Put Following a Change in Control. (a) The Company hereby grants to each Covered Investor an option, exercisable with respect to each and every Change of Control that may occur following the date of this Agreement, to sell to the Company, and the Company is obligated to purchase from such Covered Investor, all or any portion of the Company Preferred Stock then owned by such Covered Investor (the “Change of Control Put Option”), which right may be waived at the option of any such Covered Investor with respect to a particular Change of Control or in its entirety, any such waiver being irrevocable. The Change of Control Put Option may only be exercised by a Covered Investor, in its sole discretion, on the date of the consummation of each particular Change of Control, or during the ten (10) Business Day period following the date of the consummation of such Change of Control, provided that an exercising Covered Investor may provide written notice of such exercise to the Company in advance of the anticipated date of the consummation of such Change of Control as provided in Section 2.02(b). In the event that a Covered Investor exercises the Change of Control Put Option, the price to be paid by the Company to such exercising Covered Investor for each share of the Company Preferred Stock then owned by such Covered Investor which is the subject of such option exercise will be an amount equal to the Company Preferred Stock Cash Amount, payable, at each such Covered Investor’s individual election not later than five (5) Business Days before the scheduled Put Option Closing, in any combination of: (i) cash; or (ii) a number of shares of Company Common Stock determined by dividing such amount by the Conversion Price. To the extent that a Covered Investor continues to hold shares of Company Preferred Stock following the consummation of a Change of Control, such Covered Investor shall continue to have the right to exercise the Change of Control Put Option with respect to any succeeding Change of Control that may take place. (b) The closing for the purchase and sale pursuant to the Change of Control Put Option will take place at the executive offices of the Company on the date specified in the exercising Covered Investor’s written notice to the Company of its exercise of such option (a “Put Option Closing”), which written notice may be delivered by such Covered Investor in advance of the anticipated date of the consummation of the Change of Control. The closing date specified in such written notice will be a date no fewer than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days after the date of such notice; provided that in no event shall the closing date occur prior to the consummation of the applicable Change of Control. At any Put Option Closing, the exercising Covered Investor will deliver good and marketable title to the Company Preferred Stock being purchased and sold, duly endorsed in blank and otherwise in good form for transfer (if applicable), free and clear of any lien, charge, claim, or encumbrance other than this Agreement. In consideration for the same, the Company will deliver the consideration set forth in this Section 2.02.
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (Ashford Inc.), Combination Agreement (Ashford Inc.)
Put Following a Change in Control. (a) The Company hereby grants to each Covered Investor an option, exercisable with respect to each and every Change of Control that may occur following the date of this Agreementon one occasion, to sell to the Company, and the Company is obligated to purchase from such Covered Investor, all or any portion (but not less than all) of the Company Preferred Stock then owned by such Covered Investor (the “Change of Control Put Option”), which right may be waived at the option of any such Covered Investor with respect to a particular Change of Control or in its entiretyInvestor, any such waiver being irrevocable. The Change of Control Put Option may only be exercised by a each Covered Investor, in its sole discretion, on the date of the consummation of each particular a Change of Control, or during the ten (10) Business Day consecutive period following the date of the consummation of such a Change of Control, provided that an exercising Covered Investor may provide written notice of such exercise to the Company in advance of the anticipated date of the consummation of such the Change of Control as provided in Section 2.02(b3.03(b). In the event that a Covered Investor exercises the Change of Control Put Option, the price to be paid by the Company to such exercising Covered Investor for each share of the Company Preferred Stock then owned by such Covered Investor which is and that are the subject of such option exercise will be an amount equal to the Company Preferred Stock Cash Amount, payable, at each such Covered Investor’s individual election not later than five (5) Business Days before the scheduled Put Option Closing, in any combination of: of (i) cash; cash or (ii) a number of shares of Company Common Stock determined by dividing such amount by the Conversion Price. To the extent that a Covered Investor continues to hold shares of Company Preferred Stock following the consummation of a Change of Control, such Covered Investor shall continue to have the right to exercise the Change of Control Put Option with respect to any succeeding Change of Control that may take place.
(b) The closing for the purchase and sale pursuant to the Change of Control Put Option will take place at the executive offices of the Company on the date specified in the exercising Covered Investor’s written notice to the Company of its exercise of such option (a “Put Option Closing”), which written notice may be delivered by such Covered Investor in advance of the anticipated date of the consummation of the Change of Control. The closing date specified in such written notice will be a date no fewer than thirty (30) 30 nor more than sixty (60) 60 days after the date of such notice; provided that in no event shall the closing date occur prior to the consummation of the applicable Change of Control. At any Put Option Closing, the exercising Covered Investor will deliver good and marketable title to the Company Preferred Stock being purchased and sold, duly endorsed in blank and otherwise in good form for transfer (if applicable), free and clear of any lien, charge, claim, or encumbrance other than this Agreement. In consideration for the same, the Company will deliver the consideration set forth in this Section 2.023.03.
