations, and subject to subsection (c) below, the Corporation Company may, at its option, by majority vote of the Board of Directors, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personoccurrence of a Triggering Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereofof this Agreement) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof of this Agreement (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange RatioRatio of Exchange"). ----------------- Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange RatioRatio of Exchange. The Corporation Company shall promptly give written notice to the Rights Agent and shall give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect -------- ------- in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereofof this Agreement) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with Section 24(a), the Company shall either take such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares for issuance upon exchange of the Rights or alternatively, at the option of a majority of the Board of Directors, with respect to each Right (i) pay cash in an amount equal to the Current Value (as hereinafter defined), in lieu of issuing Common Shares in exchange therefor, or (ii) issue debt or equity securities or a combination thereof, having a value equal to the Current Value, in lieu of issuing Common Shares in exchange for each such Right, where the value of such securities shall be determined by a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors by majority vote of the Board of Directors, or (iii) deliver any combination of cash, property, Common Shares and/or other securities having a value equal to the Current Value in exchange for each Right. For purposes of this Section 2424(c) only, the Current Value shall mean the product of the current per share market price of Common Shares (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) on the date of the occurrence of the event described above in subparagraph (a)) multiplied by the number of Common Shares for which the Right otherwise would be exchangeable if there were sufficient shares available. To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 24(c), the Board of Directors may temporarily suspend the exercisability of the Rights for a period of up to sixty (60) days following the date on which the event described in Section 24(a) shall have occurred, in order to seek any authorization of additional Common Shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to the above provision and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall promptly give written notice to the Rights Agent and shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates that evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of such fractional Common Shares, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional Common Shares would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current per share market value of a whole Common Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d) of this Agreement).
(e) The Company may, at its option, by majority vote of the Board of Directors, at any time before any Person has become an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding Rights for rights of substantially equivalent value, as determined reasonably and with good faith by the Board of Directors, based upon the advice of one or more nationally recognized investment banking firms.
(f) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of rights in exchange therefor as has been determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with subsection (e) above. The Company shall promptly give written notice to the Rights Agent and shall give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any -------- ------- defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the transfer agent for the Common Shares of the Company. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Rights will be effected.
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Samples: Preferred Shares Rights Agreement (Data Critical Corp)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personlater of the Share Acquisition Date and the Distribution Date, exchange all or part of the then then-outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall will not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof)) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof Record Date (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "“Exchange Ratio"”). Any such exchange will be effective immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Company ordering the same, unless such action of the Board of Directors of the Company expressly provides that such exchange will be effective at a subsequent time or upon the occurrence or nonoccurrence of one or more specified events (in which case such exchange will be effective in accordance with the provisions of such action of the Board of Directors of the Company). Prior to effecting an exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Board of Directors of the Company may direct the Company to enter into a Trust Agreement in such form and with such terms as the Board of Directors of the Company shall then approve (the “Trust Agreement”). If the Board of Directors of the Company so directs, the Company shall enter into the Trust Agreement and shall issue to the trust created by such agreement (the “Trust”) all of the Common Shares issuable pursuant to the exchange, and all Persons entitled to receive Common Shares pursuant to the exchange shall be entitled to receive such Common Shares (and any dividends or distributions made thereon after the date on which such shares are deposited in the Trust) only from the Trust and solely upon compliance with the relevant terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall of the Company will not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such SubsidiaryRelated Person), any entity holding Common Shares for who or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan)which, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the then-outstanding Common Shares then outstandingShares.
(b) Immediately upon the action effectiveness of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this as provided in Section 24 24(a), and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights shall Rights will terminate and the only right with respect to such Rights thereafter of a the holder of such Rights shall will be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly Promptly after the effectiveness of the exchange of any Rights as provided in Section 24(a), the Company will publicly announce (with prompt written notice to the Rights Agent) such exchange and, within 10 calendar days thereafter, will give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice will not affect the validity of such exchange. Any notice which that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall will be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall will be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof)) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares for any Common Share exchangeable for a Right (or i) equivalent preferred shares, common shares (as such term is defined used in Section 11(b11(a)(iii)), (ii) hereofcash, (iii) for some or all debt securities of the Common Shares exchangeable for RightsCompany, at (iv) other assets, or (v) any combination of the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Shareforegoing, in any event having an aggregate value, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments determined in good faith by the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred Company (which determination will be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent), equal to in the current market value of one Common Share (determined pursuant to Section 24(a11(d)) hereof unless at on the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the effectiveness of the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Section 382 Rights Agreement (Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc.)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors At any time following the issuance of the Corporation mayL-SCUs, subject to the remainder of this Paragraph 4, a holder of L-SCUs shall have the right (the "Series L Exchange Right") to exchange all or any portion of such holder's L-SCU's (the "Series L Offered Units") for Exchange Consideration (as defined below), subject to the limitations contained in Paragraphs 4(c) and 4(d) below. Any such Series L Exchange Right shall be exercised pursuant to an exchange notice comparable to the Exchange Notice required under Exhibit D to the Partnership Agreement (such notice, a "Series L Exchange Notice") delivered, at the election of the holder exercising the Series L Exchange Right (the "Series L Exercising Holder"), to the Company or to the Operating Partnership, by the Series L Exercising Holder.
