Common use of Priority of Dividends Clause in Contracts

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

Appears in 22 contracts

Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement, Securities Purchase Agreement, Securities Purchase Agreement

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Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the acquisition by Corporation solely for the Issuer purpose of market-making, stabilization or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for in the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any ordinary course of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodiansbusiness; and (iii) purchases by a broker- dealer subsidiary of the exchange or conversion Corporation of Junior Stock capital stock of the Corporation for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required resale pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to an offering by the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts Corporation of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on capital stock underwritten by such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.broker-dealer subsidiary;

Appears in 12 contracts

Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement, Securities Purchase Agreement, Securities Purchase Agreement

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to Section 3(c) below and the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoingforegoing and Section 3(c) below, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

Appears in 7 contracts

Samples: Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid full dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock for the most recently completed Dividend Period have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

Appears in 6 contracts

Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement, Securities Purchase Agreement, Securities Purchase Agreement

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share unit of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock Interests or any other shares of Junior Stock Interests (other than dividends distributions payable solely in shares of either Common StockInterests or such Junior Interests, as applicable) or Parity StockInterests, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity StockInterests, and no Common StockInterests, Junior Stock Interests or Parity Stock Interests shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends distributions for all past Dividend Distribution Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Distribution Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends distributions on such amount), on all outstanding shares units of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares units of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock Interests or other Junior Stock Interests in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock Interests or Parity Stock Interests for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock Interests for or into other Junior Stock Interests or of Parity Stock Interests for or into other Parity Stock Interests (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior StockInterests, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common StockInterests and (iv) tax distributions on Junior Interests to the extent determined to be reasonably necessary by the Board of Managers. When dividends distributions are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Distribution Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Interests having dividend distribution payment dates different from the Dividend Distribution Payment Dates, on a dividend distribution payment date falling within a Dividend Distribution Period related to such Dividend Distribution Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity StockInterests, all dividends distributions declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock Interests and payable on such Dividend Distribution Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Interests having dividend distribution payment dates different from the Dividend Distribution Payment Dates, on a dividend distribution payment date falling within the Dividend Distribution Period related to such Dividend Distribution Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends distributions declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends distributions per share unit on the shares units of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends distributions on such amount) and all Parity Stock Interests payable on such Dividend Distribution Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Interests having dividend distribution payment dates different from the Dividend Distribution Payment Dates, on a dividend distribution payment date falling within the Dividend Distribution Period related to such Dividend Distribution Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors Managers or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Managers out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock Interests that bears bear cumulative dividendsdistributions, all accrued but unpaid dividendsdistributions) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors Managers or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Managers determines not to pay any dividend distribution or a full dividend distribution on a Dividend Distribution Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Distribution Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends distributions (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors Managers or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Managers may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock Interests and other Junior StockInterests, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdistributions.

Appears in 5 contracts

Samples: Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement, Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (Gmac LLC), Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (Gmac LLC)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share unit of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock Interests or any other shares of Junior Stock Interests (other than dividends distributions payable solely in shares of either Common StockInterests or such Junior Interests, as applicable) or Parity StockInterests, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity StockInterests, and no Common StockInterests, Junior Stock Interests or Parity Stock Interests shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends distributions for all past Dividend Distribution Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Distribution Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends distributions on such amount), on all outstanding shares units of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares units of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock Interests or other Junior Stock Interests in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock Interests or Parity Stock Interests for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock Interests for or into other Junior Stock Interests or of Parity Stock Interests for or into other Parity Stock Interests (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior StockInterests, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common StockInterests; and (iv) tax distributions on Junior Interests to the extent determined to be reasonably necessary by the Board of Managers. When dividends distributions are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Distribution Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Interests having dividend distribution payment dates different from the Dividend Distribution Payment Dates, on a dividend distribution payment date falling within a Dividend Distribution Period related to such Dividend Distribution Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity StockInterests, all dividends distributions declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock Interests and payable on such Dividend Distribution Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Interests having dividend distribution payment dates different from the Dividend Distribution Payment Dates, on a dividend distribution payment date falling within the Dividend Distribution Period related to such Dividend Distribution Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends distributions declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends distributions per share unit on the shares units of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends distributions on such amount) and all Parity Stock Interests payable on such Dividend Distribution Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Interests having dividend distribution payment dates different from the Dividend Distribution Payment Dates, on a dividend distribution payment date falling within the Dividend Distribution Period related to such Dividend Distribution Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors Managers or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Managers out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock Interests that bears bear cumulative dividendsdistributions, all accrued but unpaid dividendsdistributions) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors Managers or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Managers determines not to pay any dividend distribution or a full dividend distribution on a Dividend Distribution Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Distribution Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends distributions (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors Managers or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Managers may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock Interests and other Junior StockInterests, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdistributions.

Appears in 5 contracts

Samples: Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement, Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (Gmac LLC), Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (Gmac LLC)

Priority of Dividends. (i) So long as any share of Designated Senior Preferred Stock remains outstanding, (x) no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common any Junior Stock or any other shares of Junior Parity Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) stock that ranks junior to the Designated Senior Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, dissolution or Parity Stockwinding up of the Issuer), subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Dividend Parity Stock, and (y) no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Dividend Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries subsidiaries, and (z) no monies shall be paid or made available for any sinking fund for the redemption of Junior Stock or Dividend Parity Stock, unless all accrued and unpaid full dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Senior Preferred Stock with respect to the most recently completed Dividend Period have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Senior Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall ) and the Issuer is not apply in default on its obligation to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of redeem any shares of Common Designated Senior Preferred Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; that have been called for redemption. (ii) If the acquisition by the Issuer or any Board of its subsidiaries Directors elects to declare only partial instead of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock full dividends for the beneficial ownership of any other persons a dividend payment date and related dividend period (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (orwhich terms include, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from Designated Senior Preferred Stock, the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dates and Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriods provided for herein) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Senior Preferred Stock (includingor any Dividend Parity Stock, if applicable then to the extent permitted by the terms of the Designated Senior Preferred Stock and each outstanding series of Dividend Parity Stock, such partial dividends shall be declared on shares of Designated Senior Preferred Stock and Dividend Parity Stock, and dividends so declared shall be paid, as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on to any such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within and related dividend period in amounts such that the ratio of the partial dividends declared and paid on each such series to full dividends on each such series is the same. As used in this paragraph, “full dividends” means, as to any Dividend Period related Parity Stock that bears dividends on a cumulative basis, the amount of dividends that would need to be declared and paid to bring such Parity Stock current in dividends, including undeclared dividends for past dividend periods. To the extent a dividend period with respect to the Designated Senior Preferred Stock or any series of Dividend Payment DateParity Stock (in either case, the “first series”) coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to another series as applicable (subject to their having been declared by in either case, a “second series”), for purposes of this paragraph the Board of Directors may, to the extent permitted by the terms of each affected series, treat such dividend period for the first series as two or a duly authorized committee more consecutive dividend periods, none of which coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and includingsecond series, in the case of or may treat such dividend period(s) with respect to any Dividend Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividendsand Dividend Period(s) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice with respect to the holders of Designated Senior Preferred Stock prior for purposes of this paragraph in any other manner that it deems to be fair and equitable in order to achieve ratable payments of dividends on such Dividend Payment Date. Parity Stock and the Designated Senior Preferred Stock. (iii) Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Senior Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Bancplus Corp), Securities Purchase Agreement (Ponce Financial Group, Inc.), Securities Purchase Agreement (Broadway Financial Corp \De\)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series B Preferred Stock remains remain outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), full Annual Dividends on all outstanding shares of Designated Series B Preferred Stock that have accrued from and including the Issuance Date have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (cash, or have been or contemporaneously are declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof of those Annual Dividends has been or is set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Holders, the Company may not declare any dividend on, or make any distributions relating to, Junior Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to or Parity Stock, or redeem, purchase, acquire (either directly or through any Subsidiary) or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock or Parity Stock, other than: (i) redemptionspurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Junior Stock in accordance with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of current or former employees, officers, directors or consultants; (ii) purchases of fractional interests in shares of Parity Stock or other Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (iii) payment of any dividends or distributions in respect of Junior Stock where the dividend or distribution is in the form of the same stock or rights to purchase the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid; or (iv) any dividend in kind in connection with the administration implementation of a shareholders’ rights or similar plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any employee benefit plan in rights under any such plan. Notwithstanding the ordinary course foregoing, for so long as any shares of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Series B Preferred Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries)remain outstanding, including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends if Annual Dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) paid in full upon Designated the shares of Series B Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends Annual Dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series B Preferred Stock and all such any Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, will be declared on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends Annual Dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as that all accrued and unpaid dividends Annual Dividends as of the end of the most recent Dividend Payment Period per share on the shares of Designated Series B Preferred Stock (including, if applicable and accrued and unpaid Annual Dividends as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all of the end of the most recent dividend period per share of any Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Series B Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Comscore, Inc.), Series B Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Comscore, Inc.), Series B Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Comscore, Inc.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series C Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than unless full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to aside, (i) redemptionsno dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; Stock, (ii) the acquisition no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer or any as a result of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock Stock, or the exchange or conversion of Parity one share of Junior Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or another share of Junior Stock, in each caseand other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), solely nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the extent required redemption of any such securities by the Corporation and (iii) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series C Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock except by conversion into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Junior Stock, during such dividend period. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series C Preferred Stock and all such any Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata on a proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then‑current Dividend Period per share on the Series C Preferred Stock, and accrued dividends, including any accumulation, on any Parity Stock, bear to each other. No interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment on shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided that may be in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in arrears. If the case board of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from directors of the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors Corporation or a any duly authorized committee of the Board board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee directors of the Board of Directors Corporation determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer Corporation will provide provide, or cause to be provided, written notice to the holders of Designated the Series C Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Datedate. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board board of Directors directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board board of Directors directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such paymenttherefor, and holders the shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Deposit Agreement (Huntington Bancshares Inc /Md/), Deposit Agreement (Huntington Bancshares Inc /Md/), Merger Agreement (Chemical Financial Corp)

Priority of Dividends. The Series D will rank (i) senior to the Common Stock (as defined below) and any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock expressly stated to be junior to the Series D, (ii) junior to any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock expressly stated to be senior to the Series D (issued with the requisite consent of the Holders of the Series D, if required) and (iii) at least equally with each other class or series of Preferred Stock (as defined below) that the Corporation may issue with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock Series D remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be paid or declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries indirectly, during a Dividend Period, unless all accrued and unpaid dividends the full dividend for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have Series D has been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record dateaside). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptionsrepurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with (1) any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the administration benefit of any employee benefit plan one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants or (2) a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan; (ii) an exchange, redemption, reclassification or conversion of any class or series of Junior Stock, or any junior stock of a Subsidiary of the Corporation, for any class or series of Junior Stock; (iii) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock under the conversion or exchange provisions of Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (iv) any declaration of a dividend in connection with any stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to the plan; or (v) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equal or junior to that stock. In addition, the foregoing limitation shall not restrict the ability of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, to engage in any market-making transactions in Junior Stock in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stockbusiness. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a related Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock the Series D and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock the Series D and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the related Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Series D and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the related Dividend Period related Period) bear to such Dividend Payment Dateeach other. Subject to the foregoing, dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) (subject to their having been declared may be determined by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other Junior Stockstock ranking, as to dividends, equally with or junior to the Series D, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock the Series D shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Transaction Agreement (Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group Inc), Transaction Agreement (Morgan Stanley)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstandingoutstanding and owned by the United States Department of the Treasury or its Affiliates, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock, Parity Stock or Parity Stock trust preferred securities issued by the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in shares of Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock; (iv) distributions by or other transactions solely among the Issuer and any wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer or solely among wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Issuer; (v) redemptions of securities held by the Issuer or any wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer; and (vi) for the avoidance of doubt, unpaid tax distributions on junior membership interests of GMAC LLC pursuant to Section 5.1(e) of the LLC Agreement and consistent with Section 4(b) of the Plan of Conversion. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend dividends or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Securities Purchase and Exchange Agreement, Securities Purchase and Exchange Agreement (Gmac Inc.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common StockStock or in shares of the same series of the Junior Stock for which the dividend is being paid) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a3(c) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the acquisition by Corporation solely for the Issuer purpose of market-making, stabilization or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for in the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any ordinary course of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodiansbusiness; and (iii) purchases by a broker- dealer subsidiary of the exchange or conversion Corporation of Junior Stock capital stock of the Corporation for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required resale pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to an offering by the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts Corporation of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on capital stock underwritten by such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.broker-dealer subsidiary;

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Exchange Agreement, Exchange Agreement

Priority of Dividends. So From and including the Second Dividend Payment Date, so long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common StockStock or in shares of the same series of the Junior Stock for which the dividend is being paid) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a3(c) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the acquisition by Corporation solely for the Issuer purpose of market-making, stabilization or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the ordinary course of its business; (iii) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the beneficial ownership Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; (iv) any other persons dividends or distributions of rights of Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (other than v) the Issuer acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.subsidiaries of

