Preemption Rights. Except as expressly set forth in this Section 4.4, each of the Shareholder and the Shareholder Parent hereby irrevocably waives, and the Shareholder Parent shall cause any subsequent Permitted Transferee to which any Shareholder Shares are Transferred after the Closing Date to waive, at all times during the Board Right Period (but not at any time thereafter), any preemption rights to which it would otherwise be entitled as a result of its ownership or holding of Shareholder Shares under the Companies Acts or the Organizational Documents of the Company in respect of any issuance or offering of equity securities by the Company; provided, however, that, none of the Shareholder, the Shareholder Parent or any subsequent Permitted Transferee of any Shareholder Shares hereby waives, by virtue of this Section 4.4 or any other provision of this Agreement, and nothing in this Section 4.4 or any other provision of this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of, or otherwise operate to waive, any preemption right if and solely to the extent that (i) other shareholders of the Company have any preemption rights in respect of such issuance or offering; and (ii) such issuance or offering is made or completed for consideration per security that is, at such time, less than the Market Value thereof or, if there is no Market Value, the fair market value thereof.
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Samples: Shareholder Agreement, Shareholder Agreement (Elan Corp PLC), Shareholder Agreement (Alkermes Plc.)