(b) The exchange consideration (the "Series L Exchange Consideration") payable by the Company or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, to each Series L Exercising Holder shall be equal to the product of (x) the Common Stock Amount with respect to the Series L Offered Units multiplied by (y) the Current Per Share Market Price, each computed as of the date on which the Series L Exchange Notice was delivered to the Company. In connection with a Series L Exchange Notice delivered to the Company, the Series L Exchange Consideration shall, in the sole and absolute discretion of the Company, be paid in the form of (A) cash, or cashier's or certified check, or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Series L Exercising Holder's designated account or (B) subject to the applicable Ownership Limit, by the issuance by the Company of a number of shares of its optionCommon Stock equal to the Common Stock Amount with respect to the Series L Offered Units or (C) subject to the applicable Ownership Limit, any combination of cash and Common Stock (valued at the Current Per Share Market Price). In addition to the Series L Exchange Consideration, concurrently with any exchange pursuant to this Paragraph 4, the Operating Partnership shall pay the Series L Exercising Holder cash in an amount equal to any distribution shortfall described in Section 6.2(b)(i) of the Partnership Agreement with respect to the Series L Offered Units outstanding on the date of the Exchange.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Series L Exchange Right with respect to the Company may only be exercised to the extent that, upon exercise of the Series L Exchange Right, assuming payment by the Company of the Series L Exchange Consideration in shares of Common Stock, the Series L Exercising Holder will not, on a cumulative basis, Beneficially Own or Constructively Own shares of Common Stock, including shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of the Series L Exchange Right, in excess of the applicable Ownership Limit. If a Series L Exchange Notice is delivered to the Company but, as a result of the applicable Ownership Limit or as a result of restrictions contained in the certificate of incorporation of the Company, the Series L Exchange Right cannot be exercised in full as aforesaid, the Series L Exchange Notice shall be deemed to be modified to provide that the Series L Exchange Right shall be exercised only to the extent permitted under the applicable Ownership Limit under the certificate of incorporation of the Company, and the Series L Exchange Notice with respect to the remainder of such Series L Exchange Right shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
(d) Series L Exchange Rights may be exercised at any time after the date set forth in Paragraph 4(a) above and from time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personto time, exchange all or part provided, however, that, except with the prior written consent of the then General Partner, (x) only one (1) Series L Exchange Notice may be delivered to either the Company or the Operating Partnership by all holders of L-SCUs during any consecutive twelve (12) month period; and (y) no Series L Exchange Notice may be delivered with respect to L-SCUs either (A) having a value of less than $3,000,000 calculated by multiplying the Common Stock Amount with respect to such L-SCUs by the Current Per Share Market Price or (B) if the holders of all of the then-outstanding and exercisable Rights L-SCUs do not own L-SCUs having a value of $3,000,000 or more as calculated in (A) above, constituting less than all of the L-SCUs owned by such holders as a group.
(e) Within thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company or the Operating Partnership of any Series L Exchange Notice delivered in accordance with the requirements of Paragraph 4(a) hereof, the Company or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, shall deliver to the Series L Exercising Holder a notice (a "Series L Election Notice"), which Series L Election Notice shall set forth the computation of the Series L Exchange Consideration and, in the case of a Series L Election Notice delivered by the Company, shall specify the form of the Series L Exchange Consideration (which shall be in accordance with Paragraph 4(b) hereof), to be paid by the Company or the Operating Partnership, as applicable to such Series L Exercising Holder and the date, time and location for completion of the purchase and sale of the Series L Offered Units, which date shall, to the extent required, in no event be more than (A) in the case of Series L Offered Units with respect to which the Company has elected to pay the Series L Exchange Consideration by issuance of shares of Common Stock, ten (10) days after the delivery by the Company or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, of the Series L Election Notice for the Series L Offered Units or (B) in the case of Series L Offered Units with respect to which the Company has elected to pay the Series L Exchange Consideration in cash, sixty (60) days after the initial date of receipt by the Company of the Series L Exchange Notice for such Series L Offered Units; provided, however, that such sixty (60) day period may be extended for an additional sixty (60) day period to the extent required for the Company to cause additional shares of its Common Stock to be issued to provide financing to be used to acquire the Series L Offered Units. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the Company and the Operating Partnership agrees to use its reasonable efforts to cause the closing of the exchange hereunder to occur as quickly as possible. If the Company or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, has delivered a Series L Election Notice to the Series L Exercising Holder with respect to a Series L Exchange Notice, the Series L Exchange Notice may not include Rights be withdrawn or modified by the Series L Exercising Holder (except to the extent of any deemed modification required by Section 4(c) above) without the consent of the General Partner. Similarly, if the Company or the Operating Partnership delivers a Series L Election Notice to a Series L Exercising Holder, the Company or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, may not modify the Series L Election Notice without the consent of the Series L Exercising Holder.