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Share Exchange Agreement (Citigroup Inc), Exchange Agreement (Citigroup Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstandingPreference Shares remain in issue for any Dividend Period, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on unless the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid full dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred issued Preference Shares and the latest completed dividend period on all issued Parity Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for aside: (1) no dividend shall be paid or declared on the benefit of the holders of Ordinary Shares or any other shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock (except in the case of the Parity Stock on a pro rata basis with the Preference Shares as described below), other than a dividend payable solely in Ordinary Shares, other Junior Stock or Parity Stock, as applicable, and (2) no Ordinary Shares, other Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the beneficial ownership of any other persons Company, directly or indirectly (other than the Issuer or any (a) as a result of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock Stock, or a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock, as applicable, or the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock (with the same for or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or into another share of Junior Stock, in each caseor the exchange or conversion of one share of Parity Stock for or into another share of Parity Stock, solely as applicable, (b) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of Junior Stock or Parity Stock, as applicable, (c) as required by or necessary to fulfill the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date terms of any employment contract, benefit plan or any subsequent agreement similar arrangement with or for the accelerated exercisebenefit of one or more employees, settlement directors or exchange thereof for Common consultants of (d) in the case of Parity Stock, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7(a)(6)). When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient duly provided for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in upon the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock Preference Shares and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock upon the Preference Shares and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (orshall be declared on a pro rata basis so that the respective amounts of such dividends shall bear the same ratio to each other as the full amount of dividends payable on the issued Preference Shares for such Dividend Period and the accumulated and unpaid dividends, or the full amount of dividends payable for such Dividend Period in the case of non-cumulative preferred stock, on all such Parity Stock bear to each other. In the case of any Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment DatesDates pertaining to the Preference Shares, on a dividend payment the measurement date for such Parity Stock shall be the Dividend Payment Date falling within the related Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that for the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsPreference Shares.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Aspen Insurance Holdings LTD), Deposit Agreement (Aspen Insurance Holdings LTD)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series I Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than unless full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series I Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to aside, (i) redemptionsno dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; Stock, (ii) the acquisition no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer or any as a result of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock Stock, or the exchange or conversion of Parity one share of Junior Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or another share of Junior Stock, in each caseand other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), solely nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the extent required redemption of any such securities by the Corporation and (iii) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series I Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock except by conversion into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Junior Stock, during such dividend period. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the shares of Series I Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series I Preferred Stock and all such any Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata on a proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then‑current Dividend Period per share on the shares of Designated Series I Preferred Stock (includingStock, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) aboveand accrued dividends, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Datesincluding any accumulation, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and includingany Parity Stock, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. No interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment on shares of Series I Preferred Stock that may be in arrears. If the Board of Directors or a any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer Corporation will provide provide, or cause to be provided, written notice to the holders of Designated the Series I Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Datedate. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such paymenttherefor, and holders the shares of Designated Series I Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Deposit Agreement (Huntington Bancshares Inc /Md/), Deposit Agreement (Huntington Bancshares Inc /Md/)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock Series A remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution whatsoever shall be paid or declared or paid and no Distribution shall be made on the any class of Common Stock or any other shares future class of Junior Preferred Stock established hereafter by the Board of Directors (other than dividends Dividend Parity Stock or Dividend Senior Stock) (collectively, referred to as the “Dividend Junior Stock”), other than a dividend payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Dividend Junior Stock, and no Common Stock, shares of Dividend Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any indirectly (other than as a result of its subsidiaries a reclassification of junior stock for or into junior stock, or the exchange or conversion of one share of Dividend Junior Stock for or into another share of Dividend Junior Stock, and other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Dividend Junior Stock), unless (i) all cumulative accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), Preference Dividends on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series A have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (and the full dividend thereon for the then current Preference Dividend Period has been paid or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for payment and (ii) all prior redemption requirements with respect to Series A have been complied with; provided that the benefit Disinterested Directors’ Committee may declare or approve, and the Corporation may pay or make, a dividend or Distribution on any Dividend Junior Stock even if there are cumulative accrued and unpaid Preference Dividends that have not been paid in full or the full dividend for the then current Preference Dividend Period has not been paid or declared and set aside for payment, but only if (x) (1) such Distribution consists of the holders purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Corporation of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Dividend Junior Stock for cash, or into other Junior Stock (2) the Holders shall also participate in such dividend or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required Distribution pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to Section 4(b), and (y) the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid full Board of Directors has ratified (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from clause (1), by the Dividend Payment Datesaffirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the Board of Directors then in office, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of clause (2), by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors then in office) the Disinterested Directors’ Committee’s declaration or approval of such dividend or Distribution under clauses (1) or (2) above. For the avoidance of doubt, the declaration and payment of a dividend or making of any Distribution on any Dividend Junior Stock in which Holders shall participate pursuant to Section 4(b) in accordance with the foregoing proviso shall not obligate the Corporation to pay any Preference Dividends pursuant to Section 4(a). When Preference Dividends are not paid in full upon the shares of Series A and any future class of Preferred Stock established hereafter by the Board of Directors with the vote or written consent of a Majority In Interest, the terms of which expressly provide that such class ranks pari passu with the Series A as to rights to payment of dividends (collectively, referred to as the “Dividend Parity Stock”), all Preference Dividends declared upon shares of Series A and all dividends declared upon Dividend Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and but unpaid dividends Preference Dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Series A and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) dividends per share on all such Dividend Parity Stock bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoingforegoing and subject to Section 4(b), and not otherwise, the Corporation may pay such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined declared by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Dividend Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendstherefor.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Transaction Agreement (Garrett Motion Inc.), Transaction Agreement (Garrett Motion Inc.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock remains remain outstanding, unless (x) there are no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on Accrued Cash Dividends at such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full time (or have been all Accrued Cash Dividends contemporaneously are declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof of those dividends has been or is set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Holders) and (y) there are no Unredeemed Shares at such time, the Company may not declare any dividend on, or make any distributions relating to, Junior Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to or Parity Stock, or redeem, purchase, acquire (either directly or through any Subsidiary) or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock or Parity Stock, other than: (i) redemptionspurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee employment contract, benefit plan in or other similar arrangement approved by the ordinary course Board with or for the benefit of business and consistent with past practice; current or former employees, officers, directors or consultants; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any as a result of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the an exchange or conversion of any class or series of Parity Stock or Junior Stock for any other class or into other Junior Stock or series of Parity Stock for or into other (in the case of Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amountStock) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid Stock (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Dateor Junior Stock); (iii) purchases of fractional interests in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all or Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date or Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (or, iv) payment of any dividends in respect of Junior Stock where the dividend is in the case form of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio stock or rights to each other purchase the same stock as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share that on which the shares dividend is being paid; (v) distributions of Designated Preferred Junior Stock or rights to purchase Junior Stock; or (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(avi) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholder rights or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Datesimilar plan, or the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders redemption or repurchase of Designated Preferred Stock prior to any rights under such Dividend Payment Dateplan. Subject to the foregoingprovisions of Sections 2, 4 and not otherwise8, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined authorized by the Board of Directors Board, or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be thereof, and declared and paid by the Company, or any duly authorized committee thereof, on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, Parity Stock from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall the Holders will not be entitled to participate in any such those dividends.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investment Agreement (Expedia Group, Inc.), Investment Agreement (Expedia Group, Inc.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock this Series remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), full Accrued Dividends on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock this Series through and including the most recently completed Dividend Period have been paid or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock payment, no dividend may be declared or paid or set aside for payment, and no distribution may be made, on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, other than a dividend payable solely in each casestock that ranks junior to this Series in the payment of dividends and in the distribution of assets on any liquidation, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date dissolution or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit winding up of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each otherCompany. If the Board of Directors elects to declare only partial instead of full dividends for a dividend payment date and related dividend period (which terms include, in the case of this Series, the Dividend Payment Dates and Dividend Periods provided for herein) on the shares of this Series or any Dividend Parity Stock, then to the extent permitted by the terms of this Series and each outstanding series of Dividend Parity Stock such partial dividends shall be declared on shares of this Series and Dividend Parity Stock, and dividends so declared shall be paid, as to any such dividend payment date and related dividend period in amounts such that the ratio of the partial dividends declared and paid on each such series to full dividends on each such series is the same. As used in this paragraph, “full dividends” means, as to this Series and any Dividend Parity Stock that bears dividends on a duly authorized committee cumulative basis, the amount of dividends that would need to be declared and paid to bring this Series and such Dividend Parity Stock current in dividends, including undeclared dividends for past dividend periods (that is, for this Series, full Accrued Dividends). To the extent a dividend period with respect to this Series or any series of Dividend Parity Stock (in either case, the “first series”) coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to another series as applicable (in either case, a “second series”), for purposes of this paragraph the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Datemay, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders extent permitted by the terms of Designated Preferred each affected series, treat such dividend period for the first series as two or more consecutive dividend periods, none of which coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to the second series, or may treat such dividend period(s) with respect to any Dividend Parity Stock prior and Dividend Period(s) with respect to this Series for purposes of this paragraph in any other manner that it deems to be fair and equitable in order to achieve ratable payments of dividends on such Dividend Payment DateParity Stock and this Series. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Shares or Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such paymenttherefor, and holders the shares of Designated Preferred Stock this Series shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Share Purchase Agreement (Castor Maritime Inc.), Share Purchase Agreement (Toro Corp.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Convertible Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock unless full dividends (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stockincluding Past Due Dividends) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Convertible Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (paid, or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof of those dividends has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateRecord Date, the Company will not, and will cause its subsidiaries not to, declare or pay any dividend on, make any distributions relating to Junior Stock, or redeem, purchase, acquire (either directly or through any subsidiary) on or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Dividend Payment Date Junior Stock, or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto, other than: (i) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants; (ii) purchases of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy stock, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan, so long as any such contractually binding requirement was entered into at a time when there are no Past Due Dividends or any Past Due Dividends have been declared and paid in full; (iii) as a result of an exchange or conversion of any class or series of Junior Stock, or the securities of another company, for any other class or series of Junior Stock; (iv) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; or, (v) the payment of any dividends in respect of Junior Stock where the dividend is in the case form of the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid. Except as provided below, for so long as any share of Convertible Preferred Stock remains outstanding, if dividends are not declared and paid in full upon the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock having with the same dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on date or with a dividend payment date falling within during a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full Period, all dividends declared upon Designated shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and any shares such Parity Stock will be declared on a proportional basis so that the amount of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated per share will bear to each other the same ratio that all Past Due Dividends as of the end of the then-current Dividend Period per share of Convertible Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends as of the end of the applicable dividend period per share on the shares of Designated Preferred any Parity Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of any such Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but and unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other property) otherwise, as may be determined by the Board of Directors Directors, or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof, may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, Parity Stock from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall Holders will not be entitled to participate in any such those dividends.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investment Agreement (Dow Chemical Co /De/), Investment Agreement (Dow Chemical Co /De/)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock remains remain outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), full Dividends on all outstanding shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid paid, including any accrued and unpaid Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock that are then in full (arrears, or have been or contemporaneously are declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof of those dividends has been or is set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Holders, the Company may not declare any dividend on, or make any distributions relating to, Junior Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to or Parity Stock, or redeem, purchase, acquire (either directly or through any Subsidiary) or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock or Parity Stock, other than: (i) redemptionspurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee employment contract, benefit plan in or other similar arrangement with or for the ordinary course benefit of business and consistent with past practice; current or former employees, officers, directors or consultants; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any purchases of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for through the beneficial ownership use of any the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other persons (other than the Issuer or any shares of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and Junior Stock; (iii) the as a result of an exchange or conversion of any class or series of Parity Stock or Junior Stock for any other class or into other Junior Stock or series of Parity Stock for or into other (in the case of Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amountStock) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid Stock (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having or Junior Stock); (iv) purchases of fractional interests in shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (v) payment of any dividends in respect of Junior Stock where the dividend payment dates different from is in the Dividend Payment Datesform of the same stock or rights to purchase the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid; (vi) distributions of Junior Stock or rights to purchase Junior Stock; or (vii) any dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders’ rights or similar plan, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, if dividends are not declared and paid in full upon Designated the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series A Preferred Stock and all such any Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, will be declared on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as that all accrued and unpaid dividends as of the end of the most recent Dividend Payment Period per share on the shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock (including, if applicable and accrued and unpaid dividends as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all of the end of the most recent dividend period per share of any Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoingprovisions of this Section 4, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined authorized by the Board of Directors Board, or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be thereof, and declared and paid by the Company, or any duly authorized committee thereof, on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, Parity Stock from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall the Holders will not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsthose dividends (other than pursuant to the adjustments otherwise provided under Section 11(a) or Section 12(a), as applicable).

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Samples: Investment Agreement (US Foods Holding Corp.), Investment Agreement (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the ordinary course of its business; (iii) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; (iv) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (v) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iiivi) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. “Share Dilution Amount” means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding (determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and as measured from the date of the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements most recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Original Issue Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to employees and equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer Corporation will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Center Bancorp Inc), Securities Purchase Agreement (International Bancshares Corp)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series [C] Preferred Stock remains outstandingremain outstanding during any Dividend Period, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on unless the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid full dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (includingor, if applicable as provided in Section 3(ano Series A Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock were outstanding during such Dividend Period, full dividends for the last four (4) above, dividends on such amount), consecutive completed Dividend Periods) on all outstanding shares of Designated Series [C] Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of aside), no dividend shall be declared or paid on any shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock) and no Junior Stock shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any indirectly (other than as a result of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock Stock, or the exchange or conversion of Parity one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock and other Parity Stock (with than through the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock). When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a the Dividend Period related relating to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the Series [C] Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated the Series [C] Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared per share shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Series [C] Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock otherwise payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) bear to each other (subject to their having been declared by applicable Delaware law restricting the Board declaration, payment or distribution of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors dividends out of funds or property legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendstherefor).

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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (American International Group Inc), Stock Purchase Agreement (Metlife Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock remains remain outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), full Dividends on all outstanding shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid paid, including any accrued and unpaid Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock that are then in full (arrears, or have been or contemporaneously are declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof of those Dividends has been or is set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Holders, the Company may not declare any dividend on, or make any distributions relating to, Junior Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to or Parity Stock, or redeem, purchase, acquire (either directly or through any Subsidiary) or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock or Parity Stock, other than: (i) redemptionspurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee employment contract, benefit plan in or other similar arrangement with or for the ordinary course benefit of business and consistent with past practice; current or former employees, officers, directors or consultants; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any purchases of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for through the beneficial ownership use of any the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other persons (other than the Issuer or any shares of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and Junior Stock; (iii) the as a result of an exchange or conversion of any class or series of Parity Stock or Junior Stock for any other class or into other Junior Stock or series of Parity Stock for or into other (in the case of Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amountStock) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid Stock (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having or Junior Stock); (iv) purchases of fractional interests in shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (v) payment of any dividends in respect of Junior Stock where the dividend payment dates different from is in the Dividend Payment Datesform of the same stock or rights to purchase the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid; (vi) distributions of Junior Stock or rights to purchase Junior Stock; or (vii) any dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders’ rights or similar plan, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such Dividend Payment Date) plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, if dividends are not declared and paid in full upon Designated the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series A Preferred Stock and all such any Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, will be declared on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as that all accrued and unpaid dividends as of the end of the most recent Dividend Payment Period per share on the shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock (including, if applicable and accrued and unpaid dividends as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all of the end of the most recent dividend period per share of any Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoingprovisions of this Section 4, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined authorized by the Board of Directors Board, or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be thereof, and declared and paid by the Company, or any duly authorized committee thereof, on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, Parity Stock from time to time out of any funds legally available for such paymenttime, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled subject to participate in any such dividendsSection 4(g).

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Investment Agreement (KAR Auction Services, Inc.), Investment Agreement (KAR Auction Services, Inc.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than unless full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to aside, (i) redemptionsno dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; Stock, (ii) the acquisition no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer or any as a result of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock Stock, or the exchange or conversion of Parity one share of Junior Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or another share of Junior Stock, in each caseand other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), solely nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the extent required redemption of any such securities by the Corporation and (iii) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series A Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock except by conversion into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Junior Stock, during such dividend period. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series A Preferred Stock and all such any Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata on a proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then-current Dividend Period per share on the Series A Preferred Stock, and accrued dividends, including any accumulations, on Parity Stock, bear to each other. No interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment on shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided that may be in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by arrears. If the Board of Directors or a any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer Corporation will provide provide, or cause to be provided, written notice to the holders of Designated the Series A Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Datedate. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such paymenttherefor, and holders the shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Taylor Capital Group Inc), Merger Agreement (Mb Financial Inc /Md)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Convertible Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, outstanding and subject to the immediately following paragraph in Company’s compliance with the case provisions of Parity StockSection 13, and no Common Stockunless as to a Dividend Payment Date, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid full cumulative dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Convertible Preferred Stock for all past Dividend Periods have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or and for the then current Dividend Period have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof of those dividends has been set aside aside, the Company will not, and will cause its subsidiaries not to, during the next succeeding Dividend Period that commences on such Dividend Payment Date, declare or pay any dividend on, set apart any sum for the benefit payment of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptionsdividends on, purchases make any distributions relating to, or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock redeem, purchase, acquire or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of make a liquidation payment relating to, any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for Stock, or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto. The foregoing restriction, however, will not apply to any stock dividends paid by the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Company with respect to Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with where the dividend stock is the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stockstock as that on which the dividend is being paid. For so long as any share of Convertible Preferred Stock remains outstanding, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When if dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) paid in full upon Designated the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and all such any Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, will be declared on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then-current Dividend Period per share on the shares of Designated Convertible Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, and accrued dividends on such amount) and all for the then-current Dividend Period per share of any Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of any such Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but accumulated and unpaid dividendsdividends for past Dividend Periods with respect to both the Convertible Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other property) otherwise, as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof, may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, Parity Stock from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall unless otherwise specifically provided, Holders will not be entitled to participate in any such those dividends.

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Samples: Investment Agreement (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co Inc), Investment Agreement (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstandingPreference Shares remain in issue for any Dividend Period, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on unless the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid full dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred issued Preference Shares and the latest completed dividend period on all issued Parity Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for aside: (1) no dividend shall be paid or declared on the benefit of the holders of Ordinary Shares or any other shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock (except in the case of the Parity Stock on a pro rata basis with the Preference Shares as provided for in this Section 4(b)), other than a dividend payable solely in Ordinary Shares, other Junior Stock or Parity Stock, as applicable, and (2) no Ordinary Shares, other Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the beneficial ownership of any other persons Company, directly or indirectly (other than the Issuer or any (a) as a result of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock Stock, or a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock, as applicable, or the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock (with the same for or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or into another share of Junior Stock, in each caseor the exchange or conversion of one share of Parity Stock for or into another share of Parity Stock, solely as applicable, (b) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of Junior Stock or Parity Stock, as applicable, (c) as required by or necessary to fulfill the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date terms of any employment contract, benefit plan or any subsequent agreement similar arrangement with or for the accelerated exercisebenefit of one or more employees, settlement directors or exchange thereof for Common consultants of (d) in the case of Parity Stock, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7(a)(6)). When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient duly provided for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in upon the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock Preference Shares and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock upon the Preference Shares and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (orshall be declared on a pro rata basis so that the respective amounts of such dividends shall bear the same ratio to each other as the full amount of dividends payable on the issued Preference Shares for such Dividend Period and the accumulated and unpaid dividends, or the full amount of dividends payable for such Dividend Period in the case of non-cumulative preferred stock, on all such Parity Stock bear to each other. In the case of any Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment DatesDates pertaining to the Preference Shares, on a dividend payment the measurement date for such Parity Stock shall be the Dividend Payment Date falling within the related Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that for the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsPreference Shares.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Aspen Insurance Holdings LTD), Deposit Agreement (Aspen Insurance Holdings LTD)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series P Preferred Stock remains remain outstanding, , (1) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or paid set aside for payment on the any Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no shares of Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable in Common Stock or (ii) the acquisition of shares of Common Stock in exchange for, or through application of proceeds of the sale of, shares of Common Stock); (2) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock other than Common Stock, and no shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Junior Stock other than Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable solely in shares of Junior Stock, (ii) any dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholder rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such plan, (iii) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equally with or junior to such stock, (iv) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (v) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, (vi) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock, (vii) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after March 15, 2013, (viii) any purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock other than Common Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (ix) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (x) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business); and (3) no shares of Parity Stock will be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series P Preferred Stock and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed such Parity Stock during a Dividend Period (includingother than (i) as a result of a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock, if applicable as provided (ii) the exchange or conversion of one share of Parity Stock for or into another share of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iii) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iv) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Parity Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after March 15, 2013, (v) any purchase of fractional interests in Section 3(ashares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (vi) abovethe purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, dividends on such amountLLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (vii) the purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business), unless, in each case, the full dividends for the then-current Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series P Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment of those dividends has been set aside. Subject to the succeeding sentence, for so long as any shares of Series P Preferred Stock remain outstanding, no dividends shall be declared, paid, or set aside for payment on any Parity Stock for any period unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series P Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for aside. To the benefit extent the Corporation declares dividends on the Series P Preferred Stock and on any Parity Stock but cannot make full payment of those declared dividends, the Corporation will allocate the dividend payments on a proportional basis among the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series P Preferred Stock and the holders of any shares Parity Stock then outstanding where the terms of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having provide similar dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Daterights. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other stock that is Parity Stock or Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders the shares of Designated Series P Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Wells Fargo & Company/Mn)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains Series A Preference Shares remain outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than unless full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series A Preference Shares and any Parity Shares payable on a Dividend Payment Date have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock aside), (1) no dividend shall be declared or paid on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation Common Shares or any other Junior Shares (other than a dividend payable solely in Common Shares or in other Junior Shares) during the following Dividend Period, and (2) no Common Shares or other Junior Shares shall not apply to be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Company, directly or indirectly (other than (i) redemptions, purchases as a result of a reclassification of Junior Shares for or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or into other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer Shares, or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of one Junior Stock Share for or into other another Junior Stock or Share, (ii) through the use of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of Junior Shares and (with iii) as permitted by the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, Bye-Laws in each case, solely to effect on the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to date of issuance of the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common StockSeries A Preference Shares). When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock the Series A Preference Shares and any shares of Parity StockShares, all dividends declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof on Designated Preferred Stock the Series A Preference Shares and all such Parity Stock Shares and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared by the Board of Directors or such committee of the Board of Directors pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidation preference of the Series A Preference Shares and any Parity Shares so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and declared but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Series A Preference Shares and all Parity Stock Shares payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Validus Holdings LTD)

Priority of Dividends. So Except as provided in this Section 4(b), so long as any share of Designated Perpetual Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock unless full Dividends (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stockincluding Past Due Dividends) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Perpetual Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (paid, or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof of those Dividends has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) Dividend Record Date, the Company will not, and will cause its subsidiaries not to, declare or pay any dividend in excess of $0.01 per share on any Dividend Payment Date Junior Stock, make any distributions relating to Junior Stock, or redeem, purchase, acquire (either directly or through any subsidiary) or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock, or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto, other than: (i) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants; (ii) purchases of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy stock, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan, so long as any such contractually binding requirement was entered into at a time when there were no Past Due Dividends; (iii) as a result of an exchange or conversion of any class or series of Junior Stock, or the securities of another company, for any other class or series of Junior Stock; (iv) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; or, (v) the payment of any dividends in respect of Junior Stock where the dividend is in the case form of the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid. For so long as any share of Perpetual Preferred Stock remains outstanding, if Dividends are not declared and paid in full upon the shares of Perpetual Preferred Stock or any Parity Stock having with the same dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on date or with a dividend payment date falling within during a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full Period, all dividends declared upon Designated shares of Perpetual Preferred Stock and any shares such Parity Stock will be declared on a proportional basis so that the amount of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated per share will bear to each other the same ratio that all Past Due Dividends as of the end of the then-current Dividend Period per share of Perpetual Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends as of the end of the applicable dividend period per share on the shares of Designated Preferred any Parity Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of any Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but and unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other property) otherwise, as may be determined by the Board of Directors Directors, or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof, may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, Parity Stock from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall Holders will not be entitled to participate in any such those dividends.

