Share Transfers From and after the date hereof until the Expiration Date, Stockholder shall not, directly or indirectly, (a) sell, assign, transfer, tender, or otherwise dispose of (including, without limitation, by the creation of any Liens) any Shares or any New Shares acquired, (b) deposit any Shares or New Shares into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or similar arrangement with respect to such Shares or New Shares or grant any proxy or power of attorney with respect thereto (other than this Agreement), (c) enter into any Contract, option, commitment or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the direct or indirect sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition of (including, without limitation, by the creation of any Liens) any Shares or New Shares, or (d) take any action that would make any representation or warranty of Stockholder contained herein untrue or incorrect or have the effect of preventing or disabling Stockholder from performing Stockholder’s obligations under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Stockholder may make (1) transfers by will or by operation of Law or other transfers for estate-planning purposes, in which case this Agreement shall bind the transferee, (2) with respect to any options or warrants to acquire Shares held by Stockholder which expire on or prior to the Expiration Date, transfers, sale, or other disposition of Shares to Parent as payment for the (i) exercise price of Stockholder’s options or warrants and (ii) taxes applicable to the exercise of Stockholder’s options or warrants, (3) transfers to another holder of the capital stock of Parent that has signed a voting agreement in substantially the form hereof, and (4) transfers, sales or other dispositions as the Company may otherwise agree in writing in its sole discretion. If any voluntary or involuntary transfer of any Shares covered hereby shall occur, the transferee (which term, as used herein, shall include any and all transferees and subsequent transferees of the initial transferee) shall take and hold such Shares subject to all of the restrictions, liabilities and rights under this Agreement, which shall continue in full force and effect, notwithstanding that such transferee is not a Stockholder and has not executed a counterpart hereof or joinder hereto.
Registration and Transfer of Shares (a) Any Transfer of any Shares shall only be completed subject to the compliance by the Member and the proposed transferee with all applicable laws; and furthermore may only be completed in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. (b) Other than (i) any Transfer of Shares which is an Involuntary Transfer or (ii) any Transfer that occurs on an alternative trading system that has been approved by the Company in writing, and Transfer of Shares shall be subject to the prior written approval of the Company, which the Company may give or withhold in its sole discretion. (c) The Company shall keep or cause to be kept on behalf of the Company a register (which may be in electronic form) that will provide for the registration and Transfer of Shares. The Company may appoint a Transfer Agent to act as registrar and transfer agent for the purpose of registering any class of Shares and Transfers of such class of Shares as herein provided. For Shares represented by Certificates, upon surrender of a Certificate for registration of Transfer of any Shares evidenced by a Certificate, the appropriate Officers of the Company shall execute and deliver, and in the case of Shares for which a Transfer Agent has been appointed, the Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver, in the name of the holder or the designated transferee or transferees, as required pursuant to the Record Holder’s instructions, one or more new Certificates evidencing the same aggregate number and type of Shares as were evidenced by the Certificate so surrendered, provided that a transferor shall provide the address and facsimile number for each such transferee as set forth on Exhibit A at any time. (d) The Company shall not recognize any Transfer of Shares evidenced by Certificates until the Certificates evidencing such Shares are surrendered for registration of Transfer. No charge shall be imposed by the Company for such Transfer; provided, that as a condition to the issuance of Shares, whether or not such Shares are evidenced by Certificates, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed with respect thereto. The Company’s transfer agent may require a transferring shareholder to pay reasonable and customary fees in connection with any voluntary transfer of Class A shares. (e) By acceptance of the Transfer of any