(f) At the closing of the purchase and sale of Series L Offered Units, payment of the Series L Exchange Consideration shall be accompanied by proper instruments of transfer and assignment and by the delivery of (i) representations and warranties of (A) the Series L Exercising Holder with respect to (x) the Series L Exercising Holder's due authority to sell all of the right, title and interest in and to such Series L Offered Units to the Company or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, (y) the status of the Series L Offered Units being sold, free and clear of all Liens and (z) the Series L Exercising Holder's intent to acquire the Common Stock for investment purposes and not for distribution, and (B) the Company or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, with respect to due authority of the Company or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, for the purchase of such Series L Offered Units, and (ii) to the extent that any shares of Common Stock are issued in payment of the Series L Exchange Consideration or any portion thereof, (A) an opinion of counsel for the Company or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, reasonably satisfactory to the Series L Exercising, to the effect that (I) such shares of Common Stock have become void been duly authorized, are validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable and (II) if shares of Common Stock are issued, that the issuance of such shares will not violate the applicable Ownership Limit, and (B) a stock certificate or certificates evidencing the shares of Common Stock to be issued and registered in the name of the Series L Exercising Holder or its designee, with an appropriate legend reflecting that such shares or units are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold unless registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(esuch act or an exemption therefrom is available as confirmed by an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company or the Operating Partnership.
(g) To facilitate the Company's ability to fully perform its obligations hereunder, the Company covenants and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) agrees, for Common Shares the benefit of the Corporation at an exchange ratio holders from time to time of one L-SCUs, as follows:
(i) At all times during the pendency of the Series L Exchange Rights, the Company shall reserve for issuance such number of shares of Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted Stock as may be necessary to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either enable the Common Shares or Company to issue such shares in full payment of the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof Series L Exchange Consideration in regard to all L-SCUs which are from time to time outstanding;
(such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to ii) As long as the "Company shall be obligated to file periodic reports under the Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoingAct, the Board Company will timely file such reports in such manner as shall enable any recipient of Directors Common Stock issued to holders of L-SCUs hereunder in reliance upon an exemption from registration under the Securities Act to continue to be eligible to utilize Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, or any successor rule or regulation or statute thereunder, for the resale thereof;
(iii) Each holder of L-SCUs, upon request, shall not be empowered entitled to effect such exchange at receive from the Operating Partnership in a timely manner all reports filed by the Company with the SEC and all other communications transmitted from time to time by the Company to its shareholders generally; and
(iv) Other than as contemplated under the terms of the Rights Agreement, issuances of stock pursuant to the Company's dividend reinvestment plan (as described in the Company's prospectus dated June 12, 2001) or any time customary dividend reinvestment plan adopted by the Company after any Person (that date and other than the Corporationissuance of deferred stock awards or the grant of stock options to officers, any Subsidiary directors and employees of the CorporationCompany, the Company shall not issue or sell any employee benefit plan shares of the Corporation Common Stock or other equity securities or any such Subsidiary, instrument convertible into any entity holding Common Shares equity security for or pursuant to a consideration less than the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary fair value of such a plan)Common Stock or other equity security, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of as determined in each case by the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering Company in its sole discretion, and under no circumstances shall the exchange of Company declare any Rights pursuant stock dividend, stock split, stock distribution or the like, unless fair and equitable arrangements are provided, to subsection (a) of this Section 24 the extent necessary, to fully adjust, and without to avoid any further action and without any noticedilution in, the right to exercise such rights shall terminate of holders of the L-SCUs under this Exhibit J and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights held by such holder multiplied Partnership Agreement (as reasonably determined by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company). The provisions of this clause (iv) of Paragraph 4(g) shall not authorize prohibit the Company from issuing shares of its Common Stock or other equity securities or any exchange transaction referred instrument convertible into any equity security in lieu of a cash dividend declared by the Company.
(h) All Series L Offered Units tendered to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares Company or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights Operating Partnership, as contemplated applicable, in accordance with the exercise of Series L Exchange Rights shall be delivered to the Company or to the Operating Partnership, as applicable, free and clear of all Liens and should any Liens exist or arise with respect to such Units, the Company or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, shall be under no obligation to acquire the same unless, in connection with such acquisition, the Company or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, has elected to pay such portion of the Series L Exchange Consideration in the form of cash consideration in circumstances where such consideration will be sufficient to cause such existing Lien to be discharged in full upon application of all or a part of such consideration, and the Company or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, is expressly authorized to apply such portion of the Series L Exchange Consideration as may be necessary to satisfy any indebtedness in full and to discharge such Lien in full. In the event any state or local property transfer tax is payable as a result of the transfer of Series L Offered Units to the Company, the transferring holder thereof shall assume and pay such transfer tax.
