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Ordinary Shares The Ordinary Shares included in the Units have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered against payment for the Offered Securities by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and registered in the Company’s register of members, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The holders of such Ordinary Shares are not and will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; such Ordinary Shares are not and will not be subject to any preemptive or other similar contractual rights granted by the Company.
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Company Stock (1) As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 20,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock, of which no more than 12,574,572 shares are outstanding. As of the date hereof, under Company Stock Plans, no more than 446,000 shares of Company Common Stock are subject to Company Stock Options. The Company holds 29,200 shares of Company Common Stock as treasury shares. The outstanding shares of Company Common Stock have been duly authorized and are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable and are not subject to preemptive rights (and were not issued in violation of any preemptive rights). The shares of Company Common Stock issuable pursuant to Company Stock Plans and the Company Rights Agreement, as the case may be, have been duly authorized and, upon issuance, will be validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable and not be subject to preemptive rights (and will not be issued in violation of any preemptive rights). The Company does not have any Rights issued or outstanding with respect to Company Stock and the Company does not have any commitment to authorize, issue or sell any Company Stock or Rights, except Company Stock Options issued and vesting on the date hereof and pursuant to the Company Rights Agreement, as Previously Disclosed. With respect to each Company Stock Option, the Company has Previously Disclosed the recipient, the date of grant, the number of shares of Company Common Stock and the exercise price. It has no commitment to redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire, or to register with the SEC, any shares of Company Stock. It has no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations, the holders of which have the right to vote (or which are convertible into or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) on any matter. (2) To its knowledge, there are no voting trusts, proxies, shareholder agreements or other agreements or understandings with respect to the voting of shares of Company Stock other than the Voting Agreements contemplated by Recital D hereto.
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Total Shares Except for the Shares referred to in 2.03, Stockholder does not beneficially own any (i) shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company, (ii) securities of the Company convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or voting securities of the Company or (iii) options or other rights to acquire from the Company any capital stock, voting securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock or voting securities of the Company.
Company Shares If the managing underwriter has not limited the number of Registrable Securities to be underwritten, the Company may include securities for its own account or for the account of others in such registration if the managing underwriter so agrees and if the number of Registrable Securities which would otherwise have been included in such registration and underwriting will not thereby be limited.
Parent Stock (a) As of the date hereof the authorized capital stock of Parent consists of (i) (A) 250,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value (the "Class A Common Stock"), of which no shares are validly issued and outstanding, and (B) 1,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, $.01 par value, of which 40,748 shares are validly issued and outstanding (without taking into account any shares of Parent Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement), fully paid and nonassessable; and (ii) 250,000 shares of Class A Convertible Preferred stock, of which 111,500 shares are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable. All outstanding securities of Parent were issued in accordance with applicable federal and state securities laws. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.6(a) hereto, there are no options, warrants, calls, --------------- agreements, commitments or other rights presently outstanding that would obligate Parent to issue, deliver or sell shares of its capital stock, or to grant, extend or enter into any such option, warrant, call, agreement, commitment or other right. In addition to the foregoing, as of the date hereof, Parent has no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness issued or outstanding that have voting rights in Parent under ordinary circumstances. (b) The holders of record as of the date hereof of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Parent are set forth on Schedule 5.6(b) --------------- hereto. (c) The holders of record as of the Effective Date of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Parent, together with the number of shares of capital stock then outstanding, are set forth on a pro forma basis on Schedule 5.6(c) --------------- hereto (determined based on certain assumptions described therein). (d) When delivered to the TWG Shareholder in accordance with the terms hereof, the Parent Stock will (i) be duly authorized, fully paid and nonassessable, (ii) represent 10.0327% of the issued and outstanding shares of Parent Stock (determined based on the assumptions set forth on Schedule 5.6(c)), --------------- (iii) represent, on an as-converted and fully diluted basis, 2.2574% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Parent (determined based on the assumptions set forth in Schedule 5.6(c)), and (iv) be free and clear of all --------------- Liens.
