Ownership Limitations. (a) No Transfer of any Economic Members Share, whether voluntary or involuntary, shall be valid or effective, and no transferee shall become a substituted Economic Member, unless the written consent of the Administrative Manager has been obtained, which consent may be withheld in its sole and absolute discretion as further described in this Section 4.02. Such written consent may be communicated in the form of instructions to any third party registrar and transfer agent appointed by the Administrative Manager, and may be in the form of blanket or standing instructions to such person. In the event of any Transfer, all of the conditions of the remainder of this Section 4.02 must also be satisfied.
(b) No Transfer of any Economic Member’s Shares, whether voluntary or involuntary, shall be valid or effective unless the Administrative Manager determines, after consultation with legal counsel acting for the Company that such Transfer will not, unless waived by the Administrative Manager:
(i) result in there being 2,000 or more beneficial owners (as such term is used under the Exchange Act) or 500 or more beneficial owners that are not accredited investors (as defined under the Securities Act) of any Series of Shares, as specified in Section 12(g)(1)(A)(ii) of the Exchange Act, unless such Shares have been registered under the Exchange Act or the Company is otherwise an Exchange Act reporting company; provided that such limitations may be waived by the Administrative Manager in its sole discretion;
(ii) cause all or any portion of the assets of the Company or any Series to constitute plan assets for purposes of the Plan Governing Law;
(iii) adversely affect the Company or such Series, or subject the Company, the Series, the Managing Member, Administrative Manager, any Asset Manager or any of their respective Affiliates to any additional regulatory or governmental requirements or cause the Company to be disqualified as a limited liability company or subject the Company, any Series, the Managing Member, any Manager or any of their respective Affiliates to any tax to which it would not otherwise be subject;
(iv) require registration of the Company, any Series or any Shares under any securities laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any other jurisdiction; or
(v) violate or be inconsistent with any representation or warranty made by the transferring Economic Member.
(c) The transferring Economic Member, or such Economic Members legal representative...
Ownership Limitations. The provisions of this Article XIII shall be applicable as if the Company was a REIT, even if the Manager has not elected to have the Company qualify as a REIT, and shall remain in full force and effect until prior to the Restriction Termination Date:
Ownership Limitations. The provisions of this Article XIII shall be applicable as if the Company was a REIT, even if the Manager has not elected to have the Company qualify as a REIT, and shall remain in full force and effect until prior to the Restriction Termination Date:
(a) Basic Restrictions.
(1) No Person, other than an Excepted Holder, shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Shares in excess of the Aggregate Ownership Limit;
(2) no Person, other than an Excepted Holder, shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Common Shares in excess of the Common Share Ownership Limit; and
(3) no Excepted Holder shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Shares in excess of the Excepted Holder Limit for such Excepted Holder.
(1) No Person shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Shares to the extent that such Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Shares would result in the Company being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year , unless otherwise allowed under Section 13.8(e)); and
(2) no Person shall Beneficially Own or Constructively Own Shares to the extent that such Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership of Shares would result in the Company otherwise failing to qualify as a REIT (including, but not limited to, Beneficial Ownership or Constructive Ownership that;
(A) would result in the Company owning (actually or Constructively) an interest in a tenant that is described in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code; or
(B) would cause any income of the Company that would otherwise qualify as “rents from real property” for purposes of Section 856(d) of the Code to fail to qualify as such (including, but not limited to, as a result of causing any entity that the Company intends to treat as an “eligible independent contractor” within the meaning of Section 856(d)(9)(A) of the Code to fail to qualify as such), in either case causing the Company to fail to satisfy any of the gross income requirements of Section 856(c) of the Code).
(iii) During the period commencing on the One Hundred Shareholders Date, any Transfer of Shares that, if effective, would result in the Shares being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 Persons (determined under the principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code) shall be void ab initio, and the intended transferee shall acquire no rights in such Shares .
Ownership Limitations. During the period commencing on the Initial Date and prior to the Restriction Termination Date:
Ownership Limitations. From and after the Initial Date:
Ownership Limitations. Commencing on the Distribution Date:
Ownership Limitations. (a) Except as provided in Section 2.1(b), Investor agrees that it (together with the other Investor Parties) shall not acquire Economic Ownership of shares of Common Stock that would result in the Investor Parties in the aggregate Economically Owning a percentage of the then-outstanding Common Stock on a Fully Diluted Basis that is greater than the Ownership Cap. For the avoidance of doubt, no Person shall be in violation of this Section 2.1 as a result of (i) any acquisition by the Company of any Common Stock; (ii) any change in the percentage of the Investor Parties’ Economic Ownership of Common Stock that results from a change in the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock outstanding; or (iii) any change in the number of shares of Common Stock Economically Owned by the Investor Parties as a result of any anti-dilution adjustments to any Equity Securities (as defined in the Investment Agreement) Economically Owned by any Investor Party.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 2.1(a), any of the Investor Parties may acquire Economic Ownership of shares of Common Stock that would result in the Investor Parties (taken as a whole) having Economic Ownership of a percentage of the then-outstanding Common Stock on a Fully Diluted Basis that is greater than the Ownership Cap under any of the following circumstances:
(i) acquisitions of shares pursuant to any pro rata stock dividend or stock distribution effected by the Company and approved by a majority of the Independent Directors; or
(ii) if such acquisition is pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer, in each case that includes an offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock owned by the Target Stockholders, or a merger, consolidation, binding share exchange or similar transaction pursuant to an agreement with the Company, so long as in each case (A) such offer, merger, consolidation, binding share exchange or similar transaction is approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors or by a special committee comprised of Disinterested Directors (such tender offer or exchange offer, an “Approved Offer”, and such merger, consolidation, binding share exchange or similar transaction, an “Approved Merger”), and (B) in any such Approved Offer, a majority of the Target Shares are tendered into such Approved Offer and not withdrawn prior to the final expiration of such Approved Offer, or in such Approved Merger, a majority of the Target Shares that are voted (in person or by proxy) on the related transaction propo...
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Ownership Limitations. During the period commencing on the Initial Date and prior to the Restriction Termination Date, but subject to paragraph (b)(7) of Article NINTH:
Ownership Limitations. The Investor has received a copy of the Company's Charter and understands the restrictions on transfer and ownership of the Company's capital stock included therein related to the qualification by the Company as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes pursuant to Sections 856 through 860 of the Code.