(i) Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in the Partnership Agreement and in Paragraph 5 hereof, the Assignee of any holder of L-SCUs may exercise the rights of such holder of L-SCUs pursuant to this Section 24Paragraph 4, and such holder of L-SCUs shall be deemed to have assigned such rights to such Assignee and shall be bound by the exercise of such rights by such holder's Assignee. In connection with any exercise of such rights by such Assignee on behalf of such holder, the Series L Exchange Consideration shall be paid by the Company or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, directly to such Assignee and not to such holder.
(j) In the event that the Company shall be a party to any transaction including, without limitation, a merger, consolidation or statutory share exchange with respect to the Common Stock, in each case as a result of which shares of Common Stock are converted into the right to receive shares of capital stock, other securities or other property (including cash or any combination thereof), the Series L Exchange Consideration payable thereafter by the Company pursuant to clauses (B) and (C) of Paragraph 4(b) in lieu of a share of Common Stock shall be the kind and amount of shares of capital stock and other securities and property (including cash or any combination thereof) that was received upon consummation of such transaction in return for one share of Common Stock, and the Series L Exchange Consideration payable by the Operating Partnership pursuant to the last sentence of Paragraph 4(b) shall be adjusted accordingly.
(k) As of the date hereof (i) the Conversion Factor is 1.0 and (ii) the Common Unit Conversion Factor is 1.0.
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Samples: Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (CBL & Associates Properties Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time and from time to time on or after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Persona Section 11(a)(ii) Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "“Exchange Ratio"”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (aSection 24(a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Promptly after the action of the Board of Directors ordering an exchange of the Rights, the Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchangeexchange to the Rights Agent and the holders of the then outstanding Rights by mailing such notice to all such holders at each holder’s last address as it appears upon the registry books of the Rights Agent; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute shares of Preferred Shares Stock (or equivalent preferred sharesEquivalent Preferred Stock, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all shares of the Common Shares Stock exchangeable for the Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth thousandth of a share of Preferred Share Stock (or equivalent preferred shareEquivalent Preferred Stock) for each share of Common ShareStock, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting dividend rights of the Preferred Shares Stock pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares Stock or Preferred Shares issued Stock issued, but not outstanding outstanding, or authorized but unissued unissued, to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24 or that any regulatory actions or approvals are required in connection therewith, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Stock or Preferred Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Section 24. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this Section 24(e), the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
(f) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Company, at its option, may substitute for any share of Common Stock exchangeable for a Right (i) Common Stock Equivalents, (ii) cash, (iii) debt securities of the Company, (iv) other assets, or (v) any combination of the foregoing, having an aggregate value which the Board of Directors of the Company shall have determined in good faith to be equal to the Current Market Price of one share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the Trading Date immediately preceding the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Lydall Inc /De/)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation mayCompany, at its option, upon approval by two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then in office, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, may exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the effective date hereof of this amendment and restatement of the Rights Agreement (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; providedPROVIDED, however, HOWEVER that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.24(a), the Company shall either use its best efforts to authorize additional Common Shares or Preferred Shares for issuance upon exchange of the Rights or, if such authorization is not feasible or at the option of the Board of Directors, upon approval by two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then in office, with respect to each Right (i) pay cash in an amount equal to the Purchase Price, in lieu of issuing Common Shares or Preferred Shares in exchange therefor, or (ii) issue debt or equity securities, or a combination thereof, having a value equal to the Current Value (as hereinafter defined) of the Common Shares or Preferred Shares exchangeable for each such Right, where the value of such
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Half Robert International Inc /De/)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of Subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations, and subject to subsection 24(c) below, the Corporation Company may, at its option, by majority vote of the Board of Directors and a majority vote of the Continuing Directors, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one (1) share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange RatioRatio of Exchange"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the shares of Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange RatioRatio of Exchange. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or Stock authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.24(a), the Company shall either take such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights or alternatively, at the option of a majority of the Board of Directors, with respect to each Right (i) pay cash in an amount equal to the Current Value (as hereinafter defined), in lieu of issuing Common Stock in exchange therefor, or (ii) issue debt or equity securities or a combination thereof, having a value equal to the
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Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of Subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations, and subject to subsection 24(c) below, the Corporation Company may, at its option, by action of its Board of Directors, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personoccurrence of a Triggering Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company's Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares Person organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a24(a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder the holders of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchangeexchange with notice thereof to the Rights Agent; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with Section 24(a), the Company shall either take such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares for issuance upon exchange of the Rights or alternatively, at the option of a majority of the Company's Board of Directors, with respect to each Right (i) pay cash in an amount equal to the Current Value (as hereinafter defined), in lieu of issuing Common Shares in exchange therefor, or (ii) issue debt or equity securities or a combination thereof, having a value equal to the Current Value, in lieu of issuing Common Shares in exchange for each such Right, where the value of such securities shall be determined by a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by majority vote of the Company's Board of Directors, or (iii) deliver any combination of cash, property, Common Shares and/or other securities having a value equal to the Current Value in exchange for each Right. For purposes of this Section 2424(c) only, the Current Value shall mean the product of the Current Per Share Market Price of Common Shares on the date of the occurrence of the event described above in subparagraph (a), multiplied by the number of Common Shares for which the Right otherwise would be exchangeable if there were sufficient shares available. To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 24(c), the Board of Directors may temporarily suspend the exercisability of the Rights for a period of up to sixty (60) days following the date on which the event described in Section 24(a) shall have occurred, in order to seek any authorization of additional Common Shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to the above provision and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended, with notice thereof to the Rights Agent.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of such fractional Common Shares, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional Common Shares would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Common Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 1(j) hereof).