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Samples: Investment Agreement (Dow Chemical Co /De/)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains Series C Preference Shares remain outstanding, no unless the full dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on for the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest last completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have Series C Preference Shares and all outstanding Parity Shares has been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record dateaside). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to , (i) redemptionsno dividend shall be declared or paid on the Common Shares or any other Junior Shares or any Parity Shares (except in the case of the Parity Shares, purchases or on a pro rata basis with the Series C Preference Shares as described below), other acquisitions of shares of than a dividend payable solely in Common Stock Shares or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan Shares or (solely in the ordinary course case of business Parity Shares) other Parity Shares, as applicable, and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition no Common Shares or other Junior Shares or Parity Shares shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Company, directly or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer (A) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Shares for or any into other Junior Shares, or a reclassification of its subsidiaries)Parity Shares for or into other Parity Shares, including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of one Junior Stock Share for or into other another Junior Stock Share or the exchange or conversion of one Parity Stock Share for or into another Parity Share, (B) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of Junior Shares or (solely in the case of Parity Shares) other Parity Stock Shares, as applicable and (C) as required by or necessary to fulfill the terms of any employment contract, benefit plan or similar arrangement with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercisebenefit of one or more employees, settlement directors or exchange thereof for Common Stockconsultants). When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock on the Series C Preference Shares and any shares of Parity StockShares, all dividends declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof on Designated Preferred Stock the Series C Preference Shares and all such Parity Stock Shares and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared by the Board of Directors or such committee thereof pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidation preferences of the Series C Preference Shares and any Parity Shares so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and declared but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Series C Preference Share and all Parity Stock Shares payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Athene Holding LTD)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series C Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than unless full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to aside, (i) redemptionsno dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; Stock, (ii) the acquisition no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer or any as a result of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock Stock, or the exchange or conversion of Parity one share of Junior Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or another share of Junior Stock, in each caseand other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), solely nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the extent required redemption of any such securities by the Corporation and (iii) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series C Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock except by conversion into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Junior Stock, during such dividend period. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series C Preferred Stock and all such any Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata on a proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then-current Dividend Period per share on the Series C Preferred Stock, and accrued dividends, including any accumulation, on any Parity Stock, bear to each other. No interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment on shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided that may be in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in arrears. If the case board of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from directors of the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors Corporation or a any duly authorized committee of the Board board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee directors of the Board of Directors Corporation determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer Corporation will provide provide, or cause to be provided, written notice to the holders of Designated the Series C Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Datedate. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board board of Directors directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board board of Directors directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such paymenttherefor, and holders the shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (TCF Financial Corp)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series C Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends or distributions payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stockor, subject to the immediately following paragraph Section 3(d), Parity Stock (other than dividends or distributions payable solely in the case shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock), and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periodsunless, including as of such date (the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount“Determination Date”), the full dividend on all outstanding shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock have for the Dividend Period in which such Determination Date falls has been or are is contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have has been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders Holders of shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock on as of the applicable record datenext Dividend Record Date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practicebusiness; (ii) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (iii) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons Persons (other than the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iiiiv) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date effective date of this Certificate of Designations or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Taylor Capital Group Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series AA Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no unless as to a dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than payment date full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series AA Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof of those dividends has been set aside for the benefit of dividend period then ending, the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on Company will not, and will cause its subsidiaries not to, during the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to next succeeding dividend period, declare or pay any dividend on, make any distributions relating to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock, or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto, other than: (i) redemptionspurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the administration benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants; (ii) purchases of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy stock existing prior to the commencement of the then-current dividend period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; (iii) as a result of an exchange or conversion of any employee benefit plan class or series of Junior Stock for any other class or series of Junior Stock; (iv) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (v) the purchase of Junior Stock by an investment banking subsidiary of the Company in connection with the distribution thereof; or (vi) the purchase of Junior Stock by any investment banking subsidiary of the Company in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of the business and consistent with past practice; (iiof such subsidiary. The restrictions set forth in the preceding provisions of this Section 4(c) the acquisition shall not apply to any Junior Stock dividends paid by the Issuer or any Company where the dividend is in the form of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same stock (or lesser aggregate liquidation amountthe right to buy the same stock) or Junior Stockas that on which the dividend is being paid. Series AA 6 Except as provided below, in each casefor so long as any share of Series AA Preferred Stock remains outstanding, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When if dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) paid in full upon Designated the shares of Series AA Preferred Stock and any shares class or series of Parity Stockstock of the Company now existing or hereafter authorized that ranks equally with the Series AA Preferred Stock in the payment of dividends, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series AA Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, other stock will be declared on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then-current dividend period per share on the shares of Designated Series AA Preferred Stock and accrued dividends for the then-current dividend period per share of such other stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock any such other stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but and unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other property) otherwise, as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof, may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, class or series of stock of the Company from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall Holders will not be entitled to participate in any such those dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Citigroup Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series C Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock, the Existing Preferred Stock or any other shares of Junior Preferred Stock (other than dividends a dividend payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stockany such stock), and no Common Stock or Junior Preferred Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock including shares of the Existing Preferred Stock, shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any indirectly (other than as a result of its subsidiaries a reclassification of such stock for or into other shares of such stock, or the exchange or conversion of one share of such stock for or into another share of such stock during a Dividend Period), unless all accrued and unpaid dividends Accruing Dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full in cash, unless the holders of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock (the “Requisite Holders”) elect otherwise by written notice sent to the Corporation (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been irrevocably set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply Subject to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit satisfaction of the holders thereof on foregoing and the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period other related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwiseprovisions herein, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock, the Existing Preferred Stock and other Junior Preferred Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated the Series C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividends unless otherwise determined by the Board.

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Samples: Loan, Convertible Preferred Stock and Convertible Senior Secured Note Purchase Agreement (Midwest Holding Inc.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Convertible Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than unless full cash dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Convertible Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for all Dividend Periods from the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit date of issuance of the holders of shares of Designated Convertible Preferred Stock on Stock, the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall Company will not, and will cause its subsidiaries not apply to to, declare or pay any dividend on, make any distributions relating to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock, or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto, other than: (i) redemptionspurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee employment contract, benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent or other similar arrangement with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership benefit of any other persons (other than employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Issuer Company or any of its subsidiaries); (ii) purchases of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy stock existing prior to the commencement of the then-current dividend period, including as trustees or custodiansunder a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; and or (iii) the as a result of an exchange or conversion of any class or series of Junior Stock for any other class or into other series of Junior Stock. The foregoing restriction, however, will not apply to any Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with dividends paid by the Company where the dividend stock is the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stockstock as that on which the dividend is being paid. Except as provided below, in each casefor so long as any share of Convertible Preferred Stock remains outstanding, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When if dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) paid in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any the shares of Parity Convertible Preferred Stock, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, will be declared on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then-current Dividend Period per share on the shares of Designated Convertible Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other property) otherwise, as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof, may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall Holders will not be entitled to participate in any such those dividends.

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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Taylor Capital Group Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series AA Preferred Stock remains remain outstanding, , (1) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or paid set aside for payment on the any Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no shares of Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable in Common Stock or (ii) the acquisition of shares of Common Stock in exchange for, or through application of proceeds of the sale of, shares of Common Stock); (2) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock other than Common Stock, and no shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Junior Stock other than Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable solely in shares of Junior Stock, (ii) any dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholder rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such plan, (iii) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equally with or junior to such stock, (iv) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (v) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, (vi) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock, (vii) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after October 21, 2020, (viii) any purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock other than Common Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (ix) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (x) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business); and (3) no shares of Parity Stock will be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series AA Preferred Stock and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed such Parity Stock during a Dividend Period (includingother than (i) as a result of a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock, if applicable as provided (ii) the exchange or conversion of one share of Parity Stock for or into another share of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iii) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iv) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Parity Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after October 21, 2020, (v) any purchase of fractional interests in Section 3(ashares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (vi) abovethe purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, dividends on such amountLLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (vii) the purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business), unless, in each case, the full dividends for the then-current Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series AA Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment of those dividends has been set aside. Subject to the succeeding sentence, for so long as any shares of Series AA Preferred Stock remain outstanding, no dividends shall be declared, paid, or set aside for payment on any Parity Stock for any period unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series AA Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for aside. To the benefit extent the Corporation declares dividends on the Series AA Preferred Stock and on any Parity Stock but cannot make full payment of those declared dividends, the Corporation will allocate the dividend payments on a proportional basis among the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series AA Preferred Stock and the holders of any shares Parity Stock then outstanding where the terms of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having provide similar dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Daterights. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other stock that is Parity Stock or Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders the shares of Designated Series AA Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Wells Fargo & Company/Mn)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series [H] Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than unless full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series [H] Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to aside, (i) redemptionsno dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; Stock, (ii) the acquisition no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer or any as a result of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock Stock, or the exchange or conversion of Parity one share of Junior Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or another share of Junior Stock, in each caseand other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), solely nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the extent required redemption of any such securities by the Corporation and (iii) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series [H] Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock except by conversion into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Junior Stock, during such dividend period. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the shares of Series [H] Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series [H] Preferred Stock and all such any Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata on a proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then‑current Dividend Period per share on the shares of Designated Series [H] Preferred Stock (includingStock, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) aboveand accrued dividends, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Datesincluding any accumulation, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and includingany Parity Stock, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. No interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment on shares of Series [H] Preferred Stock that may be in arrears. If the Board of Directors or a any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer Corporation will provide provide, or cause to be provided, written notice to the holders of Designated the Series [H] Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Datedate. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such paymenttherefor, and holders the shares of Designated Series [H] Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend. 1 To reflect the last dividend payment date in respect of the 5.70% Series C Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, no par value, of TCF Financial Corporation.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Huntington Bancshares Inc/Md)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series A Preferred Stock remains Shares remain outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), full Dividends on all outstanding shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock Shares that have been or are contemporaneously declared accrued from and paid in full (or including the Issuance Date have been declared and a sum paid, or have been or contemporaneously are declared and an amount of cash or Common Shares or additional Series A Preferred Shares sufficient for the payment thereof of those Dividends has been or is set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on Holders, the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall Company may not apply to declare any cash dividend on, or make any cash distributions relating to, Junior Shares, or redeem, purchase, acquire (either directly or through any Subsidiary) or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Shares, other than: (i) redemptionspurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock Junior Shares in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of current or former employees, officers, directors or consultants; (ii) purchases of Junior Stock Shares through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other Junior Shares; (iii) as a result of an exchange or conversion of any class or series of Junior Shares for any other class or series of Junior Shares; (iv) purchases of fractional interests in Junior Shares pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Shares or the security being converted or exchanged; (v) payment of any dividends in respect of Junior Shares where the dividend is in the form of the same shares or rights to purchase the same shares as that on which the dividend is being paid; (vi) distributions of Junior Shares or rights to purchase Junior Shares; or (vii) any dividend in connection with the administration implementation of a shareholders’ rights or similar plan, or the redemption, repurchase or exchange of any employee benefit plan rights under any such plan. If any Dividend is to be paid in the ordinary course form of business and consistent Common Shares or additional Series A Preferred Shares, the number of Common Shares or additional Series A Preferred Shares to be issued in payment of such Dividend with past practice; respect to each outstanding Series A Preferred Share shall be determined by dividing (i) the amount of the dividend so declared by (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (orCurrent Market Price , in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from Common Shares, or the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (orLiquidation Preference, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated additional Series A Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (orShares, in the each case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice rounded to the holders nearest whole share (with 0.5 of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsa share being rounded upward).

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Samples: Investment Agreement (James River Group Holdings, Ltd.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series N Preferred Stock remains remain outstanding, , (1) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or paid set aside for payment on the any Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no shares of Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable in Common Stock or (ii) the acquisition of shares of Common Stock in exchange for, or through application of proceeds of the sale of, shares of Common Stock); (2) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock other than Common Stock, and no shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Junior Stock other than Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable solely in shares of Junior Stock, (ii) any dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholder rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such plan, (iii) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equally with or junior to such stock, (iv) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (v) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, (vi) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock, (vii) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after August 9, 2012, (viii) any purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock other than Common Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (ix) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (x) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business); and (3) no shares of Parity Stock will be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series N Preferred Stock and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed such Parity Stock during a Dividend Period (includingother than (i) as a result of a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock, if applicable as provided (ii) the exchange or conversion of one share of Parity Stock for or into another share of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iii) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iv) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Parity Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after August 9, 2012, (v) any purchase of fractional interests in Section 3(ashares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (vi) abovethe purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, dividends on such amountLLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (vii) the purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business), unless, in each case, the full dividends for the then-current Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series N Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment of those dividends has been set aside. Subject to the succeeding sentence, for so long as any shares of Series N Preferred Stock remain outstanding, no dividends shall be declared, paid, or set aside for payment on any Parity Stock for any period unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series N Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for aside. To the benefit extent the Corporation declares dividends on the Series N Preferred Stock and on any Parity Stock but cannot make full payment of those declared dividends, the Corporation will allocate the dividend payments on a proportional basis among the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series N Preferred Stock and the holders of any shares Parity Stock then outstanding where the terms of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having provide similar dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Daterights. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other stock that is Parity Stock or Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders the shares of Designated Series N Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Wells Fargo & Company/Mn)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains Series A Preference Shares remain outstanding, no unless the full dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on for the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest last completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have Series A Preference Shares and all outstanding Parity Shares has been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record dateaside). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to , (i) redemptionsno dividend shall be declared or paid on the Common Shares or any other Junior Shares or any Parity Shares (except in the case of the Parity Shares, purchases or on a pro rata basis with the Series A Preference Shares as described below), other acquisitions of shares of than a dividend payable solely in Common Stock Shares or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan Shares or (solely in the ordinary course case of business Parity Shares) other Parity Shares, as applicable, and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition no Common Shares or other Junior Shares or Parity Shares shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Company, directly or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer (A) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Shares for or any into other Junior Shares, or a reclassification of its subsidiaries)Parity Shares for or into other Parity Shares, including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of one Junior Stock Share for or into other another Junior Stock Share or the exchange or conversion of one Parity Stock Share for or into another Parity Share, (B) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of Junior Shares or (solely in the case of Parity Shares) other Parity Stock Shares, as applicable and (C) as required by or necessary to fulfill the terms of any employment contract, benefit plan or similar arrangement with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercisebenefit of one or more employees, settlement directors or exchange thereof for Common Stockconsultants). When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock on the Series A Preference Shares and any shares of Parity StockShares, all dividends declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof on Designated Preferred Stock the Series A Preference Shares and all such Parity Stock Shares and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared by the Board of Directors or such committee thereof pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidation preferences of the Series A Preference Shares and any Parity Shares so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and declared but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Series A Preference Share and all Parity Stock Shares payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Athene Holding LTD)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series DD Preferred Stock remains remain outstanding, , (1) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or paid set aside for payment on the any Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no shares of Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable in Common Stock or (ii) the acquisition of shares of Common Stock in exchange for, or through application of proceeds of the sale of, shares of Common Stock); (2) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock other than Common Stock, and no shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Junior Stock other than Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable solely in shares of Junior Stock, (ii) any dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholder rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such plan, (iii) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equally with or junior to such stock, (iv) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (v) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, (vi) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock, (vii) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after July 20, 2021, (viii) any purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock other than Common Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (ix) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (x) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business); and (3) no shares of Parity Stock will be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series DD Preferred Stock and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed such Parity Stock during a Dividend Period (includingother than (i) as a result of a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock, if applicable as provided (ii) the exchange or conversion of one share of Parity Stock for or into another share of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iii) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iv) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Parity Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after July 20, 2021, (v) any purchase of fractional interests in Section 3(ashares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (vi) abovethe purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, dividends on such amountLLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (vii) the purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business), unless, in each case, the full dividends for the then-current Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series DD Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment of those dividends has been set aside. Subject to the succeeding sentence, for so long as any shares of Series DD Preferred Stock remain outstanding, no dividends shall be declared, paid, or set aside for payment on any Parity Stock for any period unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series DD Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for aside. To the benefit extent the Corporation declares dividends on the Series DD Preferred Stock and on any Parity Stock but cannot make full payment of those declared dividends, the Corporation will allocate the dividend payments on a proportional basis among the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series DD Preferred Stock and the holders of any shares Parity Stock then outstanding where the terms of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having provide similar dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Daterights. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other stock that is Parity Stock or Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders the shares of Designated Series DD Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Wells Fargo & Company/Mn)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series S Preferred Stock remains remain outstanding, , (1) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or paid set aside for payment on the any Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no shares of Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable in Common Stock or (ii) the acquisition of shares of Common Stock in exchange for, or through application of proceeds of the sale of, shares of Common Stock); (2) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock other than Common Stock, and no shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Junior Stock other than Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable solely in shares of Junior Stock, (ii) any dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholder rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such plan, (iii) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equally with or junior to such stock, (iv) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (v) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, (vi) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock, (vii) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after April 14, 2014, (viii) any purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock other than Common Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (ix) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (x) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business); and (3) no shares of Parity Stock will be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series S Preferred Stock and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed such Parity Stock during a Dividend Period (includingother than (i) as a result of a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock, if applicable as provided (ii) the exchange or conversion of one share of Parity Stock for or into another share of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iii) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iv) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Parity Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after April 14, 2014, (v) any purchase of fractional interests in Section 3(ashares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (vi) abovethe purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, dividends on such amountLLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (vii) the purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business), unless, in each case, the full dividends for the then-current Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series S Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment of those dividends has been set aside. Subject to the succeeding sentence, for so long as any shares of Series S Preferred Stock remain outstanding, no dividends shall be declared, paid, or set aside for payment on any Parity Stock for any period unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series S Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for aside. To the benefit extent the Corporation declares dividends on the Series S Preferred Stock and on any Parity Stock but cannot make full payment of those declared dividends, the Corporation will allocate the dividend payments on a proportional basis among the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series S Preferred Stock and the holders of any shares Parity Stock then outstanding where the terms of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having provide similar dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Daterights. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other stock that is Parity Stock or Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders the shares of Designated Series S Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Wells Fargo & Company/Mn)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series C Preferred Stock remains outstanding, (i) no dividend or other distribution shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on the Common Stock or any Junior Stock, other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock, (ii) no shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly (other than as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into Junior Stock, or the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, or other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of its subsidiaries unless all accrued any such securities by the Corporation and unpaid (iii) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series C Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock except by conversion into or exchange for Junior Stock, during a Dividend Period, unless, in each case, the full dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed then-current Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stockaside. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series C Preferred Stock and all such any Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata on a proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then-current Dividend Period per share on the shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock (includingStock, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative accrued dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) including any accumulations on Parity Stock, bear to each other. If the Board No interest will be payable in respect of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend payment on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Datethat may be in arrears. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such paymenttherefor, and holders the shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend.