Share, each transferee of a Share (including any nominee holder or an agent or representative acquiring such Shares for the account of another Person) (i) shall be admitted to the Company as a Substitute Member with respect to the Shares so Transferred to such transferee when any such Transfer or admission is reflected in the books and records of the Company or the Transfer Agent, as applicable, (ii) shall be deemed to agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, (iii) shall become the Record Holder of the Shares so transferred, (iv) grants powers of attorney to the Officers of the Company and any Liquidating Trustee, as specified herein, and (v) makes the consents and waivers contained in this Agreement. The Transfer of any Shares and the admission of any new Member shall not constitute an amendment to this Agreement. (f) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall preclude electronic book-entry only Transfer of Shares or the settlement of any transactions involving Shares entered into through electronic systems maintained by the Administrator on behalf of the Company, facilities of the Depository or any National Securities Exchange on which such Shares are listed for trading. (g) The Initial Member and its Affiliates shall not be permitted to Transfer any Shares that are Beneficially Owned by them prior to the one-year anniversary of the final closing of the Offering, except to a Masterworks Affiliate or as required by law or in bankruptcy or similar proceeding, and shall not be permitted to Transfer any unvested ASA Shares at any time, provided, however, notwithstanding the definition of the term “Transfer,” the Initial Member and its Affiliates shall be permitted, during such one-year period, to pledge any or all of such Shares to unaffiliated third-party lenders and, for the avoidance of doubt, such lenders shall not be subject to the provisions of this Section 2.7(g) if they obtain Beneficial Ownership of such Shares in connection with a default by the Initial Member and its Affiliates pursuant to the transactions in which such third-party lenders obtained such Shares. (h) Any Class A shares held by a Member that beneficially owns greater than 10% of the outstanding Class A shares, whether or not any of such shares constitute Voting Shares for purposes of this Agreement, shall bear a customary “restricted” legend, which may be a virtual legend, evidencing the restricted nature thereof. Such Member shall not be entitled to execute a voluntarily transfer of such shares through the Templum ATS (or any similar system or market that permits transfers of unrestricted securities) or request removal of such restrictive legend on such shares, unless the Company and its Transfer Agent are satisfied, in their sole and absolute discretion, that such proposed de-legending and/or transfer complies with applicable federal securities laws and the Company and/or its Transfer Agent shall be entitled to require the requesting Member to furnish the Company with an opinion from counsel of national recognition in support of such request. (i) The Class C Ordinary Share, once issued, can only be transferred between Masterworks affiliated entities, including from one Masterworks Investor to another. (j) Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Share(s) in contravention of this Agreement shall be absolutely null and void ab initio and of no force or effect, on or against the Company, any Member, any creditor of the Company or any claimant against the Company and may be enjoined, and shall not be recorded on the books and records of the Company. No distributions of cash or property of the Company shall be made to any transferee of any Share(s) which is/are Transferred in violation hereof, nor shall any such Transfer be registered on the books of the Company. The Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Share(s) in violation hereof shall not affect the Beneficial Ownership of such Share(s), and, notwithstanding such Transfer or attempted Transfer, the Member making such prohibited Transfer or attempted Transfer shall retain the right to vote, if any, and the right to receive liquidation proceeds and any other distributions with respect to the Shares.
Preferred Shares The Preferred Shares have been duly and validly authorized, and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, such Preferred Shares will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable, will not be issued in violation of any preemptive rights, and will rank pari passu with or senior to all other series or classes of Preferred Stock, whether or not issued or outstanding, with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company.