(e) The Company may, at its option, by majority vote of its Board of Directors, at any time before any Person has become an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding Rights for rights of substantially equivalent value, as determined reasonably and with good faith by the Board of Directors, based upon the advice of one or more nationally recognized investment banking firms.
(f) Immediately upon the action of the Company's Board of Directors ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection 24(e) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of the holders of such Rights shall be to receive that number of rights in exchange therefor as has been determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with subsection 24(e) above. The Company shall give public notice of any such exchange with notice thereof to the Rights Agent; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Company shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the transfer agent for the Common Shares of the Company. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Rights will be effected.
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Samples: Preferred Shares Rights Agreement (Trimble Navigation LTD /Ca/)
Exchange. (ai) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its option, at any time on or after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring PersonDistribution Date, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares Stock of the Corporation Company at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock of the Company per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange RatioSECTION 24(A)(I) EXCHANGE RATIO"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a planan Exempt Person), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares Stock of the Company.
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors may, at its option, at any time on or after the Distribution Date, exchange all or part of the then outstandingoutstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) hereof) for shares of Common Stock of the Company at an exchange ratio specified in the following sentence, as appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction occurring after the date of this Agreement. Subject to the adjustment described in the foregoing sentence, each Right may be exchanged for that number of shares of Common Stock of the Company obtained by dividing the Spread (as defined in Section 11(a)(iii)) by the then Fair Market Value per one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock on the earlier of (x) the date on which any person becomes an Acquiring Person or (y) the date on which a tender or exchange offer by any Person (other than an Exempt Person) is first published or sent or given within the meaning of Rule 14d-4(a) of the Exchange Act or any successor rule, if upon consummation thereof such Person would be the Beneficial Owner of more than 15% of the shares of Common Stock of the Company then outstanding (such exchange ratio being referred to herein as the "SECTION 24(A)(II) EXCHANGE RATIO"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than an Exempt Person), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Stock of the Company.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock of the Company equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Section 24(a)(i) Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that Ratio or the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.)
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Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either adjustments in the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof number of Rights pursuant to Section 11 of this Rights Agreement (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "“Exchange Ratio"”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan or compensation arrangement of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares securities of the Company to the extent organized, appointed or established by the Company or any such Subsidiary for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plancompensation arrangement), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstandingVoting Power of the Company.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection paragraph (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company promptly shall promptly give public notice of any such exchangeexchange (with prompt written notice thereof to the Rights Agent); provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares Stock (or equivalent preferred sharesstock, as such term is defined in Section 11(b11(d) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares Stock exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth thousandth of a share of Preferred Share Stock (or equivalent preferred sharestock) for each share of Common ShareStock, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares Stock pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a share of Preferred Share Stock delivered in lieu of each share of Common Share Stock shall have the same voting rights as one share of Common ShareStock.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares Stock or Preferred Shares Stock (or equivalent preferred stock) issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock (or equivalent preferred stock) for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this paragraph (e), the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11 (f)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either adjustments in the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof number of Rights pursuant to Section 11 of this Rights Agreement (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan or compensation arrangement of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares securities of the Company to the extent organized, appointed or established by the Company or any such Subsidiary for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plancompensation arrangement), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstandingVoting Power of the Company.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection paragraph (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right rights thereafter of a holder holders of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company promptly shall promptly give public notice of any such exchangeexchange (with prompt notice thereof to the Rights Agent); provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares or Preferred Shares Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this paragraph (d), the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the current market price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(f) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of Subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations, and subject to subsection 24(c) below, the Corporation Company may, at its option, by action of the Board of Directors, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Personoccurrence of a Triggering Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give (i) prompt written notice to the Rights Agent of such exchange; and (ii) public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company shall promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the shares of Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares or Preferred Shares Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with Section 24(a), the Company shall either take such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights or alternatively, at the option of a majority of the Board of Directors, with respect to each Right (i) pay cash in an amount equal to the Current Value (as hereinafter defined), in lieu of issuing shares of Common Stock in exchange therefor, or (ii) issue debt or equity securities or a combination thereof, having a value equal to the Current Value, in lieu of issuing shares of Common Stock in exchange for each such Right, where the value of such securities shall be determined by a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by majority vote of the Board of Directors, or (iii) deliver any combination of cash, property, shares of Common Stock and/or other securities having a value equal to the Current Value in exchange for each Right. For purposes of this Section 2424(c) only, the Current Value shall mean the product of the Current Per Share Market Price of shares of Common Stock on the date of the occurrence of the event described above in subparagraph (a), multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock for which the Right otherwise would be exchangeable if there were sufficient shares available. To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this Section 24(c), the Board of Directors may temporarily suspend the exercisability of the Rights for a period of up to sixty (60) days following the date on which the event described in Section 24(a) shall have occurred, in order to seek any authorization of additional shares of Common Stock and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to the above provision and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall (i) give prompt written notice to the Rights Agent of such suspension; and (ii) issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended. 30
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the terms hereof).