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Samples: Transaction Agreement (Banco Santander, S.A.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock, any other share of Junior Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, other Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, unless on the date of such declaration, payment, purchase, redemption or other acquisition for consideration (i) all Past Due Dividends, and accrued and unpaid dividends Additional Dividends thereon to the date of payment of such Past Due Dividends, for all past prior Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock, shall have been declared and paid in full and (ii) an amount equal to the full Regular Quarterly Dividend for all outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period shall have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or declared and such amount shall have been declared and a sum sufficient deposited by the Corporation in trust for the payment thereof has been set aside for the pro rata benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock on the applicable record datedate therefor with an Eligible Institution). The foregoing limitation sentence shall not apply to (i) redemptionsprohibit purchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with cashless exercises of options and similar actions under any equity incentive plan (including any stock option plan) of the administration Corporation adopted by the Board of any employee benefit plan Directors, in each case, in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsbusiness.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Kraft Foods Group, Inc.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series BB Preferred Stock remains remain outstanding, , (1) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or paid set aside for payment on the any Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no shares of Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable in Common Stock or (ii) the acquisition of shares of Common Stock in exchange for, or through application of proceeds of the sale of, shares of Common Stock); (2) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock other than Common Stock, and no shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Junior Stock other than Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable solely in shares of Junior Stock, (ii) any dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholder rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such plan, (iii) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equally with or junior to such stock, (iv) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (v) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, (vi) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock, (vii) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after January 19, 2021, (viii) any purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock other than Common Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (ix) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (x) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business); and (3) no shares of Parity Stock will be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series BB Preferred Stock and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed such Parity Stock during a Dividend Period (includingother than (i) as a result of a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock, if applicable as provided (ii) the exchange or conversion of one share of Parity Stock for or into another share of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iii) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iv) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Parity Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after January 19, 2021, (v) any purchase of fractional interests in Section 3(ashares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (vi) abovethe purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, dividends on such amountLLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (vii) the purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business), unless, in each case, the full dividends for the then-current Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series BB Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment of those dividends has been set aside. Subject to the succeeding sentence, for so long as any shares of Series BB Preferred Stock remain outstanding, no dividends shall be declared, paid, or set aside for payment on any Parity Stock for any period unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series BB Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for aside. To the benefit extent the Corporation declares dividends on the Series BB Preferred Stock and on any Parity Stock but cannot make full payment of those declared dividends, the Corporation will allocate the dividend payments on a proportional basis among the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series BB Preferred Stock and the holders of any shares Parity Stock then outstanding where the terms of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having provide similar dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Daterights. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other stock that is Parity Stock or Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders the shares of Designated Series BB Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Wells Fargo & Company/Mn)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series E Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on unless the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid full dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest most recently completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series E Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to aside: (i) redemptionsno dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock (other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Stock or any dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholders’ rights plan, purchases or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such plan); (ii) no shares of Junior Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly (other than (A) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock; (B) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock; (C) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock; (D) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants; (E) purchases of shares of Junior Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Junior Stock existing prior to the preceding Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; (F) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (G) purchases or other acquisitions by any of the Corporation’s broker-dealer subsidiaries solely for the purpose of market making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practicebusiness; (iiH) purchases by any of the Corporation’s broker-dealer subsidiaries of the Corporation’s capital stock for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; or (I) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than for the beneficial ownership by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians) nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such securities by the Corporation; and (iii) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation (other than (A) pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series E Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock; (B) as a result of a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock; (C) the exchange or conversion of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock; (D) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock; (E) purchases of shares of Parity Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Parity Stock existing prior to the preceding Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; (F) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (G) purchases or other acquisitions by any of the Corporation’s broker-dealer subsidiaries solely for the purpose of market making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Parity Stock in the ordinary course of business; (H) purchases by any of the Corporation’s broker-dealer subsidiaries of the Corporation’s capital stock for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; or (I) the acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than for the Issuer beneficial ownership by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends).

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Northern Trust Corp)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the ordinary course of its business; (iii) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of Capital Stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such Capital Stock underwritten by such broker- dealer subsidiary; (iv) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (v) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons Persons (other than the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iiivi) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.liquidation

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Samples: Exchange Agreement

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the acquisition by Corporation solely for the Issuer purpose of market-making, stabilization or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for in the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any ordinary course of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodiansbusiness; and (iii) purchases by a broker- dealer subsidiary of the exchange Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; (iv) any dividends or conversion distributions of rights or Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (in connection with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.stockholders’

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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Morgan Stanley)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series R Preferred Stock remains remain outstanding, , (1) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or paid set aside for payment on the any Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no shares of Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable in Common Stock or (ii) the acquisition of shares of Common Stock in exchange for, or through application of proceeds of the sale of, shares of Common Stock); (2) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock other than Common Stock, and no shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Junior Stock other than Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable solely in shares of Junior Stock, (ii) any dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholder rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such plan, (iii) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equally with or junior to such stock, (iv) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (v) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, (vi) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock, (vii) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after December 11, 2013, (viii) any purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock other than Common Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (ix) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (x) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business); and (3) no shares of Parity Stock will be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series R Preferred Stock and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed such Parity Stock during a Dividend Period (includingother than (i) as a result of a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock, if applicable as provided (ii) the exchange or conversion of one share of Parity Stock for or into another share of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iii) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iv) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Parity Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after December 11, 2013, (v) any purchase of fractional interests in Section 3(ashares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (vi) abovethe purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, dividends on such amountLLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (vii) the purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business), unless, in each case, the full dividends for the then-current Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series R Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment of those dividends has been set aside. Subject to the succeeding sentence, for so long as any shares of Series R Preferred Stock remain outstanding, no dividends shall be declared, paid, or set aside for payment on any Parity Stock for any period unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series R Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for aside. To the benefit extent the Corporation declares dividends on the Series R Preferred Stock and on any Parity Stock but cannot make full payment of those declared dividends, the Corporation will allocate the dividend payments on a proportional basis among the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series R Preferred Stock and the holders of any shares Parity Stock then outstanding where the terms of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having provide similar dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Daterights. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other stock that is Parity Stock or Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders the shares of Designated Series R Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Wells Fargo & Company/Mn)

Priority of Dividends. So long as Irrespective of whether the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof declares a dividend for any share Dividend Period, in the event that dividends payable on shares of the Designated Preferred Stock remains outstandingwith respect to such Dividend Period (the “Dividend Amount”) have not been paid in full on any Dividend Payment Date, no dividend then the Issuer shall not redeem, purchase or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall beotherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, purchasedany Junior Stock or Parity Stock, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by nor shall the Issuer pay any dividends or make any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past distributions to any Junior Stock until such time as the Issuer has paid the full Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Amount with respect to a subsequent Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date)Period. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to to: (i) a dividend payable on any Junior Stock in shares of Junior Stock, or to the acquisition of shares of any Junior Stock in exchange for, or through application of the proceeds of the sale of, shares of any Junior Stock; (ii) purchases of fractional interests in shares of any Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such shares of Junior Stock or any securities exchangeable for or convertible into such shares of Junior Stock; (iii) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business business, including, without limitation, the forfeiture of unvested shares of restricted stock or share withholdings upon exercise, delivery or vesting of equity awards granted to officers, directors and consistent with past practiceemployees; (iiiv) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (v) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries Subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiariesSubsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iiivi) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock; and (vii) for the avoidance of doubt, in each case, solely to the extent required unpaid tax distributions on junior membership interests of GMAC LLC pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit Section 5.1(e) of the holders thereof on LLC Agreement and consistent with Section 4(b) of the applicable record date) Plan of Conversion. In the event the Dividend Amount has not been paid in full on any Dividend Payment Date (orDate, in the case of no dividends may be declared or paid on any Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from unless (i) such dividends are payable solely in shares of Junior Stock or (ii) dividends are declared on the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared on the Designated Preferred Stock and each such other class or series of Parity Stock shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of the Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on and such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case class or series of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividendsfunds) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Underwriting Agreement (Ally Financial Inc.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchase to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the ordinary course of business; (iii) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; (iv) any dividends or distributions of rights of Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (v) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iiivi) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into by the [Predecessor] prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. “Share Dilution Amount” means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding (determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and as measured from the date of the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements most recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Original Issue Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to employees and equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer Corporation will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Investment Agreement (Crescent Financial Corp)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the ordinary course of its business; (iii) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of Capital Stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such Capital Stock underwritten by such broker- dealer subsidiary; (iv) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (v) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons Persons (other than the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Exchange Agreement

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series CC Preferred Stock remains remain outstanding, , (1) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or paid set aside for payment on the any Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no shares of Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable in Common Stock or (ii) the acquisition of shares of Common Stock in exchange for, or through application of proceeds of the sale of, shares of Common Stock); (2) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock other than Common Stock, and no shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Junior Stock other than Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable solely in shares of Junior Stock, (ii) any dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholder rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such plan, (iii) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equally with or junior to such stock, (iv) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (v) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, (vi) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock, (vii) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after January 25, 2021, (viii) any purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock other than Common Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (ix) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (x) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business); and (3) no shares of Parity Stock will be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series CC Preferred Stock and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed such Parity Stock during a Dividend Period (includingother than (i) as a result of a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock, if applicable as provided (ii) the exchange or conversion of one share of Parity Stock for or into another share of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iii) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iv) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Parity Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after January 25, 2021, (v) any purchase of fractional interests in Section 3(ashares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (vi) abovethe purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, dividends on such amountLLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (vii) the purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business), unless, in each case, the full dividends for the then-current Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series CC Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment of those dividends has been set aside. Subject to the succeeding sentence, for so long as any shares of Series CC Preferred Stock remain outstanding, no dividends shall be declared, paid, or set aside for payment on any Parity Stock for any period unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series CC Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for aside. To the benefit extent the Corporation declares dividends on the Series CC Preferred Stock and on any Parity Stock but cannot make full payment of those declared dividends, the Corporation will allocate the dividend payments on a proportional basis among the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series CC Preferred Stock and the holders of any shares Parity Stock then outstanding where the terms of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having provide similar dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Daterights. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other stock that is Parity Stock or Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders the shares of Designated Series CC Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Wells Fargo & Company/Mn)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock Series T remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends a dividend payable solely in shares of Common Junior Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock), and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer or any as a result of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, or the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock or of one share of Parity Stock for or into another share of Parity Stock (with the same or lesser per share liquidation amount) or Junior Stock) during a Dividend Period, unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in each caseSection 4(a) above, solely dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Series T have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Series T on the applicable record date). The foregoing provision shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into cashless exercises and similar actions under any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice prior to the Signing Date Original Issuance Date; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the ordinary course of its business; (iii) in connection with the issuance of Junior Stock or Parity Stock, ordinary sale and repurchase transactions to facilitate the distribution of such Junior Stock or Parity Stock; and (iv) the acquisition by the Corporation or any subsequent agreement of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the accelerated exercisebeneficial ownership of, settlement and at the ultimate cost of, any other persons (other than the Corporation or exchange thereof for Common Stockany of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock the Series T and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock the Series T and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series T (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a4(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors (or any a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Directors) may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock the Series T shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Bank of America Corp /De/)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series X Preferred Stock remains remain outstanding, , (1) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or paid set aside for payment on the any Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no shares of Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable in Common Stock or (ii) the acquisition of shares of Common Stock in exchange for, or through application of proceeds of the sale of, shares of Common Stock); (2) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock other than Common Stock, and no shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Junior Stock other than Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable solely in shares of Junior Stock, (ii) any dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholder rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such plan, (iii) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equally with or junior to such stock, (iv) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (v) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, (vi) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock, (vii) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after June 8, 2016, (viii) any purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock other than Common Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (ix) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (x) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business); and (3) no shares of Parity Stock will be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series X Preferred Stock and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed such Parity Stock during a Dividend Period (includingother than (i) as a result of a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock, if applicable as provided (ii) the exchange or conversion of one share of Parity Stock for or into another share of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iii) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iv) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Parity Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after June 8, 2016, (v) any purchase of fractional interests in Section 3(ashares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (vi) abovethe purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, dividends on such amountLLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (vii) the purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business), unless, in each case, the full dividends for the then-current Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series X Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment of those dividends has been set aside. Subject to the succeeding sentence, for so long as any shares of Series X Preferred Stock remain outstanding, no dividends shall be declared, paid, or set aside for payment on any Parity Stock for any period unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series X Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for aside. To the benefit extent the Corporation declares dividends on the Series X Preferred Stock and on any Parity Stock but cannot make full payment of those declared dividends, the Corporation will allocate the dividend payments on a proportional basis among the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series X Preferred Stock and the holders of any shares Parity Stock then outstanding where the terms of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having provide similar dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Daterights. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other stock that is Parity Stock or Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders the shares of Designated Series X Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Wells Fargo & Company/Mn)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated the Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Junior Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, any dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series A Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full in cash (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated the Series A Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) a dividend payable on any Junior Stock in shares of any other Junior Stock, or to the acquisition of shares of any Junior Stock in exchange for, or through application of the proceeds of the sale of, shares of any other Junior Stock; (ii) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice(including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan); provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (iiiii) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (iv) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iiiv) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount). “Share Dilution Amount” means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding (determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and as measured from the Original Issue Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or Junior Stockexercise of equity-based compensation to employees and equitably adjusted for any stock split, in each casestock dividend, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date reverse stock split, reclassification or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stocksimilar transaction. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any on shares of Parity the Series A Preferred Stock, all dividends declared on Designated the Series A Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated the Series A Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, any dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated the Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Settlement Agreement (General Motors Co)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series Y Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no unless as to a dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than payment date full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series Y Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof of those dividends has been set aside for the benefit of dividend period then ending, the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on Company will not, and will cause its subsidiaries not to, during the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to next succeeding dividend period, declare or pay any dividend on, make any distributions relating to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock, or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto, other than: (i) redemptionspurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the administration benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants; (ii) purchases of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy stock existing prior to the commencement of the then-current dividend period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; (iii) as a result of an exchange or conversion of any employee benefit plan class or series of Junior Stock for any other class or series of Junior Stock; (iv) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (v) the purchase of Junior Stock by an investment banking subsidiary of the Company in connection with the distribution thereof; or (vi) the purchase of Junior Stock by any investment banking subsidiary of the Company in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of the business and consistent with past practice; (iiof such subsidiary. The restrictions set forth in the preceding provisions of this Section 4(c) the acquisition shall not apply to any Junior Stock dividends paid by the Issuer or any Company where the dividend is in the form of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same stock (or lesser aggregate liquidation amountthe right to buy the same stock) or Junior Stockas that on which the dividend is being paid. Except as provided below, in each casefor so long as any share of Series Y Preferred Stock remains outstanding, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When if dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) paid in full upon Designated the shares of Series Y Preferred Stock and any shares class or series of Parity Stockstock of the Company now existing or hereafter authorized that ranks equally with the Series Y Preferred Stock in the payment of dividends, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series Y Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, other stock will be declared on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then-current dividend period per share on the shares of Designated Series Y Preferred Stock and accrued dividends for the then-current dividend period per share of such other stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock any such other stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but and unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other property) otherwise, as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof, may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, class or series of stock of the Company from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall Holders will not be entitled to participate in any such those dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Citigroup Inc)