Exempt Transfers 12.1 Subject to the requirements of applicable Laws, the restrictions under Section 8 and the right of first refusal and right of co-sale under Section 9 and Section 10 shall not apply to (a) any sale of Equity Securities of the Company to the public pursuant to a Qualified IPO; and (b) Transfer of any Equity Securities of the Company now or hereinafter held by the Principal or the Ordinary Shareholder to the Principal’s another wholly owned entity or to a trustee, executor, or other fiduciary for the benefit of the Principal or the Principal’s any wholly owned entity or his spouse and lineal descendants (whether natural or adopted), brother, sister, parent for bona fide estate planning purposes (each such transferee pursuant to subsection (b) above, a “Permitted Transferee”, and collectively, the “Permitted Transferees”); provided, that (i) such Transfer is effected in compliance with all applicable Laws, including without limitation, the SAFE Regulations, (ii) the Principal shall remain liable for any breach by such Permitted Transferee of any provision hereunder; (iii) if any Permitted Transferee which received Equity Securities of the Company pursuant to this Section 12.1(b) ceases to be a Permitted Transferee for any reason, it shall immediately Transfer back to the applicable transferor from which it received the Equity Securities of the Company transferred to it pursuant to this Section 12.1(b) and (iv) adequate documentation therefor is provided to the Company and each such Permitted Transferee shall execute a joinder agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A assuming the obligations of such Ordinary Transferor under this Agreement and be bound by the terms of the Amended M&AA as the “Ordinary Shareholder” (if not already a Party hereto) upon and after such Transfer, with respect to the transferred Equity Securities; and (c) any Transfer of the Equity Securities of the Company by an Investor to any of its Affiliate; provided that (x) the transferees of such Transfer shall not be a Competitor or an Affiliate of any Competitor (provided that (A) GS shall be permitted to Transfer all or any of the Equity Securities of the Company held by it to any of the GS Controlled Affiliates, (B) Carlyle shall be permitted to Transfer all or any of the Equity Securities of the Company held by it to any of the Carlyle Controlled Affiliates and (C) Cathay shall be permitted to Transfer all or any of the Equity Securities of the Company held by it to any of the Cathay Controlled Affiliates); (y) if any transferee of such Transfer which received Equity Securities of the Company pursuant to this Section 12.1(c) ceases to be an Affiliate of such Investor for any reason or becomes a Competitor or an Affiliate of any Competitor (or in the case where the transferee is a GS Controlled Affiliate or a Carlyle Controlled Affiliate or a Cathay Controlled Affiliate, if it ceases to be a GS Controlled Affiliate or a Carlyle Controlled Affiliate or a Cathay Controlled Affiliate, as applicable, for any reason), it shall immediately Transfer back to the applicable transferor from which it received the Equity Securities of the Company transferred to it pursuant to this Section 12.1(c) and (z) the transferees of such Transfer shall execute and deliver a joinder agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A to join in and be bound by the terms of this Agreement and be bound by the terms of the Amended M&AA as the “Investor” (if not already a Party hereto) upon and after such Transfer. 12.2 All transfer restrictions provided in this Agreement with respect to a Transfer of Equity Securities of the Company by the Investors (including Section 8.2) shall cease to apply in the event that the Company fails to pay the applicable redemption price pursuant to Article 8.4 of the Amended M&AA and which is not cured after 30 days’ written notice of such breach delivered by an Investor to the Company. 12.3 Sections 8 through 11 shall not apply to any Transfer of any Equity Securities pursuant to any enforcement of security under any Facility Document or to any creation of security under any Facility Document; provided, however, that any transferee of such Equity Securities shall execute and deliver a joinder agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A to join in and be bound by the terms of this Agreement and be bound by the terms of the Amended M&AA as the “Ordinary Shareholder” (if not already a Party hereto) upon and after such Transfer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Section 12.3 may be further amended in respect of Sections 8 through 11 in connection with the negotiation of any Facility Document with the written consent of Majority Series A-1 Preferred Holders and the Company and the Parties shall procure any required alteration to the Amended M&AA to give effect to any such amendment.
Sale and Transfer of Shares On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, on the Closing Date, Seller shall sell, convey, assign, transfer and deliver to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase and acquire from the Seller the Shares.
Share Transfer Books At the Effective Time, the share transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and thereafter there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Common Stock. From and after the Effective Time, Persons who held shares of Company Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have rights with respect to such shares, except as otherwise provided for herein. On or after the Effective Time, any Certificates presented to the Exchange Agent or the Surviving Entity for any reason shall be cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented thereby.
Transfer of Subject Securities and Voting Rights 2.1 Restriction on Transfer of Subject Securities. Subject to Section 2.3 below, during the Support Period, Stockholder shall not cause or permit any Transfer of any of the Subject Securities to be effected. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, during the Support Period, Stockholder shall not tender, agree to tender or permit to be tendered any of the Subject Securities in response to or otherwise in connection with any tender or exchange offer other than the Offer.