(e) The Company may, at its option, by majority vote of the Board of Directors, at any time before the Share Acquisition Date, exchange all or part of the then outstanding Rights for rights of substantially equivalent value, as determined reasonably and with good faith by the Board of Directors, based upon the advice of one or more nationally recognized investment banking firms.
(f) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of rights in exchange therefor as has been determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with subsection 24(e) above. The Company shall give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Company shall promptly mail a notice of any such exchange with a reasonably detailed description thereof to the Rights Agent and all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the transfer agent for the shares of Common Stock of the Company. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Rights will be effected.
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Samples: Stockholders Rights Agreement
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for shares of Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Share Stock per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Company shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any such SubsidiaryPerson organized, any entity holding Common Shares appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of fifty percent (50% %) or more of the Common Shares Stock then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of any such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice (with prompt notice thereof to the Rights Agent) of any such exchange; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall will be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute shares of Preferred Shares Stock (or equivalent preferred sharesstock, as such term is defined in paragraph (b) of Section 11(b) 11 hereof) for some or all shares of the Common Shares Stock exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth of a share of Preferred Share Stock (or equivalent preferred sharestock) for each share of Common ShareStock, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares Stock pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a share of Preferred Share Stock delivered in lieu of each share of Common Share Stock shall have the same voting rights as one share of Common ShareStock.
(d) The Board of Directors of In the Corporation event that there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient shares of Common Shares or Preferred Shares Stock issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such actions as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this subsection (e), the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares of the Company for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(eSections 11(a)(ii) and Section 11(a)(ii(a)(iii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred event that there shall not be sufficient Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares Company issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Shares of the Company for issuance upon exchange of the Rights. In the event the Company shall, after good faith effort, be unable to take all such action as may be necessary to authorize such additional Shares of the Company, the Company shall substitute, for each Share of the Company that would otherwise be issuable upon exchange of a Right, a number of Preferred Shares or fraction thereof such that the current per share market price of one Preferred Share multiplied by such number or fraction is equal to the current per share market price of one Share of the Company as of the date of issuance of such Preferred Shares or fraction thereof.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Shares of the Company or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Shares of the Company. In lieu of such fractional Shares, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional Shares of the Company would otherwise be 50 54 issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Share of the Company. For the purposes of this paragraph (d), the current market value of a whole Share shall be the closing price of a Share of the Company (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation Stock at an exchange ratio of one (1) share of Common Share Stock per RightRight (or at such other exchange ratio as the Board may determine), appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "“Exchange Ratio"”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of fifty percent (50% %) or more of the Common Shares Stock then outstanding. The exchange of the Rights by the Board pursuant may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board in its sole discretion may establish.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (aSection 24(a) of this Section 24 Agreement and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of shares of Common Shares Stock equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares Stock for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares Stock (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereofEquivalent Preference Stock) for some or all of the Common Shares Stock exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth ten thousandth (0.0001) of a share of Preferred Share Stock (or equivalent preferred shareEquivalent Preference Stock) for each share of Common ShareStock, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in stock splits, stock dividends and other similar transactions after the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Sharedate hereof.
(d) The Board In the event that (i) the number of Directors shares of Common Stock which are authorized by the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, but which are not outstanding or authorized but unissued reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights, is not sufficient to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24 and (ii) the Board determines to exchange shares of Common Stock for Rights pursuant to this Section 24, then the Board shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this Section 24(e), the “current market value of a whole share of Common Stock” shall be the closing price of a share of Common Stock (as determined pursuant to the second (2nd) sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Allied Healthcare International Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Preferred Shares or Common Shares Shares, at the option of the Corporation Board of Directors of the Company, at an exchange ratio of five one-hundredths of a Preferred Share or one Common Share per RightRight (after giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split), appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.of
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute event that there shall not be sufficient Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Preferred Shares or Common Shares for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Preferred Shares or Common Shares or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Preferred Shares or Common Shares. In lieu of such fractional Preferred Shares or Common Shares, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional Preferred Shares or Common Shares would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Preferred Share or Common Share. For the purposes of this subsection (e), the current market value of a whole Preferred Share or Common Share shall be the closing price of a Preferred Share or Common Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately after the public announcement by the Company that an exchange is to be effected pursuant to this Section 24."