Priority of Dividends. The Series B will rank (i) senior to the Common Stock (as defined below) and any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock expressly stated to be junior to the Series B, (ii) junior to any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock expressly stated to be senior to the Series B (issued with the requisite consent of the Holders of the Series B, if required) and (iii) at least equally with each other class or series of Preferred Stock (as defined below) that the Corporation may issue with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock Series B remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be paid or declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries indirectly, during a Dividend Period, unless all accrued and unpaid dividends the full dividend for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have Series B has been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record dateaside). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptionsrepurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with (1) any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the administration benefit of any employee benefit plan one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants or (2) a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan; (ii) an exchange, redemption, reclassification or conversion of any class or series of Junior Stock, or any junior stock of a Subsidiary of the Corporation, for any class or series of Junior Stock; (iii) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock under the conversion or exchange provisions of Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (iv) any declaration of a dividend in connection with any stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to the plan; or (v) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equal or junior to that stock. In addition, the foregoing limitation shall not restrict the ability of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, to engage in any market-making transactions in Junior Stock in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stockbusiness. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a related Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock the Series B and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock the Series B and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the related Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Series B and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the related Dividend Period related Period) bear to such Dividend Payment Dateeach other. Subject to the foregoing, dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) (subject to their having been declared may be determined by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other Junior Stockstock ranking, as to dividends, equally with or junior to the Series B, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock the Series B shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series C Preferred Stock remains outstanding, (i) no dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment, and no distribution shall be declared or paid made or set aside for payment, on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (Stock, other than dividends a dividend payable solely in shares of Common Junior Stock; (ii) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case no shares of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer or any as a result of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock Stock, or the exchange or conversion of Parity one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, and other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Junior Stock by the Corporation; and (iii) except as set forth in the succeeding sentence, no shares of Parity Stock (with shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the same Corporation, directly or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) indirectly, other than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series C Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock, except by conversion into or exchange for Junior Stock, in each case, solely unless all accrued Mandatory Cash Dividends on all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock have been paid in full. The foregoing limitations do not apply to (A) purchases or acquisitions of the Corporation’s Junior Stock pursuant to any employee or director incentive or benefit plan or arrangement (including any employment, severance or consulting agreement) of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation heretofore or hereafter adopted, or (B) any mandatory redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior Certificate of Designations for the Series A Preferred Stock. Subject to the Signing Date succeeding sentence, for so long as any shares of Series C Preferred Stock remain outstanding, no dividends shall be declared or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement paid or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for payment on any Parity Stock for any period unless all accrued Mandatory Cash Dividends on all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock have been paid in full. To the benefit extent the Corporation cannot make full payment of the holders thereof any Mandatory Cash Dividends on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series C Preferred Stock and any cash dividends on any Parity Stock, the Corporation will allocate the dividend payments on a pro rata basis among the holders of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and the holders of any Parity Stock then outstanding. For purposes of calculating the pro rata allocation of partial dividend payments, the Corporation will allocate dividend payments based on the ratio between the total Mandatory Cash Dividend payments then due on the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock and the total cash dividend payments then due on the outstanding shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such paymenttherefor, and holders the shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend.

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Samples: Term Loan Agreement (Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock remains remain outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than unless full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (cash, including any accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock that are then in arrears, or have been or contemporaneously are declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof of those dividends has been or is set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Holders, the Company may not declare any dividend on, or make any distributions relating to, Junior Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to or Parity Stock, or redeem, purchase, acquire (either directly or through any Subsidiary) or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock or Parity Stock, other than: (i) redemptionspurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee employment contract, benefit plan in or other similar arrangement with or for the ordinary course benefit of business and consistent with past practice; current or former employees, officers, directors or consultants; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any purchases of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for through the beneficial ownership use of any the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other persons (other than the Issuer or any shares of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and Junior Stock; (iii) the as a result of an exchange or conversion of any class or series of Parity Stock or Junior Stock for any other class or into other Junior Stock or series of Parity Stock for or into other (in the case of Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amountStock) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid Stock (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Dateor Junior Stock); (iv) purchases of fractional interests in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all or Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date or Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (or, v) payment of any dividends in respect of Junior Stock where the dividend is in the case form of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio stock or rights to each other purchase the same stock as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share that on which the shares dividend is being paid; (vi) distributions of Designated Preferred Junior Stock or rights to purchase Junior Stock; or (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(avii) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders’ rights or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Datesimilar plan, or the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders redemption or repurchase of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Dateany rights under such. Subject to the foregoingprovisions of this Section 4, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined authorized by the Board of Directors Board, or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be thereof, and declared and paid by the Company, or any duly authorized committee thereof, on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, Parity Stock from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall the Holders will not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsthose dividends (other than pursuant to the adjustments otherwise provided under Section 12(a) or Section 13(a), as applicable).

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Samples: Investment Agreement (Pandora Media, Inc.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to Section 5(c) below and the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a5(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply , subject to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common StockSection 10 below. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series A Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Series A Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a5(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer Corporation will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Series A Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoingforegoing and Section 5(c) below, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Broadway Financial Corp \De\)

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Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series T Preferred Stock remains remain outstanding, , (1) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or paid set aside for payment on the any Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no shares of Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable in Common Stock or (ii) the acquisition of shares of Common Stock in exchange for, or through application of proceeds of the sale of, shares of Common Stock); (2) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock other than Common Stock, and no shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Junior Stock other than Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable solely in shares of Junior Stock, (ii) any dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholder rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such plan, (iii) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equally with or junior to such stock, (iv) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (v) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, (vi) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock, (vii) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after July 14, 2014, (viii) any purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock other than Common Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (ix) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (x) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business); and (3) no shares of Parity Stock will be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series T Preferred Stock and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed such Parity Stock during a Dividend Period (includingother than (i) as a result of a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock, if applicable as provided (ii) the exchange or conversion of one share of Parity Stock for or into another share of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iii) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iv) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Parity Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after July 14, 2014, (v) any purchase of fractional interests in Section 3(ashares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (vi) abovethe purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, dividends on such amountLLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (vii) the purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business), unless, in each case, the full dividends for the then-current Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series T Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment of those dividends has been set aside. Subject to the succeeding sentence, for so long as any shares of Series T Preferred Stock remain outstanding, no dividends shall be declared, paid, or set aside for payment on any Parity Stock for any period unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series T Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for aside. To the benefit extent the Corporation declares dividends on the Series T Preferred Stock and on any Parity Stock but cannot make full payment of those declared dividends, the Corporation will allocate the dividend payments on a proportional basis among the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series T Preferred Stock and the holders of any shares Parity Stock then outstanding where the terms of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having provide similar dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Daterights. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other stock that is Parity Stock or Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders the shares of Designated Series T Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Wells Fargo & Company/Mn)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains Series B Preference Shares remain outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than unless full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series B Preference Shares and any Parity Shares (including the Series A Preference Shares) payable on a Dividend Payment Date have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock aside), (1) no dividend shall be declared or paid on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation Common Shares or any other Junior Shares (other than a dividend payable solely in Common Shares or in other Junior Shares) during the following Dividend Period, and (2) no Common Shares or other Junior Shares shall not apply to be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Company, directly or indirectly (other than (i) redemptions, purchases as a result of a reclassification of Junior Shares for or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or into other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer Shares, or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of one Junior Stock Share for or into other another Junior Stock or Share, (ii) through the use of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of Junior Shares and (with iii) as permitted by the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, Bye-Laws in each case, solely to effect on the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to date of issuance of the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common StockSeries B Preference Shares). When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock the Series B Preference Shares and any shares of Parity StockShares, all dividends declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof on Designated Preferred Stock the Series B Preference Shares and all such Parity Stock Shares and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared by the Board of Directors or such committee of the Board of Directors pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidation preference of the Series B Preference Shares and any Parity Shares so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and declared but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Series B Preference Shares and all Parity Stock Shares payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Validus Holdings LTD)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series W Preferred Stock remains remain outstanding, , (1) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or paid set aside for payment on the any Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no shares of Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable in Common Stock or (ii) the acquisition of shares of Common Stock in exchange for, or through application of proceeds of the sale of, shares of Common Stock); (2) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock other than Common Stock, and no shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Junior Stock other than Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable solely in shares of Junior Stock, (ii) any dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholder rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such plan, (iii) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equally with or junior to such stock, (iv) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (v) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, (vi) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock, (vii) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after January 19, 2016, (viii) any purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock other than Common Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (ix) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (x) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business); and (3) no shares of Parity Stock will be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series W Preferred Stock and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed such Parity Stock during a Dividend Period (includingother than (i) as a result of a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock, if applicable as provided (ii) the exchange or conversion of one share of Parity Stock for or into another share of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iii) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iv) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Parity Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after January 19, 2016, (v) any purchase of fractional interests in Section 3(ashares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (vi) abovethe purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, dividends on such amountLLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (vii) the purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business), unless, in each case, the full dividends for the then-current Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series W Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment of those dividends has been set aside. Subject to the succeeding sentence, for so long as any shares of Series W Preferred Stock remain outstanding, no dividends shall be declared, paid, or set aside for payment on any Parity Stock for any period unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series W Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for aside. To the benefit extent the Corporation declares dividends on the Series W Preferred Stock and on any Parity Stock but cannot make full payment of those declared dividends, the Corporation will allocate the dividend payments on a proportional basis among the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series W Preferred Stock and the holders of any shares Parity Stock then outstanding where the terms of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having provide similar dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Daterights. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other stock that is Parity Stock or Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders the shares of Designated Series W Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Deposit Agreement (Wells Fargo & Company/Mn)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series Q Preferred Stock remains remain outstanding, , (1) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or paid set aside for payment on the any Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no shares of Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable in Common Stock or (ii) the acquisition of shares of Common Stock in exchange for, or through application of proceeds of the sale of, shares of Common Stock); (2) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock other than Common Stock, and no shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Junior Stock other than Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable solely in shares of Junior Stock, (ii) any dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholder rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such plan, (iii) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equally with or junior to such stock, (iv) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (v) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, (vi) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock, (vii) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after July 15, 2013, (viii) any purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock other than Common Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (ix) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (x) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business); and (3) no shares of Parity Stock will be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series Q Preferred Stock and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed such Parity Stock during a Dividend Period (includingother than (i) as a result of a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock, if applicable as provided (ii) the exchange or conversion of one share of Parity Stock for or into another share of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iii) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iv) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Parity Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after July 15, 2013, (v) any purchase of fractional interests in Section 3(ashares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (vi) abovethe purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, dividends on such amountLLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (vii) the purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business), unless, in each case, the full dividends for the then-current Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series Q Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment of those dividends has been set aside. Subject to the succeeding sentence, for so long as any shares of Series Q Preferred Stock remain outstanding, no dividends shall be declared, paid, or set aside for payment on any Parity Stock for any period unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series Q Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for aside. To the benefit extent the Corporation declares dividends on the Series Q Preferred Stock and on any Parity Stock but cannot make full payment of those declared dividends, the Corporation will allocate the dividend payments on a proportional basis among the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series Q Preferred Stock and the holders of any shares Parity Stock then outstanding where the terms of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having provide similar dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Daterights. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other stock that is Parity Stock or Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders the shares of Designated Series Q Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Deposit Agreement (Wells Fargo & Company/Mn)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series O Preferred Stock remains remain outstanding, , (1) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or paid set aside for payment on the any Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no shares of Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable in Common Stock or (ii) the acquisition of shares of Common Stock in exchange for, or through application of proceeds of the sale of, shares of Common Stock); (2) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock other than Common Stock, and no shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Junior Stock other than Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable solely in shares of Junior Stock, (ii) any dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholder rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such plan, (iii) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equally with or junior to such stock, (iv) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (v) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, (vi) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock, (vii) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after November 13, 2012, (viii) any purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock other than Common Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (ix) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (x) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business); and (3) no shares of Parity Stock will be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series O Preferred Stock and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed such Parity Stock during a Dividend Period (includingother than (i) as a result of a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock, if applicable as provided (ii) the exchange or conversion of one share of Parity Stock for or into another share of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iii) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iv) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Parity Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after November 13, 2012, (v) any purchase of fractional interests in Section 3(ashares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (vi) abovethe purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, dividends on such amountLLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (vii) the purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business), unless, in each case, the full dividends for the then-current Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series O Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment of those dividends has been set aside. Subject to the succeeding sentence, for so long as any shares of Series O Preferred Stock remain outstanding, no dividends shall be declared, paid, or set aside for payment on any Parity Stock for any period unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series O Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for aside. To the benefit extent the Corporation declares dividends on the Series O Preferred Stock and on any Parity Stock but cannot make full payment of those declared dividends, the Corporation will allocate the dividend payments on a proportional basis among the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series O Preferred Stock and the holders of any shares Parity Stock then outstanding where the terms of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having provide similar dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Daterights. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other stock that is Parity Stock or Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders the shares of Designated Series O Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Wells Fargo & Company/Mn)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on The Series B will rank (i) senior to the Common Stock (as defined below) and any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock expressly stated to be junior to the Series B, (ii) junior to any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock expressly stated to be senior to the Series B (issued with the requisite consent of the Holders of the Series B, if required) and (iii) at least equally with each other shares class or series of Junior Preferred Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stockas defined below) or Parity Stock, subject that the Corporation may issue with respect to the immediately following paragraph in payment of dividends and the case distribution of Parity assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the shall be paid or declared on Junior Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries indirectly, during a Dividend Period, unless all accrued and unpaid dividends the full dividend for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have Series B has been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record dateaside). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptionsrepurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with (1) any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the administration benefit of any employee benefit plan one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants or (2) a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan; (ii) an exchange, redemption, reclassification or conversion of any class or series of Junior Stock, or any junior stock of a Subsidiary of the Corporation, for any class or series of Junior Stock; (iii) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock under the conversion or exchange provisions of Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (iv) any declaration of a dividend in connection with any stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to the plan; or (v) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equal or junior to that stock. In addition, the foregoing limitation shall not restrict the ability of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, to engage in any market-making transactions in Junior Stock in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stockbusiness. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a related Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock the Series B and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock the Series B and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the related Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Series B and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the related Dividend Period related Period) bear to such Dividend Payment Dateeach other. Subject to the foregoing, dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) (subject to their having been declared may be determined by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other Junior Stockstock ranking, as to dividends, equally with or junior to the Series B, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock the Series B shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Morgan Stanley)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the acquisition by Corporation solely for the Issuer purpose of market-making, stabilization or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for in the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any ordinary course of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodiansbusiness; and (iii) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the exchange Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; (iv) any dividends or conversion distributions of rights or Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (in connection with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.stockholders’

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Samples: Merger Agreement (ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series DD Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no unless as to a dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than payment date full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series DD Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof of those dividends has been set aside for the benefit of dividend period then ending, the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on Company will not, and will cause its subsidiaries not to, during the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to next succeeding dividend period, declare or pay any dividend on, make any distributions relating to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock, or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto, other than: (i) redemptionspurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the administration benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants; (ii) purchases of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy stock existing prior to the commencement of the then-current dividend period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; (iii) as a result of an exchange or conversion of any employee benefit plan class or series of Junior Stock for any other class or series of Junior Stock; (iv) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (v) the purchase of Junior Stock by an investment banking subsidiary of the Company in connection with the distribution thereof; or (vi) the purchase of Junior Stock by any investment banking subsidiary of the Company in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of the business and consistent with past practice; (iiof such subsidiary. The restrictions set forth in the preceding provisions of this Section 4(c) the acquisition shall not apply to any Junior Stock dividends paid by the Issuer or any Company where the dividend is in the form of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same stock (or lesser aggregate liquidation amountthe right to buy the same stock) or Junior Stockas that on which the dividend is being paid. Except as provided below, in each casefor so long as any share of Series DD Preferred Stock remains outstanding, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When if dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) paid in full upon Designated the shares of Series DD Preferred Stock and any shares class or series of Parity Stockstock of the Company now existing or hereafter authorized that ranks equally with the Series DD Preferred Stock in the payment of dividends, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series DD Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, other stock will be declared on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then-current dividend period per share on the shares of Designated Series DD Preferred Stock and accrued dividends for the then-current dividend period per share of such other stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock any such other stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but and unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other property) otherwise, as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof, may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, class or series of stock of the Company from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall Holders will not be entitled to participate in any such those dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Citigroup Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock Series A remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable solely in Common Stock) or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends a dividend payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject Junior Stock that ranks junior to Series A as to the immediately following paragraph in distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the case of Parity StockCorporation), and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly (other than as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock (with the same ranking relative to the Series A as to the payment of dividends and as to the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of its subsidiaries the Corporation and with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount), or the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock (with the same ranking relative to the Series A as to the payment of dividends and as to the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation and with the same or lesser per share liquidation amount) or of one share of Parity Stock for or into another share of Parity Stock (with the same or lesser per share liquidation amount) or Junior Stock (with the same or lesser per share liquidation amount)) during a Dividend Period, unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) [4(a)] above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series A have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series A on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock the Series A and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock the Series A and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series A (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) [4(a)] above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors (or any a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Directors) may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock the Series A shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (General Electric Co)

