LIMITATION ON ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES BY SLOPI. From and after the date hereof, SLOPI shall not acquire any shares of Common Stock, other than the Common Shares and the Preferred Shares owned by SLOPI as of the Effective Time and after giving effect to the Closing, (i) without the prior written consent of a majority of the Continuing Directors or (ii) unless (A) the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement shall have occurred and (B) at the time of such acquisition no SLOPI Designee(s) or Preferred Director(s) shall be serving on the Board of Directors of TMR or SLOPI and its Affiliates would collectively Beneficially Own less than 21% of the then outstanding Common Stock; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 2.3 shall limit SLOPI's power and right (w) to convert shares of Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock, or (x) to purchase or acquire shares as a result of any stock dividend or stock split, reclassification of the Common Stock, or the exercise or conversion of any security received by SLOPI from TMR in respect of its Shares, or (y) to receive shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.7 to make up a Deficiency Amount or (z) to acquire shares of Common Stock or any TMR Exchangeable Security pursuant to Section 2.6 or to convert, exchange or exercise any such TMR Exchangeable Security.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Meridian Resource Corp), Stock Rights and Restrictions Agreement (Meridian Resource Corp), Termination Agreement (Shell Oil Co)