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Medical Imaging Centers of America Inc)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors Subject to the restrictions in Section 5(e) below, shares of the Corporation maySeries A Preferred Stock shall be exchangeable at the option of the Company, at its optionin whole only, at any time after time, in redemption of and in exchange for the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part shares of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights Series A Preferred Stock, for the Company's 9% Convertible Debentures (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange RatioDebentures")) in the manner provided in this Section 5. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not The Debentures will be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant subject to the terms and conditions of any such plan or any trusteean indenture (the "Indenture") with an independent institutional trustee meeting the qualification requirements under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan)as amended, together in customary form with all Affiliates terms and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more conditions substantially equivalent to those of the Series A Preferred Stock. The Debentures shall be convertible into Common Shares then outstandingStock at the Conversion Price (as defined below).
(b) Immediately upon the action The Debentures will be issued solely in redemption of and in exchange for shares of the Board Series A Preferred Stock at the rate of Directors $1,000 principal amount of Debentures for each share of Series A Preferred Stock on the Debenture Exchange Date (as defined below).
(c) Not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to each date fixed for the issue of Debentures in redemption of and in exchange for shares of the Corporation ordering Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 5, a notice shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the holders of record of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be exchanged for Debentures at their respective addresses as the same shall appear on the books of the transfer agent for the Series A Preferred Stock, specifying the effective date of the exchange of any Rights pursuant for the Debentures (the "Debenture Exchange Date") and the place where certificates for such shares are to subsection (a) of this Section 24 be surrendered for Debentures and without any further action and without any stating that dividends on such shares will cease to accrue on the Debenture Exchange Date. Neither failure to mail such notice, the right to exercise such rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or nor any defect intherein or in the mailing thereof, such to any particular holder shall affect the sufficiency of the notice shall not affect or the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of the proceedings for redemption and exchange with respect to any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agentother holder. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such .
(d) If notice of redemption and exchange will state has been given pursuant to this Section 5 then (unless the method Company shall default in issuing the Debentures in redemption of and in exchange for shares of the Series A Preferred Stock or shall fail to pay or set aside accrued and unpaid dividends on shares of the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in Section 5(e) and notwithstanding that any certificates for shares of the Series A Preferred Stock have not been surrendered for exchange), on the Debenture Exchange Date, the holders of such shares shall cease to be shareholders with respect to the shares and shall have no interest in or claims against the Company by which virtue thereof (except the right to receive Debentures in exchange therefor and such accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to the Debenture Exchange Date), shall have no voting, conversion or other rights with respect to such shares, and such shares shall no longer be outstanding. Upon the surrender (and endorsement, if required by the Company) of the certificates for shares of the Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with such notice, such certificates shall be exchanged for Debentures and such accrued and unpaid dividends in accordance with this Section 5. If notice of redemption and exchange has been given pursuant to this Section 5 and any holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be exchanged for Debentures shall, prior to the close of business on the Debenture Exchange Date, give written notice to the Company pursuant to Section 7(c) of the conversion of any or all of the shares to be redeemed and exchanged held by the holder, then the redemption and exchange shall not become effective as to the shares to be converted and the conversion shall become effective as provided in Section 7(c), whereupon any funds deposited by the Company, or on its behalf, with a paying agent or segregated and held in trust by the Company for the redemption and exchange of such shares shall (subject to any right of the Common Shares for Rights will holder of such shares to receive the dividend payable thereon as provided in Section 7 below) immediately upon such conversion be effected andreturned to the Company or, if then held in trust by the event Company, shall be discharged from the trust.
(e) Prior to giving notice of any partial intention to exchange, the number Company and the Trustee shall execute and deliver the Indenture, with such changes therein as may be required by law, or the rules of Rights any securities exchange on which the Debentures are to be listed, if any. The Company will cause the Debentures to be exchangedauthenticated on or before the first Debenture Exchange Date. Any partial Additionally, prior to giving the first notice of intention to exchange, the Company shall (i) register the Debentures for trading through The Depository Trust Company, (ii) list the Debentures for inclusion in the principal trading market in which the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock were trading, if any, immediately prior to such exchange, and (iii) arrange for the qualification of the Debentures under applicable securities and blue sky laws, to the extent necessary under such laws. If on the Debenture exchange Date the Company has failed to pay or set aside, separate and apart from its other funds, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, all dividends accrued and unpaid on the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock to such Debenture Exchange Date then no shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rightsredeemed or exchanged for Debentures.
(cf) In Prior to or upon the consummation of any exchange pursuant to this Section 245, the Corporationholders shall have received an opinion from Company counsel, at its optionin form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the holders, may substitute Preferred Shares that the Indenture (or equivalent preferred sharesi) has been duly authorized, as such term is defined in Section 11(bexecuted and delivered by the Company and (ii) hereof) for some or all constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Common Shares exchangeable for RightsCompany, at enforceable against the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments Company in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Shareaccordance with its terms.
(dg) The Board Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each holder of Directors Preferred Stock against any tax liabilities or other tax detriments occasioned by an exchange of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Series A Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24Stock for Debentures.