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (Ashford Inc.), Investor Rights Agreement (Ashford Inc.)
Put Following a Change in Control. (a) The Company hereby grants to each Covered Investor an option, exercisable with respect to each and every Change of Control that may occur following the date of this Agreementon one occasion, to sell to the Company, and the Company is obligated to purchase from such Covered Investor, all or any portion (but not less than all) of the Company Retained Target Interests, the Newco Common Stock (unless an IPO has occurred) and/or the Newco Preferred Stock Stock, as determined by such Covered Investor, then owned by such Covered Investor (the “Change of Control Put Option”), which right may be waived at the option of any such Covered Investor with respect to a particular Change of Control or in its entiretyInvestor, any such waiver being irrevocable. The Change of Control Put Option may only be exercised by a each Covered Investor, in its sole discretion, on Investor at any time during the date of 10 Business Day consecutive period following the consummation of each particular a Change of Control, or during the ten (10) Business Day period following the date of the consummation of such Change of Control, provided that an exercising Covered Investor may provide written notice of such exercise to the Company in advance of the anticipated date of the consummation of such Change of Control as provided in Section 2.02(b). In the event that a Covered Investor exercises the Change of Control Put Option, the price to be paid by the Company to such exercising Covered Investor for each share of the Company Retained Target Interests, Newco Common Stock and/or Newco Preferred Stock then owned by such Covered Investor which is and that are the subject of such option exercise will be as follows:
(i) With respect to the Retained Target Interests then held by each exercising Covered Investor, the price to be paid by the Company to such Covered Investor will be equal to 90% of the Retained Target Interests Purchase Price, payable, at such Covered Investor’s individual election not later than five Business Days before the scheduled Put Option Closing, in any combination of (A) cash, (B) the issuance of a number of shares of Company Common Stock equal to the 90% of the Retained Target Interests Purchase Price payable to such Covered Investor (or relevant portion thereof) divided by the greater of (x) the VWAP of the Company Common Stock on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of the Change of Control or (y) $100, or (C) the issuance of a number of shares of Newco Nonvoting Common Stock equal to 90% of the Retained Target Interests Purchase Price payable to such Covered Investor divided by the greater of (x) the VWAP of the Company Common Stock on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of the Change of Control or (y) $100.
(ii) With respect to the Newco Common Stock then held by each exercising Covered Investor, the price to be paid by the Company to such Covered Investor will be payable, at such Covered Investor’s individual election not later than five Business Days before the scheduled Put Option Closing, in any combination of (A) cash equal to the number of shares of Newco Common Stock to be acquired by the Company multiplied by the VWAP of the Company Common Stock on the Business Day immediately preceding the occurrence of the Change of Control, or (B) the issuance of a number of shares of Company Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Newco Common Stock to be acquired by the Company.
(iii) With respect to the Newco Preferred Stock then held by each exercising Covered Investor, the price per share to be paid by the Company to such Covered Investor will be an amount equal to the Company Newco Preferred Stock Cash Amount, payable, at each such Covered Investor’s Holder’s individual election not later than five (5) Business Days before the scheduled Put Option Closing, in any combination of: of (iA) cash; or , (iiB) a number of shares of Company Common Stock determined by dividing such amount by the Conversion Price. To the extent that , (C) a Covered Investor continues to hold number of shares of Newco Nonvoting Common Stock determined by dividing such amount by the Conversion Price, or (D) shares of preferred stock of the Company with terms, including par value and unpaid cumulative dividends, that are equivalent in all material respects to the shares of Newco Preferred Stock following being exchanged, in substantially the consummation form of a Change the certificate of Control, such Covered Investor shall continue to have the right to exercise the Change of Control Put Option with respect to any succeeding Change of Control that may take place.designations attached as Exhibit A.
(b) The closing for the purchase and sale pursuant to the Change of Control Put Option will take place at the executive offices of the Company on the date specified in the exercising Covered Investor’s written such notice to the Company of its exercise of such option (a “Put Option Closing”); provided, which written notice may be delivered by such Covered Investor that, except as provided in advance of the anticipated following proviso, the date of the consummation closing of the Change of Control. The closing date specified in such written notice purchase and sale will be a date take place no fewer than thirty (30) 30 nor more than sixty (60) 60 days after the date of such notice; provided provided, further, that in no the event shall an exercising Covered Investor elects to receive cash, the Company may delay such closing date occur prior to the consummation of the applicable Change of Controlby not more than 120 days. At any Put Option Closing, the exercising Covered Investor will deliver good and marketable title to the Company Retained Target Interests, the Newco Preferred Stock and/or the Newco Common Stock being purchased and sold, duly endorsed in blank and otherwise in good form for transfer (if applicable), free and clear of any lien, charge, claim, or encumbrance other than this Agreement. In consideration for the same, the Company or its assignee will deliver the consideration set forth in this Section 2.024.03.
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Samples: Acquisition Agreement (Ashford Inc)