Series A Preferred Stock On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, as soon as practicable after the receipt of the approvals of the Board of Directors of the Company and the stockholders of the Company, including the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, referred to in Paragraph 5, the Company will amend the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock so that, as amended, the Series A Preferred Stock will have only such rights, preferences and privileges set forth on Exhibit A hereto (as so amended, the "New Preferred Stock"). As set forth in Exhibit A hereto, the New Preferred Stock will offer the holders thereof the options set forth in subparagraphs (a)-(c) below, as such holder may elect. All references herein to the Series A Preferred Stock or the New Preferred Stock shall be deemed to include all rights to dividends or other distributions in respect of such Series A Preferred Stock or the New Preferred Stock. (a) OPTION 1 - CASH. The New Preferred Stock shall be exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof at any time prior to the date which is ten days after the Closing Date (as defined in Paragraph 5 below) for cash in amount equal to 50% of the face value of the New Preferred Stock plus all accrued but unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock, up to an aggregate amount of $6.4 million face value and accrued and unpaid dividends. If, in the judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, the Company's financial condition and results of operations permit the Company to permit the exchange for cash of more than $6.4 million face value (plus accrued dividends) of the New Preferred Stock, the terms of the New Preferred Stock will permit the exchange for cash of up to $8.0 million face value (plus accrued and unpaid dividends) of the New Preferred Stock. To the extent that holders of Series A Preferred Stock desire to exchange in the aggregate a greater face value (plus accrued and unpaid dividends) of the New Preferred Stock than is permitted under the terms of the New Preferred Stock, New Preferred Stock will be accepted for exchange by the Company for cash on a pro rata basis based upon the aggregate face value (plus accrued and unpaid dividends) of the New Preferred Stock tendered for exchange.
Purchase and Sale of Preferred Shares (a) Subject to the terms and the conditions set forth herein, and in reliance upon the representations and warranties of the Company and the First Closing Investors set forth herein or in any certificate or other document delivered pursuant hereto, the Company issued, sold and delivered to each First Closing Investor, free and clear of all Liens (except as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and the Shareholders Agreement), and each First Closing Investor purchased at the First Closing, the number of Series A Preferred Shares set opposite such First Closing Investor’s name in the column labeled “Series A Preferred Shares purchased at the First Closing” on Appendix I-A from the Company at a purchase price of $3.7999696 per share. (b) Subject to the terms and the conditions set forth herein, and in reliance upon the representations and warranties of the Company and the Second Closing Investors set forth herein or in any certificate or other document delivered pursuant hereto, the Company shall issue, sell and deliver to each Second Closing Investor, free and clear of all Liens (except as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and the Shareholders Agreement), and each Second Closing Investor shall purchase at the Second Closing, the number of Series B Units set opposite such Second Closing Investor’s name in the column labeled “Series B Units to be purchased at the Second Closing” on Appendix I-B from the Company at a purchase price of $3.00 per Series B Unit, subject to the limitation set forth in Section 2.5 with respect to the Debenture Holder Investors. The Series B Preferred Shares shall accrue dividends from the date of issuance.
Sale and Transfer of Shares Closing Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, the following will occur: i. the Company will sell and transfer the Purchase Shares to GSAI and the Shareholders; ii. Bristlecone will deliver 4,500,000 common shares to the Company which shall be cancelled and returned to the treasury of the Company; iii Xxxxxxxxx will deliver 3,500,000 common shares to the Company which shall be cancelled and returned to the treasury of the Company; iv. GSAI will transfer 100% of the outstanding shares of ARCIS (the “ARCIS Shares”) to the Company. v. the Shareholders will transfer 100% of the outstanding shares of GCED (the “GCED Shares”) to the Company; vi. the Company shall deliver the 13,200,000 Purchase Shares issued in the amounts and to the persons set forth in Exhibit C hereto; vii. the Officers and Directors of the Company shall appoint the directors designated by GSAI and resign; and the newly appointed Directors of the Company who shall serve until their successors have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the Charter and the By-Laws, shall appoint the new officers of the Company.