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Samples: Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Merit Partners LLC)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its optionoption (but subject to the provisions of Chapter 15 of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988, or any successor provision thereto, relating to the consideration to be paid for shares with a par value), at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or of any such Subsidiary, Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trusteeplan, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), - A31 - 32 together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection paragraph (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so event that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation there shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the any exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares for issuance upon exchange of the Rights. In the event the Company shall, after good faith effort, be unable to take all such action as may be necessary to authorize such additional Common Shares, the Company shall substitute, for each Common Share that would otherwise be issuable upon exchange of a Right, a number of Preferred Shares or fraction thereof such that the Current Per Share Market Price of one Preferred Share multiplied by such number or fraction is equal to the Current Per Share Market Price of one Common Share as of the date of issuance of such Preferred Shares or fraction thereof.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of such fractional Common Shares, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional Common Shares would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Common Share. For the purposes of this paragraph (d), the current market value of a whole Common Share shall be the closing price of a Common Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24. - A32 - 33
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Education Management Corporation)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation Company at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Company shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the CorporationCompany, any Subsidiary of the CorporationCompany, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation Company or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares Person organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder the holders of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights Rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation Company shall promptly give public notice and notify the Rights Agent of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation Company promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the CorporationCompany, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-hundredth thousandth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation Company shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding outstanding, or authorized but unissued unissued, to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Gleason Corp /De/)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its option, at any time after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Corporation at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Share.
(d) The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred to in Section 24(a) hereof unless at the time such exchange is authorized there shall be sufficient Common Shares or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24.Any
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Samples: Rights Agreement (Cabot Corp)
Exchange. (a) The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, at its option, at any time Promptly (but in no event later than five (5) Business Days) after the time that any Person becomes an Acquiring PersonEffective Time, exchange all or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares of the Surviving Corporation at shall, if applicable, cause an exchange ratio agent selected by SSTI (the “Exchange Agent”) to mail to each holder of one record of shares of REIT I Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction involving either the Common Shares or the Preferred Shares occurring after the date hereof (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Ratio"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange at any time after any Person Stock (other than the Corporation, any Subsidiary holders of Excluded Shares) notice advising such holders of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan effectiveness of the Corporation or any such Subsidiary, any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan or any trustee, administrator or fiduciary of such a plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstandingMerger.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such rights held by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Corporation shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Corporation promptly shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected and, in In the event of any partial exchangereclassification, stock split, reverse split, stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into REIT I Common Stock or SSTI Common Stock, as the case may be), reorganization, recapitalization or other like change with respect to REIT I Common Stock or SSTI Common Stock, as the case may be, occurring (or for which a record date is established) after the date hereof and prior to the Effective Time, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange Exchange Ratio shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant proportionately adjusted to the provisions of Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) held by each holder of Rightsreflect fully such event.
(c) In Neither SSTI, REIT I, the Surviving Corporation nor the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any exchange holder of a share of REIT I Common Stock for any Merger Consideration delivered in respect of such share of REIT I Common Stock to a public official pursuant to this Section 24any abandoned property, escheat or other similar Law. Any amounts remaining unclaimed by such holders five years after the Effective Time (or such earlier date immediately prior to such time when the amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any Government Authority) shall become, to the extent permitted by applicable Law and public policy, the Corporation, at its option, may substitute Preferred Shares (or equivalent preferred shares, as such term is defined in Section 11(b) hereof) for some or all property of the Common Shares exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate Surviving Corporation free and clear of one-hundredth any claims or interest of a Preferred Share (or equivalent preferred share) for each Common Share, as appropriately adjusted to reflect adjustments in the voting rights of the Preferred Shares pursuant to the terms thereof, so that the fraction of a Preferred Share delivered in lieu of each Common Share shall have the same voting rights as one Common Shareany Person previously entitled thereto.
(d) The Board All shares of Directors SSTI Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Merger shall be deemed issued and outstanding as of the Corporation Effective Time and whenever a dividend or other distribution is declared by SSTI in respect of the SSTI Common Stock, the record date for which is at or after the Effective Time, that declaration shall not authorize any exchange transaction referred include dividends or other distributions in respect of all shares issuable pursuant to in Section 24(athis Agreement.
(e) hereof unless at At the time such exchange is authorized close of business on the day of the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of REIT I shall be closed and thereafter there shall be sufficient no further registration of transfers of shares of REIT I Common Shares Stock on the records of REIT I. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of shares of REIT I Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect to such shares of REIT I Common Stock except as otherwise provided herein or Preferred Shares issued but not outstanding by applicable Law.
(f) It is intended that the Exchange Agent shall issue at or authorized but unissued promptly following the Effective Time the consideration set forth in Section 2.06(a) with respect to permit such shares without action by the exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with holders thereof. The parties hereto shall make appropriate adjustments to this Section 242.08 to the extent reasonably necessary to effect such issuance.
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