Priority of Dividends. The Series C will rank (i) senior to the Common Stock (as defined below) and any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock expressly stated to be junior to the Series C, (ii) junior to any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock expressly stated to be senior to the Series C (issued with the requisite consent of the Holders of the Series C, if required) and (iii) at least equally with each other class or series of Preferred Stock (as defined below) that the Corporation may issue with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock Series C remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be paid or declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries indirectly, during a Dividend Period, unless all accrued and unpaid dividends the full dividend for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have Series C has been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record dateaside). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptionsrepurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with (1) any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the administration benefit of any employee benefit plan one or more employees, officers, directors or consultants or (2) a dividend reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan; (ii) an exchange, redemption, reclassification or conversion of any class or series of Junior Stock, or any junior stock of a Subsidiary of the Corporation, for any class or series of Junior Stock; (iii) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock under the conversion or exchange provisions of Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (iv) any declaration of a dividend in connection with any stockholders’ rights plan, or the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any stockholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to the plan; or (v) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equal or junior to that stock. In addition, the foregoing limitation shall not restrict the ability of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, to engage in any market-making transactions in Junior Stock in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stockbusiness. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a related Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock the Series C and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock the Series C and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the related Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Series C and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the related Dividend Period related Period) bear to such Dividend Payment Dateeach other. Subject to the foregoing, dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) (subject to their having been declared may be determined by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other Junior Stockstock ranking, as to dividends, equally with or junior to the Series C, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock the Series C shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Mitsubishi Ufj Financial Group Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated the Series D Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series D Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated the Series D Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the ordinary course of its business; (iii) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; (iv) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (v) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iiivi) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Closing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. “Share Dilution Amount” means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding (determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and as measured from the date of the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements most recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Closing Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to employees and equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the Series D Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated the Series D Preferred Stock and and/or all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated the Series D Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated the Series D Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Share Exchange Agreement (United Community Banks Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series BB Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no unless as to a dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than payment date full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series BB Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof of those dividends has been set aside for the benefit of dividend period then ending, the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on Company will not, and will cause its subsidiaries not to, during the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to next succeeding dividend period, declare or pay any dividend on, make any distributions relating to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock, or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto, other than: (i) redemptionspurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the administration benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants; (ii) purchases of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy stock existing prior to the commencement of the then-current dividend period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; (iii) as a result of an exchange or conversion of any employee benefit plan class or series of Junior Stock for any other class or series of Junior Stock; (iv) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (v) the purchase of Junior Stock by an investment banking subsidiary of the Company in connection with the distribution thereof; or (vi) the purchase of Junior Stock by any investment banking subsidiary of the Company in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of the business and consistent with past practice; (iiof such subsidiary. The restrictions set forth in the preceding provisions of this Section 4(c) the acquisition shall not apply to any Junior Stock dividends paid by the Issuer or any Company where the dividend is in the form of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same stock (or lesser aggregate liquidation amountthe right to buy the same stock) or Junior Stockas that on which the dividend is being paid. Series BB 10 Except as provided below, in each casefor so long as any share of Series BB Preferred Stock remains outstanding, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When if dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) paid in full upon Designated the shares of Series BB Preferred Stock and any shares class or series of Parity Stockstock of the Company now existing or hereafter authorized that ranks equally with the Series BB Preferred Stock in the payment of dividends, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series BB Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, other stock will be declared on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then-current dividend period per share on the shares of Designated Series BB Preferred Stock and accrued dividends for the then-current dividend period per share of such other stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock any such other stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but and unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other property) otherwise, as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof, may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, class or series of stock of the Company from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall Holders will not be entitled to participate in any such those dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Citigroup Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series U Preferred Stock remains remain outstanding, , (1) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or paid set aside for payment on the any Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no shares of Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable in Common Stock or (ii) the acquisition of shares of Common Stock in exchange for, or through application of proceeds of the sale of, shares of Common Stock); (2) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock other than Common Stock, and no shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Junior Stock other than Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable solely in shares of Junior Stock, (ii) any dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholder rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such plan, (iii) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equally with or junior to such stock, (iv) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (v) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, (vi) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock, (vii) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after January 15, 2015, (viii) any purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock other than Common Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (ix) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (x) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business); and (3) no shares of Parity Stock will be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series U Preferred Stock and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed such Parity Stock during a Dividend Period (includingother than (i) as a result of a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock, if applicable as provided (ii) the exchange or conversion of one share of Parity Stock for or into another share of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iii) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iv) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Parity Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after January 15, 2015, (v) any purchase of fractional interests in Section 3(ashares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (vi) abovethe purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, dividends on such amountLLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (vii) the purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business), unless, in each case, the full dividends for the then-current Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series U Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment of those dividends has been set aside. Subject to the succeeding sentence, for so long as any shares of Series U Preferred Stock remain outstanding, no dividends shall be declared, paid, or set aside for payment on any Parity Stock for any period unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series U Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for aside. To the benefit extent the Corporation declares dividends on the Series U Preferred Stock and on any Parity Stock but cannot make full payment of those declared dividends, the Corporation will allocate the dividend payments on a proportional basis among the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series U Preferred Stock and the holders of any shares Parity Stock then outstanding where the terms of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having provide similar dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Daterights. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other stock that is Parity Stock or Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders the shares of Designated Series U Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Wells Fargo & Company/Mn)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series F Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends or distributions payable solely in shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock) or Parity Stockor, subject to the immediately following paragraph Section 3(d), Parity Stock (other than dividends or distributions payable solely in the case shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock), and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periodsunless, including as of such date (the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount“Determination Date”), the full dividend on all outstanding shares of Designated Series F Preferred Stock have for the Dividend Period in which such Determination Date falls has been or are is contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have has been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders Holders of shares of Designated Series F Preferred Stock on as of the applicable record datenext Dividend Record Date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practicebusiness; (ii) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (iii) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons Persons (other than the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iiiiv) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Subscription Agreement (Taylor Capital Group Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series EE Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no unless as to a dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than payment date full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series EE Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof of those dividends has been set aside for the benefit of dividend period then ending, the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on Company will not, and will cause its subsidiaries not to, during the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to next succeeding dividend period, declare or pay any dividend on, make any distributions relating to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock, or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto, other than: (i) redemptionspurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the administration benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants; (ii) purchases of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy stock existing prior to the commencement of the then-current dividend period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; (iii) as a result of an exchange or conversion of any employee benefit plan class or series of Junior Stock for any other class or series of Junior Stock; (iv) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (v) the purchase of Junior Stock by an investment banking subsidiary of the Company in connection with the distribution thereof; or (vi) the purchase of Junior Stock by any investment banking subsidiary of the Company in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of the business and consistent with past practice; (iiof such subsidiary. The restrictions set forth in the preceding provisions of this Section 4(c) the acquisition shall not apply to any Junior Stock dividends paid by the Issuer or any Company where the dividend is in the form of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same stock (or lesser aggregate liquidation amountthe right to buy the same stock) or Junior Stockas that on which the dividend is being paid. Except as provided below, in each casefor so long as any share of Series EE Preferred Stock remains outstanding, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When if dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) paid in full upon Designated the shares of Series EE Preferred Stock and any shares class or series of Parity Stockstock of the Company now existing or hereafter authorized that ranks equally with the Series EE Preferred Stock in the payment of dividends, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series EE Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, other stock will be declared on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then-current dividend period per share on the shares of Designated Series EE Preferred Stock and accrued dividends for the then-current dividend period per share of such other stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock any such other stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but and unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other property) otherwise, as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof, may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, class or series of stock of the Company from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall Holders will not be entitled to participate in any such those dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Citigroup Inc)

Priority of Dividends. The Corporation shall not declare or pay or set apart funds for the payment of dividends on any Parity Stock, if any, unless the Corporation has paid or set apart funds for the payment of dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock. So long as any share of Designated Series C Preferred Stock remains outstanding, (i) no dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or paid made or set aside for payment on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends a dividend payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity any dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such plan), (ii) no shares of Junior Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any indirectly (other than as a result of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends a reclassification of Junior Stock for all past Dividend Periods, including or into other Junior Stock; the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock; through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptionsJunior Stock; purchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other the Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants; purchases of shares of Junior Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Junior Stock existing prior to the preceding Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged; purchases or other acquisitions by any of our broker-dealer subsidiaries solely for the purpose of market making; stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practicebusiness; (ii) purchases by any of our broker-dealer subsidiaries of our capital stock for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; or the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its our subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than for the beneficial ownership by the Corporation or any of our subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians) nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such securities by the Corporation and (iii) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation (other than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series C Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock; as a result of a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock; the exchange or conversion of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock; through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Stock; purchases of shares of Parity Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Parity Stock existing prior to the preceding Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged; purchases or other acquisitions by any of our broker-dealer subsidiaries solely for the purpose of market making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Parity Stock in the ordinary course of business; purchases by any of our broker-dealer subsidiaries of our capital stock for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; or the acquisition by the Corporation or any of our subsidiaries of record ownership in Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than for the Issuer beneficial ownership by the Corporation or any of its our subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock), unless, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement full dividends for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not then-current Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock have been declared and paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) aside. When dividends are not paid in full upon Designated the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series C Preferred Stock and all such any Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, will be declared on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock (includingStock, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) aboveand accrued dividends, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Datesincluding any accumulations, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and includingany Parity Stock, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. No interest will be payable in respect of any dividend payment on shares of Series C Preferred Stock that may be in arrears. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Corporation determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer Corporation will provide provide, or cause to be provided, written notice to the holders of Designated the Series C Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Datedate. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other property) otherwise), as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, or Parity Stock from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and the holders of Designated Series C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Northern Trust Corp)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock Series A remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution whatsoever shall be paid or declared or paid and no Distribution shall be made on the any class of Common Stock or any other shares future class of Junior Preferred Stock established hereafter by the Board of Directors (other than dividends Dividend Parity Stock or Dividend Senior Stock) (collectively, referred to as the “Dividend Junior Stock”), other than a dividend payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Dividend Junior Stock, and no Common Stock, shares of Dividend Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any indirectly (other than as a result of its subsidiaries a reclassification of junior stock for or into junior stock, or the exchange or conversion of one share of Dividend Junior Stock for or into another share of Dividend Junior Stock, and other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Dividend Junior Stock), unless (i) all cumulative accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), Preference Dividends on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series A have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (and the full dividend thereon for the then current Preference Dividend Period has been paid or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business payment and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (all prior redemption requirements with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely respect to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common StockSeries A have been complied with. When dividends Preference Dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the shares of Series A and any future class of Preferred Stock and any established hereafter by the Board of Directors with the vote or written consent of a Majority In Interest, the terms of which expressly provide that such class ranks pari passu with the Series A as to rights to payment of dividends (collectively, referred to as the “Dividend Parity Stock”), all Preference Dividends declared upon shares of Parity Stock, Series A and all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such upon Dividend Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and but unpaid dividends Preference Dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Series A and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) dividends per share on all such Dividend Parity Stock bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoingforegoing and subject to Section 4(b), and not otherwise, the Corporation may pay such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined declared by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Dividend Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendstherefor.

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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (Garrett Motion Inc.)

Priority of Dividends. So (i) For so long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains Series A Shares remain issued and outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity StockCompany will not, and no Common Stockwill cause its Subsidiaries not to, declare, pay or set apart funds for any dividends or other distributions with respect to any Junior Stock Shares or Parity Stock shall beredeem, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed repurchase or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer acquire, or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Shares, or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto, in any case during or in respect of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed any Dividend Period (includingcollectively, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount“Junior Payments”), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock unless: (1)(A) full dividends (including any Arrearage and dividends accumulated in respect thereof) have been or contemporaneously are contemporaneously declared and paid in full cash or in kind on the Series A Shares for all Dividend Periods prior to the date of such Junior Payment and the Dividend Period in which such Junior Payment falls, and (B) no PIK Shares are then issued and outstanding; (2) Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company, or have been declared any successor “primary” insurance Subsidiary of the Company, maintains an A.M. Best Company financial strength rating of A- or higher; (3) the Company is in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 12(c); (4) any such Junior Payments, when aggregated with all other Junior Payments, other than on the Series A Shares and a sum sufficient the Series B Shares, in any given fiscal year of the Company, does not represent an amount greater than 20% of the Normalized AOI of the Company for the preceding fiscal year; and (5) if any Change of Control has occurred, the requirements of Section 12(c)(iv) were satisfied with respect to such Change of Control; provided, however, that the foregoing restriction will not apply to: A. purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of Junior Shares (and the payment thereof has been set aside of cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection therewith) required by any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers or directors of the holders Company or any Subsidiary; B. the purchase of shares fractional interests in Junior Shares pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of Designated Preferred Stock such Junior Shares; C. declaration of a non-cash dividend on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions Capital Stock of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock the Company in connection with the administration implementation of a shareholders rights plan on customary terms designed to protect the Company against unsolicited offers to acquire its Capital Stock, or the issuance of Capital Stock of the Company under any employee benefit such plan in the ordinary course future, or the redemption or repurchase of business and consistent with past practiceany such rights pursuant thereto; D. dividends or distributions payable solely in Junior Shares, or warrants, options or rights to acquire Junior Shares; or E. conversions of any Junior Shares into, or exchanges of any Junior Shares for, a class or series of other Junior Shares. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if any Junior Payment was permitted under this Section 4(c)(i) at the time it was declared or when it first became a contractual obligation, it shall be deemed permitted hereunder at the time it is actually paid; provided that such Junior Payment occurs within 60 days of such declaration or entry into such contractual obligation. (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or For so long as any of its subsidiaries of record ownership Series A Shares remain issued and outstanding, if full dividends (including any Arrearage and dividends accumulated in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iiirespect thereof) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (in full for any Dividend Period on the Series A Shares and any Parity Dividend Shares, all dividends paid or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside on a dividend payment date with respect to the Series A Shares and the Parity Dividend Shares shall be shared (A) first ratably by the holders of any Parity Dividend Shares who have the right to receive dividends with respect to past dividend periods for which such dividends were not declared and paid, in proportion to the benefit respective amounts of the undeclared and unpaid dividends relating to past dividend periods, and thereafter (B) ratably by the holders thereof of Series A Shares and any Parity Dividend Shares, in proportion to the respective amounts of the undeclared and unpaid dividends relating to the current dividend period. Any proportional dividend on Parity Dividend Shares that have cumulative dividend rights will take into account the amount of any accumulated but unpaid dividends and arrearage with respect to such shares. To the extent a dividend period with respect to any Parity Dividend Shares coincides with more than one Dividend Period with respect to the Series A Shares, for purposes of the immediately preceding sentence the Board of Directors shall treat such dividend period as two or more consecutive dividend periods, none of which coincides with more than one Dividend Period with respect to the Series A Shares, or shall treat such dividend period(s) with respect to any Parity Dividend Shares and Dividend Period(s) with respect to the Series A Shares for purposes of the immediately preceding sentence in any other manner that it deems to be fair and equitable in order to achieve ratable payments of dividends on such Parity Dividend Shares and the Series A Shares. To the extent a Dividend Period with respect to the Series A Shares coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to any Parity Dividend Shares, for purposes of the first sentence of this paragraph the Board of Directors shall treat such Dividend Period as two or more consecutive Dividend Periods, none of which coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to such Parity Dividend Shares, or shall treat such Dividend Period(s) with respect to the Series A Shares and dividend period(s) with respect to any Parity Dividend Shares for purposes of the first sentence of this paragraph in any other manner that it deems to be fair and equitable in order to achieve ratable payments of dividends on the applicable record date) on Series A Shares and such Parity Dividend Shares. The term “dividend period” as used in this paragraph means such dividend periods as are provided for in the terms of any Parity Dividend Payment Date (orShares and, in the case of Parity Stock having Series A Shares, Dividend Periods applicable to shares of Series A Shares; and the term “dividend payment dates” as used in this paragraph means such dividend payment dates different from as are provided for in the terms of any Parity Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (orShares and, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Series A Shares, Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related Dates applicable to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsSeries A Shares.

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Samples: Investment Agreement (FGL Holdings)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than unless as to a Dividend Payment Date, full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series A Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof of those dividends has been set aside for the benefit of Dividend Period then ending, the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock corporation will not, and will cause its subsidiaries not to, during the next succeeding Dividend Period that commences on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to such Dividend Payment Date, declare or pay any dividend on, make any distributions relating to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock, or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto, other than: (i) redemptionspurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee employment contract, benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent or other similar arrangement with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership benefit of any other persons (other than employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Issuer corporation or any of its subsidiaries); (ii) purchases of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy stock existing prior to the commencement of the then-current dividend period, including as trustees or custodiansunder a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; and or (iii) the as a result of an exchange or conversion of any class or series of Junior Stock for any other class or into other series of Junior Stock. The foregoing restriction, however, will not apply to any Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with dividends paid by the corporation where the dividend stock is the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stockstock as that on which the dividend is being paid. Except as provided below, in each casefor so long as any share of Series A Preferred remains outstanding, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When if dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) paid in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any the shares of Parity StockSeries A Preferred, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series A Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, will be declared on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then-current Dividend Period per share on the shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoingforegoing and paragraph C(4)(b) of this Article FOURTH , and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other property) otherwise, as may be determined by the corporation’s Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof, may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall Holders will not be entitled to participate in any such those dividends.

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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Taylor Capital Group Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock Series A remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends a dividend payable solely in shares of Common Junior Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock), and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any of its subsidiaries indirectly during a Dividend Period, unless (x) all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a4(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series A have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series A on the applicable record date)) and (y) the Corporation shall have paid or shall contemporaneously pay in full any portion of the redemption price required to be paid by it pursuant to Section 6 that is unpaid at such time. The foregoing limitation provision shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of cashless exercises and similar actions under any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into practice prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common StockOriginal Issuance Date. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock the Series A and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock the Series A and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock Series A (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a4(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors (or any a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Directors) may be declared and paid on any securitiessecurities of the Corporation (other than Series A), including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock the Series A shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Occidental Petroleum Corp /De/)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the ordinary course of its business; (iii) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of Capital Stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such Capital Stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary; (iv) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (v) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons Persons (other than the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iiivi) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements obligations entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. "Share Dilution Amount" means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding (determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and as measured from the date of the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements most recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Original Issue Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to employees and equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will Corporation shall provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Exchange Agreement (Independent Bank Corp /Mi/)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains Series B Preference Shares remain outstanding, no unless the full dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on for the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest last completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have Series B Preference Shares and all outstanding Parity Shares has been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record dateaside). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to , (i) redemptionsno dividend shall be declared or paid on the Common Shares or any other Junior Shares or any Parity Shares (except in the case of the Parity Shares, purchases or on a pro rata basis with the Series B Preference Shares as described below), other acquisitions of shares of than a dividend payable solely in Common Stock Shares or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan Shares or (solely in the ordinary course case of business Parity Shares) other Parity Shares, as applicable, and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition no Common Shares or other Junior Shares or Parity Shares shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Company, directly or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons indirectly (other than the Issuer (A) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Shares for or any into other Junior Shares, or a reclassification of its subsidiaries)Parity Shares for or into other Parity Shares, including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of one Junior Stock Share for or into other another Junior Stock Share or the exchange or conversion of one Parity Stock Share for or into another Parity Share, (B) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of Junior Shares or (solely in the case of Parity Shares) other Parity Stock Shares, as applicable and (C) as required by or necessary to fulfill the terms of any employment contract, benefit plan or similar arrangement with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercisebenefit of one or more employees, settlement directors or exchange thereof for Common Stockconsultants). When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock on the Series B Preference Shares and any shares of Parity StockShares, all dividends declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof on Designated Preferred Stock the Series B Preference Shares and all such Parity Stock Shares and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared by the Board of Directors or such committee thereof pro rata in accordance with the respective aggregate liquidation preferences of the Series B Preference Shares and any Parity Shares so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and declared but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Series B Preference Share and all Parity Stock Shares payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Athene Holding LTD)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares class or series of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Stock or any other Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued accumulated and unpaid dividends for all past preceding Dividend PeriodsPeriods have been declared and paid upon, including or a sufficient sum of cash or number of shares of Common Stock has been set apart for the latest completed Dividend Period (includingpayment of such dividends upon, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date)Stock. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptionsany dividend or distribution payable in shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock; (ii) purchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan or other incentive plan, including any employment contract, in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice(including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan); (ii) provided that any purchases to offset the acquisition by Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodiansShare Dilution Amount; and (iii) the exchange any dividends or conversion distributions of Junior rights in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (iv) purchases of Common Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to a contractually binding contractual agreements entered into requirement to buy Common Stock or other Junior Stock existing prior to the Signing Date preceding Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; (v) the deemed purchase or any subsequent agreement for acquisition of fractional interests in shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock pursuant to the accelerated exercise, settlement conversion or exchange thereof for Common Stockprovisions of such shares or the security being converted or exchanged; or (vi) purchases, redemptions or acquisitions deemed to occur as a result of the Merger. When dividends are on shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (A) have not paid (or been declared and paid in full on any Dividend Payment Date or (B) have been declared but a sum of cash or number of shares of Common Stock sufficient for payment thereof has not been set aside for the benefit of the holders Holders thereof on the applicable record date) Record Date, no dividends may be declared or paid on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from unless dividends are declared on the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued accumulated dividends and all declared and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on and such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not ; provided that any unpaid dividends will continue to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Dateaccumulate. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors (or any duly an authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof) may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock Holders shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Crown Castle International Corp)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares class or series of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Stock or any other class or series of Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless Subsidiaries unless, in each case, all accrued accumulated and unpaid dividends for all past preceding Dividend PeriodsPeriods have been declared and paid in full in cash, including shares of the latest completed Dividend Period (includingCommon Stock or a combination thereof, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on or a sufficient sum of cash or number of shares of the Common Stock has been set apart for the payment of such amount)dividends, on all outstanding shares of Designated Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date)Stock. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to to: (i) redemptionsany dividend or distribution payable in shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock, purchases together with cash in lieu of any fractional share; (ii) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan or other incentive plan, including any employment contract, in the ordinary course of business business, including, without limitation, (x) purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount, (y) the forfeiture of unvested shares of restricted stock or share withholding or other acquisitions or surrender of shares to which the holder may otherwise be entitled upon exercise, delivery or vesting of equity awards (whether in payment of applicable taxes, the exercise price or otherwise), and consistent (z) the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares; (iii) purchases or deemed purchases or acquisitions of fractional interests in shares of any of our Existing Junior Convertible Preferred Stock, Common Stock or other Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such shares of Existing Junior Convertible Preferred Stock, other Junior Stock or any securities exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock; (iv) any dividends or distributions of rights or Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with past practice; a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (iiv) purchases of Common Stock or other Junior Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Common Stock or other Junior Stock, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan, in each case, existing prior to the date of the Prospectus; (vi) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries Subsidiaries of record ownership in Common Stock or other Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiariesSubsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians, and the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares; and and (iiivii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amountpreference) or Junior StockStock and, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stockpayment of cash in lieu of fractional shares. When dividends are on shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (i) have not paid (or been declared and paid in full on any Dividend Payment Date, or (ii) have been declared but a sum of cash or number of shares of Common Stock sufficient for payment thereof has not been set aside for the benefit of the holders Holders thereof on the applicable record date) Regular Record Date, no dividends may be declared or paid on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all Stock unless dividends are declared on Designated the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and such shares of Parity Stock shall be allocated pro rata among the Holders of the shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and the holders of any shares of Parity Stock then outstanding. For purposes of calculating the pro rata allocation of partial dividend payments, the Corporation shall allocate those payments so that the respective amounts of those payments for the declared dividend bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued accumulated dividends and all declared and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on and such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case shares of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related bear to such Dividend Payment Date) each other (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors Directors, or a duly an authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof, out of legally available funds funds); provided that any unpaid dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will continue to accumulate, except as described in Section 4(e), 8(c), 9(b) and including10(d)(iii). For purposes of this calculation, in the case of with respect to non-cumulative Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment DateStock, the Issuer will provide written notice to Corporation shall use the holders full amount of Designated Preferred Stock prior to dividends that would be payable for the most recent dividend period if dividends were declared in full on such Dividend Payment Datenon-cumulative Parity Stock. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends as may be determined by the Board of Directors, or an authorized committee thereof, may be declared and paid (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock Holders shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (Avantor, Inc.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series G Preferred Stock remains outstandingShares remain issued and outstanding for any Dividend Period, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on unless the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid full dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all issued and outstanding shares of Designated Series G Preferred Stock Shares and any Parity Shares have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock aside), (1) no dividend shall be declared or paid on the applicable record dateCommon Shares or any other Junior Shares (other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Shares). The foregoing limitation , and (2) no Common Shares or other Junior Shares shall not apply to be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Company, directly or indirectly (other than (i) redemptions, purchases as a result of a reclassification of Junior Shares for or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or into other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer Shares, or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of one Junior Stock Share for or into other another Junior Stock or Share, and (ii) through the use of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of Junior StockShares, in each case, solely to case as permitted by the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to Bye-Laws in effect as of the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stockdate of this Certificate of Designations). When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the Series G Preferred Stock Shares and any shares of Parity StockShares, all dividends declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof on Designated the Series G Preferred Stock Shares and all such Parity Stock Shares and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared by the Board of Directors or such committee of the Board of Directors pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and declared but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Series G Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Shares and all Parity Stock Shares payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Arch Capital Group Ltd.)

Priority of Dividends. So During any Dividend Period, so long as any share of Designated Series E Preferred Stock remains outstanding, (i) no dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or paid made or set aside for payment on any Junior Securities (other than (1) a dividend payable solely in Junior Securities or (2) any dividend in connection with the Common Stock implementation of a shareholders’ rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any other rights under any such plan), (ii) no shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock Securities shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly (other than (1) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Securities for or into other Junior Securities, (2) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Securities for or into another share of Junior Securities, (3) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Securities, (4) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Securities in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants, (5) purchases of shares of Junior Securities pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Junior Securities existing prior to the preceding Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan, (6) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Securities pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged, (7) purchases or other acquisitions by any of the Corporation’s broker-dealer subsidiaries solely for the purpose of market making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Securities in the ordinary course of business, (8) purchases by any of the Corporation’s broker-dealer subsidiaries of the Corporation’s capital stock for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary, or (9) the acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends of record ownership in Junior Securities for all past Dividend Periodsthe beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than for the beneficial ownership by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the latest completed redemption of any such securities by the Corporation), and (iii) no shares of Parity Securities, if any, shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, during a Dividend Period (includingother than (1) pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series E Preferred Stock and such Parity Securities, if applicable any, (2) as provided a result of a reclassification of Parity Securities for or into other Parity Securities, (3) the exchange or conversion of Parity Securities for or into other Parity Securities or Junior Securities, (4) through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Securities, (5) purchases of shares of Parity Securities pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Parity Securities existing prior to the preceding Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan, (6) the purchase of fractional interests in Section 3(ashares of Parity Securities pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such stock or the security being converted or exchanged, (7) abovepurchases or other acquisitions by any of the Corporation’s broker-dealer subsidiaries solely for the purpose of market making, dividends on stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Parity Securities in the ordinary course of business, (8) purchases by any of the Corporation’s broker-dealer subsidiaries of the Corporation’s capital stock for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such amountcapital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary, or (9) the acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Parity Securities for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than for the beneficial ownership by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such securities by the Corporation) unless, in each case, the full dividends for the preceding Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Designated Series E Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside. Subject to the immediately succeeding paragraph of this Section 4(c), for so long as any share of Series E Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividends shall be declared or paid or set aside for the benefit of the holders of payment on any Parity Securities for any period unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Designated Series E Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, then-current Dividend Period have been paid in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (full or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set aside for all outstanding shares of Series E Preferred Stock. To the benefit of extent the holders thereof Corporation declares dividends on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series E Preferred Stock and on any Parity Securities but does not make full payment of such declared dividends, the Corporation shall allocate the dividend payments ratably among the Holders of the shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Series E Preferred Stock and all the holders of any Parity Securities then outstanding as follows: (i) First, ratably by the holders of any Parity Securities who have the right to receive dividends with respect to past Dividend Periods for which such Parity Stock dividends were not declared and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (orpaid, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related proportion to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued undeclared and unpaid dividends per share on relating to past Dividend Periods, and (ii) Thereafter, ratably by the shares holders of Designated Series E Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all any Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (orSecurities, in proportion to the case respective amounts of the undeclared and unpaid dividends relating to the current Dividend Period for Series E Preferred Stock or Dividend Period for such Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from Securities, as applicable. To the Dividend Payment Dates, on extent a dividend payment date falling within the period with respect to any Parity Securities coincides with more than one Dividend Period related with respect to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by Series E Preferred Stock, for purposes of the immediately preceding paragraph of this Section 4(c), the Board of Directors shall treat such Dividend Period as two or a duly authorized committee more consecutive Dividend Periods, none of which coincides with more than one Dividend Period with respect to Series E Preferred Stock or in any other manner that it deems to be fair and equitable. The Corporation is not obligated to pay Holders of the Board Series E Preferred Stock any dividend in excess of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity dividends on the Series E Preferred Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Dateare payable as described in this Section 4. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Parity Securities or Junior Stock, Securities from time to time out of any funds legally available for such paymenttherefor, and holders the shares of Designated Series E Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Wintrust Financial Corp)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series U Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no unless as to a dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than payment date full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series U Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof of those dividends has been set aside for the benefit of dividend period then ending, the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock Company will not, and will cause its subsidiaries not to, during the next succeeding dividend period that commences on such dividend payment date during the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to Fixed Rate Period or dividend period end date during the Floating Rate Period, declare or pay any dividend on, make any distributions relating to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock, or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto, other than: (i) redemptionspurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the administration benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants; (ii) purchases of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy stock existing prior to the commencement of the then-current dividend period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; (iii) as a result of an exchange or conversion of any employee benefit plan class or Series of Junior Stock for any other class or Series of Junior Stock; (iv) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (v) the purchase of Junior Stock by an investment banking subsidiary of the Company in connection with the distribution thereof; or (vi) the purchase of Junior Stock by any investment banking subsidiary of the Company in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of the business and consistent with past practice; (iiof such subsidiary. The restrictions set forth in the preceding provisions of this Section 4(c) the acquisition shall not apply to any Junior Stock dividends paid by the Issuer or any Company where the dividend is in the form of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same stock (or lesser aggregate liquidation amountthe right to buy the same stock) or Junior Stockas that on which the dividend is being paid. Except as provided below, in each casefor so long as any share of Series U Preferred Stock remains outstanding, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When if dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) paid in full upon Designated the shares of Series U Preferred Stock and any shares class or series of Parity Stockstock of the Company now existing or hereafter authorized that ranks equally with the Series U Preferred Stock in the payment of dividends, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series U Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, other stock will be declared on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then-current dividend period per share on the shares of Designated Series U Preferred Stock and accrued dividends for the then-current dividend period per share of such other stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock any such other stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but and unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other property) otherwise, as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof, may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, class or series of stock of the Company from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall Holders will not be entitled to participate in any such those dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Citigroup Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series CC Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no unless as to a dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than payment date full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series CC Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof of those dividends has been set aside for the benefit of dividend period then ending, the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on Company will not, and will cause its subsidiaries not to, during the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to next succeeding dividend period, declare or pay any dividend on, make any distributions relating to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock, or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto, other than: (i) redemptionspurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the administration benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants; (ii) purchases of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy stock existing prior to the commencement of the then-current dividend period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; (iii) as a result of an exchange or conversion of any employee benefit plan class or series of Junior Stock for any other class or series of Junior Stock; (iv) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (v) the purchase of Junior Stock by an investment banking subsidiary of the Company in connection with the distribution thereof; or (vi) the purchase of Junior Stock by any investment banking subsidiary of the Company in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of the business and consistent with past practice; (iiof such subsidiary. The restrictions set forth in the preceding provisions of this Section 4(c) the acquisition shall not apply to any Junior Stock dividends paid by the Issuer or any Company where the dividend is in the form of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same stock (or lesser aggregate liquidation amountthe right to buy the same stock) or Junior Stockas that on which the dividend is being paid. Except as provided below, in each casefor so long as any share of Series CC Preferred Stock remains outstanding, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When if dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) paid in full upon Designated the shares of Series CC Preferred Stock and any shares class or series of Parity Stockstock of the Company now existing or hereafter authorized that ranks equally with the Series CC Preferred Stock in the payment of dividends, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series CC Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, other stock will be declared on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then-current dividend period per share on the shares of Designated Series CC Preferred Stock and accrued dividends for the then-current dividend period per share of such other stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock any such other stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but and unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other property) otherwise, as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof, may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, class or series of stock of the Company from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall Holders will not be entitled to participate in any such those dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Citigroup Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series V Preferred Stock remains remain outstanding, , (1) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or paid set aside for payment on the any Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no shares of Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable in Common Stock or (ii) the acquisition of shares of Common Stock in exchange for, or through application of proceeds of the sale of, shares of Common Stock); (2) no dividend shall be declared and paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared and made or set aside for payment on any Junior Stock other than Common Stock, and no shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation, directly or indirectly, nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Junior Stock other than Common Stock by the Corporation (other than (i) a dividend payable solely in shares of Junior Stock, (ii) any dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholder rights plan, or the redemption or repurchase of any rights under any such plan, (iii) any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividend stock or stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equally with or junior to such stock, (iv) as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into other Junior Stock, (v) the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock other than Common Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, (vi) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock, (vii) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after September 8, 2015, (viii) any purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock other than Common Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock other than Common Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (ix) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (x) the purchase of Junior Stock other than Common Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business); and (3) no shares of Parity Stock will be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series V Preferred Stock and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed such Parity Stock during a Dividend Period (includingother than (i) as a result of a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock, if applicable as provided (ii) the exchange or conversion of one share of Parity Stock for or into another share of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iii) through the use of proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (iv) any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of Parity Stock pursuant to any of the Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ employee, consultant or director incentive or benefit plans or arrangements (including any employment, severance or consulting arrangements) adopted before or after September 8, 2015, (v) any purchase of fractional interests in Section 3(ashares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or the securities being converted or exchanged, (vi) abovethe purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, dividends on such amountLLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with the distribution thereof or (vii) the purchase of Parity Stock by Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, or any other affiliate of the Corporation, in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of business), unless, in each case, the full dividends for the then-current Dividend Period on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series V Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment of those dividends has been set aside. Subject to the succeeding sentence, for so long as any shares of Series V Preferred Stock remain outstanding, no dividends shall be declared, paid, or set aside for payment on any Parity Stock for any period unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Series V Preferred Stock for the then-current Dividend Period have been paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for aside. To the benefit extent the Corporation declares dividends on the Series V Preferred Stock and on any Parity Stock but cannot make full payment of those declared dividends, the Corporation will allocate the dividend payments on a proportional basis among the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Series V Preferred Stock and the holders of any shares Parity Stock then outstanding where the terms of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having provide similar dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Daterights. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be declared and paid on any securities, including the Common Stock and any other stock that is Parity Stock or Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders the shares of Designated Series V Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Wells Fargo & Company/Mn)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series C Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends a dividend payable solely in shares of Common Junior Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock), and no Common Stock, Stock or other Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or any indirectly (other than as a result of its subsidiaries a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, or the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock and other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of Junior Stock) during a Dividend Period, unless all accrued and unpaid the full dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record dateaside). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date date the Series C Preferred is issued or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment DatePeriod) in full upon Designated the Series C Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated the Series C Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock parity stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Series C Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any the Committee (or another duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors Directors) may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated the Series C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Customers Bancorp, Inc.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock remains remain outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, unless full Dividends and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), Compounded Dividends on all outstanding shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock that have accrued from and including the date of issuance have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (cash, or have been or contemporaneously are declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof of those Dividends and Compounded Dividends has been or is set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Holders, the Company may not declare any cash dividend on, or make any cash distributions relating to, Junior Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to or Parity Stock, or redeem, purchase, acquire (either directly or through any Subsidiary) or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock or Parity Stock, other than: (i) redemptionspurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee employment contract, benefit plan in or other similar arrangement with or for the ordinary course benefit of business and consistent with past practice; current or former employees, officers, directors or consultants; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any purchases of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for through the beneficial ownership use of any the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other persons (other than the Issuer or any shares of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and Junior Stock; (iii) the as a result of an exchange or conversion of any class or series of Parity Stock or Junior Stock for any other class or into other Junior Stock or series of Parity Stock for or into other (in the case of Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amountStock) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid Stock (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having or Junior Stock); (iv) purchases of fractional interests in shares of Parity Stock or Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (v) payment of any dividends in respect of Junior Stock where the dividend payment dates different from is in the Dividend Payment Datesform of the same stock or rights to purchase the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid; (vi) distributions of Junior Stock or rights to purchase Junior Stock; or (vii) any dividend in connection with the implementation of a shareholders’ rights or similar plan, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to or the redemption, repurchase or exchange of any rights under any such Dividend Payment Date) plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, if dividends are not declared and paid in full upon Designated the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series A Preferred Stock and all such any Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, will be declared on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as that all accrued and unpaid dividends as of the end of the most recent Dividend Payment Period per share on the shares of Designated Series A Preferred Stock (including, if applicable and accrued and unpaid dividends as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all of the end of the most recent dividend period per share of any Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Investment Agreement (Box Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated the Series C Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Stock or any other Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless unless, in each case, all accrued accumulated and unpaid dividends for all past preceding Dividend PeriodsPeriods have been declared and paid, including or a sufficient sum of cash has been set aside for the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on payment of such amount)dividends, on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series C Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date)Stock. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to to: (i) redemptionsany dividend or distribution payable in shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock, purchases together with cash in lieu of any fractional share; (ii) repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan or other incentive plan, including any employment contract, including, without limitation, (x) purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan; provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the ordinary course Share Dilution Amount, (y) the forfeiture of business unvested shares of restricted stock or share withholdings or other surrender of shares to which the holder may otherwise be entitled upon exercise, delivery or vesting of equity awards (whether in payment of applicable taxes, the exercise price or otherwise), and consistent with past practice(z) the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares; (iiiii) purchases of fractional interests in shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such shares of other Junior Stock or any securities exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock; (iv) any dividends or distributions of rights or Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with a shareholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any shareholders’ rights plan; (v) repurchases of Common Stock or other Junior Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Common Stock or other Junior Stock existing prior to the preceding Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; (vi) the deemed purchase or acquisition of fractional interests in shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such shares or the security being converted or exchanged; (vii) the acquisition by the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Common Stock or Parity other Junior Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons Persons (other than the Issuer Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians, and the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares; and (iiiviii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock and the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares. When dividends on shares of the Series C Preferred Stock with respect to any previously completed Dividend Period (A) have not been declared and paid in full or (B) have been declared but a sum of cash sufficient for payment thereof has not been set aside for the benefit of the Holders thereof on the applicable Record Date, no dividends may be declared or paid on any Parity Stock unless dividends are declared on the shares of Series C Preferred Stock such that the respective amounts of such dividends declared on the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accumulated dividends and all declared and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock bear to each other; provided, however, that any unpaid dividends will continue to accumulate. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) purchases of fractional interests in shares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such shares of Parity Stock or any securities exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Parity Stock, (ii) the deemed purchase or acquisition of fractional interests in shares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such shares or the security being converted or exchanged, (iii) the acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other Persons (other than for the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians, and the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares and (iv) the exchange or conversion of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares the payment of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, cash in the case lieu of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Datefractional shares. Subject only to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors (or any duly an authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof) may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock Holders shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividends declared on securities other than the Series C Preferred Stock.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (CMS Energy Corp)

Priority of Dividends. So Except as provided in this Section 4(b), so long as any share of Designated Convertible Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock unless full Dividends (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stockincluding Past Due Dividends) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Convertible Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (paid, or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof of those Dividends has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) Record Date, the Company will not, and will cause its subsidiaries not to, declare or pay any dividend in excess of $0.01 per share on any Dividend Payment Date Junior Stock, make any distributions relating to Junior Stock, or redeem, purchase, acquire (either directly or through any subsidiary) or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock, or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto, other than: (i) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants; (ii) purchases of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy stock, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan, so long as any such contractually binding requirement was entered into at a time when there were no Past Due Dividends; (iii) as a result of an exchange or conversion of any class or series of Junior Stock, or the securities of another company, for any other class or series of Junior Stock; (iv) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; or, (v) the payment of any dividends in respect of Junior Stock where the dividend is in the case form of the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid. For so long as any share of Perpetual Preferred Stock remains outstanding, if Dividends are not declared and paid in full upon the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock or any Parity Stock having with the same dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on date or with a dividend payment date falling within during a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full Period, all dividends declared upon Designated shares of Perpetual Preferred Stock and any shares Parity Stock will be declared on a proportional basis so that the amount of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated per share will bear to each other the same ratio that all Past Due Dividends as of the end of the then-current Dividend Period per share of Perpetual Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends as of the end of the applicable dividend period per share on the shares of Designated Preferred any Parity Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of any such Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but and unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other property) otherwise, as may be determined by the Board of Directors Directors, or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof, may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, Parity Stock from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall Holders will not be entitled to participate in any such those dividends.

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Samples: Investment Agreement (Dow Chemical Co /De/)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated the Series E Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Company or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series E Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated the Series E Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) a dividend payable on any Junior Stock in shares of any other Junior Stock, or to the acquisition of shares of any Junior Stock in exchange for, or through application of the proceeds of the sale of, shares of any other Junior Stock; (ii) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice; provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount; (iiiii) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (iv) the acquisition by the Issuer Company or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer Company or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iiiv) the conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock into Common Stock; (vi) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock (other than the Convertible Preferred Stock) for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Securities Exchange Agreement (American International Group Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So (i) For so long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains Series B Shares remain issued and outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity StockCompany will not, and no Common Stockwill cause its Subsidiaries not to, declare, pay or set apart funds for any dividends or other distributions with respect to any Junior Stock Shares or Parity Stock shall beredeem, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed repurchase or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer acquire, or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Shares, or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto, in any case during or in respect of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed any Dividend Period (includingcollectively, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount“Junior Payments”), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock unless: (1)(A) full dividends (including any Arrearage and dividends accumulated in respect thereof) have been or contemporaneously are contemporaneously declared and paid in full cash or in kind on the Series B Shares for all Dividend Periods prior to the date of such Junior Payment and the Dividend Period in which such Junior Payment falls, and (B) no PIK Shares are then issued and outstanding; (2) Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company, or have been declared any successor “primary” insurance Subsidiary of the Company, maintains an A.M. Best Company financial strength rating of A- or higher; (3) the Company is in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 12(c); (4) any such Junior Payments, when aggregated with all other Junior Payments, other than on the Series B Shares and a sum sufficient the Series A Shares, in any given fiscal year of the Company, does not represent an amount greater than 20% of the Normalized AOI of the Company for the preceding fiscal year; and (5) if any Change of Control has occurred, the requirements of Section 12(c)(iv) were satisfied with respect to such Change of Control; provided, however, that the foregoing restriction will not apply to: A. purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of Junior Shares (and the payment thereof has been set aside of cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection therewith) required by any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers or directors of the holders Company or any Subsidiary; B. the purchase of shares fractional interests in Junior Shares pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of Designated Preferred Stock such Junior Shares; C. declaration of a non-cash dividend on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions Capital Stock of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock the Company in connection with the administration implementation of a shareholders rights plan on customary terms designed to protect the Company against unsolicited offers to acquire its Capital Stock, or the issuance of Capital Stock of the Company under any employee benefit such plan in the ordinary course future, or the redemption or repurchase of business and consistent with past practiceany such rights pursuant thereto; D. dividends or distributions payable solely in Junior Shares, or warrants, options or rights to acquire Junior Shares; or E. conversions of any Junior Shares into, or exchanges of any Junior Shares for, a class or series of other Junior Shares. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if any Junior Payment was permitted under this Section 4(c)(i) at the time it was declared or when it first became a contractual obligation, it shall be deemed permitted hereunder at the time it is actually paid; provided that such Junior Payment occurs within 60 days of such declaration or entry into such contractual obligation. (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or For so long as any of its subsidiaries of record ownership Series B Shares remain issued and outstanding, if full dividends (including any Arrearage and dividends accumulated in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iiirespect thereof) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (in full for any Dividend Period on the Series B Shares and any Parity Dividend Shares, all dividends paid or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside on a dividend payment date with respect to the Series B Shares and the Parity Dividend Shares shall be shared (A) first ratably by the holders of any Parity Dividend Shares who have the right to receive dividends with respect to past dividend periods for which such dividends were not declared and paid, in proportion to the benefit respective amounts of the undeclared and unpaid dividends relating to past dividend periods, and thereafter (B) ratably by the holders thereof of Series B Shares and any Parity Dividend Shares, in proportion to the respective amounts of the undeclared and unpaid dividends relating to the current dividend period. Any proportional dividend on Parity Dividend Shares that have cumulative dividend rights will take into account the amount of any accumulated but unpaid dividends and arrearage with respect to such shares. To the extent a dividend period with respect to any Parity Dividend Shares coincides with more than one Dividend Period with respect to the Series B Shares, for purposes of the immediately preceding sentence the Board of Directors shall treat such dividend period as two or more consecutive dividend periods, none of which coincides with more than one Dividend Period with respect to the Series B Shares, or shall treat such dividend period(s) with respect to any Parity Dividend Shares and Dividend Period(s) with respect to the Series B Shares for purposes of the immediately preceding sentence in any other manner that it deems to be fair and equitable in order to achieve ratable payments of dividends on such Parity Dividend Shares and the Series B Shares. To the extent a Dividend Period with respect to the Series B Shares coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to any Parity Dividend Shares, for purposes of the first sentence of this paragraph the Board of Directors shall treat such Dividend Period as two or more consecutive Dividend Periods, none of which coincides with more than one dividend period with respect to such Parity Dividend Shares, or shall treat such Dividend Period(s) with respect to the Series B Shares and dividend period(s) with respect to any Parity Dividend Shares for purposes of the first sentence of this paragraph in any other manner that it deems to be fair and equitable in order to achieve ratable payments of dividends on the applicable record date) on Series B Shares and such Parity Dividend Shares. The term “dividend period” as used in this paragraph means such dividend periods as are provided for in the terms of any Parity Dividend Payment Date (orShares and, in the case of Parity Stock having Series B Shares, Dividend Periods applicable to shares of Series B Shares; and the term “dividend payment dates” as used in this paragraph means such dividend payment dates different from as are provided for in the terms of any Parity Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (orShares and, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Series B Shares, Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related Dates applicable to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsSeries B Shares.

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Samples: Investment Agreement (FGL Holdings)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series F Preferred Stock remains outstandingShares remain issued and outstanding for any Dividend Period, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on unless the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid full dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Series F Preferred Stock Shares and any Parity Shares have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock aside), (1) no dividend shall be declared or paid on the applicable record dateCommon Shares or any other Junior Shares (other than a dividend payable solely in Junior Shares). The foregoing limitation , and (2) no Common Shares or other Junior Shares shall not apply to be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Company, directly or indirectly (other than (i) redemptions, purchases as a result of a reclassification of Junior Shares for or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or into other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer Shares, or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of one Junior Stock Share for or into other another Junior Stock or Share, and (ii) through the use of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of Junior StockShares, in each case, solely to case as permitted by the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to Bye-Laws in effect as of the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stockdate of this Certificate of Designations). When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record dateaside) in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated the Series F Preferred Stock Shares and any shares of Parity StockShares, all dividends declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof on Designated the Series F Preferred Stock Shares and all such Parity Stock Shares and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared by the Board of Directors or such committee of the Board of Directors pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and declared but unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Series F Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) Shares and all Parity Stock Shares payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock Shares having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Arch Capital Group Ltd.)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock with respect to all prior Dividend Periods have been paid in full or declared and set aside for payment, (i) no dividend shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment and no distribution shall be declared or paid made or set aside for payment on the Common Stock or any other Junior Stock, (ii) no shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchasedbe repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer Corporation, directly or indirectly (other than as a result of a reclassification of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock, or the exchange or conversion of one share of Junior Stock for or into another share of Junior Stock, and other than through the use of the proceeds of a substantially contemporaneous sale of other shares of Junior Stock), nor shall any monies be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such Junior Stock by the Corporation and (iii) no shares of Parity Stock shall be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation otherwise than pursuant to pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock, except by conversion into or exchange for Junior Stock. The foregoing limitations do not apply to purchases or acquisitions of the Corporation’s Junior Stock pursuant to any employee or director incentive or benefit plan or arrangement (including any employment, severance or consulting agreement) of the Corporation or any subsidiary of its subsidiaries the Corporation heretofore or hereafter adopted. Subject to the succeeding sentence, for so long as any shares of Preferred Stock remain outstanding, no dividends shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment on any Parity Stock for any period unless all accrued and unpaid full dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock with respect to all prior Dividend Period have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for aside. To the benefit extent the Corporation declares dividends on the Preferred Stock and on any Parity Stock but cannot make full payment of such declared dividends, the Corporation will allocate the dividend payments on a pro rata basis among the holders of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and the holders of any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in then outstanding. For purposes of calculating the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that allocation of partial dividend payments, the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear Corporation will allocate dividend payments based on the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share between the then-current dividend payments due on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided and the aggregate of the current and accrued dividends due on the outstanding Parity Stock. No interest will be payable in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case respect of Parity Stock having any dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board shares of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Preferred Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Datemay be in arrears. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other propertyotherwise) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Junior Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds assets legally available for such paymenttherefor, and holders the shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividendsdividend.

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Samples: Purchase Agreement (Flagstar Bancorp Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series V Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no unless as to a dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than payment date full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series V Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof of those dividends has been set aside for the benefit of dividend period then ending, the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock Company will not, and will cause its subsidiaries not to, during the next succeeding dividend period that commences on such dividend payment date during the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to Fixed Rate Period or dividend period end date during the Floating Rate Period, declare or pay any dividend on, make any distributions relating to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock, or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto, other than: (i) redemptionspurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the administration benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants; Series V (ii) purchases of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy stock existing prior to the commencement of the then-current dividend period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; (iii) as a result of an exchange or conversion of any employee benefit plan class or Series of Junior Stock for any other class or Series of Junior Stock; (iv) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (v) the purchase of Junior Stock by an investment banking subsidiary of the Company in connection with the distribution thereof; or (vi) the purchase of Junior Stock by any investment banking subsidiary of the Company in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of the business and consistent with past practice; (iiof such subsidiary. The restrictions set forth in the preceding provisions of this Section 4(c) the acquisition shall not apply to any Junior Stock dividends paid by the Issuer or any Company where the dividend is in the form of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same stock (or lesser aggregate liquidation amountthe right to buy the same stock) or Junior Stockas that on which the dividend is being paid. Except as provided below, in each casefor so long as any share of Series V Preferred Stock remains outstanding, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When if dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) paid in full upon Designated the shares of Series V Preferred Stock and any shares class or series of Parity Stockstock of the Company now existing or hereafter authorized that ranks equally with the Series V Preferred Stock in the payment of dividends, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series V Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, other stock will be declared on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then-current dividend period per share on the shares of Designated Series V Preferred Stock and accrued dividends for the then-current dividend period per share of such other stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock any such other stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but and unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other property) otherwise, as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof, may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, class or series of stock of the Company from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall Holders will not be entitled to participate in any such those dividends.. Series V

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Citigroup Inc)

Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Series W Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no unless as to a dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than payment date full dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated the Series W Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof of those dividends has been set aside for the benefit of dividend period then ending, the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on Company will not, and will cause its subsidiaries not to, during the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to next succeeding dividend period, declare or pay any dividend on, make any distributions relating to, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment relating to, any Junior Stock, or make any guarantee payment with respect thereto, other than: (i) redemptionspurchases, purchases redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the administration benefit of employees, officers, directors or consultants; (ii) purchases of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy stock existing prior to the commencement of the then-current dividend period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan; (iii) as a result of an exchange or conversion of any employee benefit plan class or series of Junior Stock for any other class or series of Junior Stock; (iv) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock or the security being converted or exchanged; (v) the purchase of Junior Stock by an investment banking subsidiary of the Company in connection with the distribution thereof; or (vi) the purchase of Junior Stock by any investment banking subsidiary of the Company in connection with market-making or other secondary market activities in the ordinary course of the business and consistent with past practice; (iiof such subsidiary. The restrictions set forth in the preceding provisions of this Section 4(c) the acquisition shall not apply to any Junior Stock dividends paid by the Issuer or any Company where the dividend is in the form of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same stock (or lesser aggregate liquidation amountthe right to buy the same stock) or Junior Stockas that on which the dividend is being paid. Except as provided below, in each casefor so long as any share of Series W Preferred Stock remains outstanding, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When if dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) paid in full upon Designated the shares of Series W Preferred Stock and any shares class or series of Parity Stockstock of the Company now existing or hereafter authorized that ranks equally with the Series W Preferred Stock in the payment of dividends, all dividends declared on Designated upon shares of Series W Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, other stock will be declared on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata proportional basis so that the respective amounts amount of such dividends declared shall per share will bear to each other the same ratio to each other as all that accrued and unpaid dividends for the then-current dividend period per share on the shares of Designated Series W Preferred Stock and accrued dividends for the then-current dividend period per share of such other stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock any such other stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but and unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities stock or other property) otherwise, as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors thereof, may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, class or series of stock of the Company from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall Holders will not be entitled to participate in any such those dividends.

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Samples: Deposit Agreement (Citigroup Inc)

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