Class B Shares (i) In consideration of the Underwriter’s services as principal underwriter of each Fund’s Class B shares pursuant to this Agreement and in accordance with the provisions of the Trust’s Second Amended and Restated Distribution and Service Plan (the “Plan”) in respect of such shares, each Fund agrees: (I) to pay to the Underwriter or, at the Underwriter’s direction, to a third party, monthly in arrears on or prior to the 5th business day of the following calendar month (A) a service fee (the “Service Fee”) equal to 0.25 of 1% per annum of the average daily net asset value of the Class B shares of such Fund outstanding from time to time, and (B) the Underwriter’s “Allocable Portion” (as hereinafter defined) of a fee (the “Distribution Fee”) equal to 0.75 of 1% per annum of the average daily net asset value of the Class B shares of such Fund outstanding from time to time, and (II) to withhold from redemption proceeds in respect of Class B shares of such Fund the Underwriter’s Allocable Portion of the Contingent Deferred Sales Charges (“CDSCs”) payable in respect of such redemption as provided in the current Prospectus of such Fund and to pay the same over to the Underwriter or, at the Underwriter’s direction, to a third party, at the time the redemption proceeds in respect of such redemption are payable to the holder of the Class B shares redeemed. (ii) The Underwriter will be deemed to have performed all services required to be performed in order to be entitled to receive its Allocable Portion of the Distribution Fee payable in respect of the Class B shares of the Funds upon the settlement date of each sale of a “Commission Share” (as defined in the Allocation Schedule attached hereto as Schedule B) of the Funds taken into account in determining the Underwriter’s Allocable Portion of such Distribution Fees. (iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or (to the extent waiver thereof is permitted thereby) applicable law, each Fund’s obligation to pay the Underwriter’s Allocable Portion of the Distribution Fees payable in respect to the Class B shares of the Funds shall not be terminated or modified for any reason (including a termination of this Agreement) except: (a) to the extent required by a change in the 1940 Act, the rules thereunder or the Conduct Rules of FINRA, in each case enacted or promulgated after Xxxxx 00, 0000, (x) on a basis which does not alter the Underwriter’s Allocable Portion of the Distribution Fees computed with reference to Commission Shares the Date of Original Issuance (as defined in the Allocation Schedule) of which occurs on or prior to the adoption of such termination or modification and with respect to Free Shares (as defined in the Allocation Schedule) which would be attributed to such Underwriter under the Allocation Schedule with reference, or (c) in connection with a “Complete Termination” (as hereinafter defined) of the Plan. (iv) The Funds will not take any action to waive or change any CDSC in respect of the Class B shares, except as provided in each Fund’s current Prospectus or statement of additional information forming a part of that Fund’s initial Registration Statement on the date such Fund’s initial Registration Statement was declared effective by the SEC, without the consent of the Underwriter and the permitted assigns of all or any portion of its rights to its Allocable Portion of the CDSCs. (v) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the termination of the Underwriter’s role as principal distributor of the Class B shares of a Fund, nor the termination of this Agreement with respect to a Fund, nor the termination of the Plan with respect to a Fund will terminate the Underwriter’s right to its Allocable Portion of the CDSCs in respect of the Class B shares of each Fund. (vi) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Underwriter may assign, sell or pledge (collectively, “Transfer”) its rights to the Service Fees and its Allocable Portion of the Distribution Fees and CDSCs (but not its obligations to the Funds under this Agreement) to raise funds to make the expenditures related to the distribution of Class B shares of a Fund and in connection therewith, upon receipt of notice of such Transfer, a Fund shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the assignee, purchaser or pledgee (collectively with their subsequent transferees, “Transferees”) such portion of the Underwriter’s Service Fees, Allocable Portion of the Distribution Fees and CDSCs in respect of the Class B shares of a Fund so Transferred. Except as provided in (iii) above and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth elsewhere in this Agreement, to the extent the Underwriter has Transferred its rights thereto to raise funds as aforesaid, a Fund’s obligation to pay the Underwriter’s Allocable Portion of the Distribution Fees and CDSCs payable in respect of the Class B shares of a Fund shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be subject to dispute, offset, counterclaim or any defense whatsoever, at law or equity, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing based on the insolvency or bankruptcy of the Underwriter (it being understood that such provision is not a waiver of the Funds’ right to pursue the Underwriter and enforce claims against the assets of the Underwriter other than the Underwriter’s right to the Distribution Fees and CDSCs in respect of the Class B shares of each Fund, which have been so transferred in connection with such Transfer). The Funds agree that each such Transferee is a third party beneficiary of the provisions of this clause (vi) but only insofar as those provisions relate to Distribution Fees and CDSCs transferred to such Transferee. (vii) For purposes of the Agreement, the term “Allocable Portion” of Distribution Fees and CDSCs payable in respect of the Class B shares of a Fund shall mean the portion of such Distribution Fees and CDSCs allocated to the Underwriter. (viii) For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Complete Termination” of the Plan in respect of a Fund means a termination of the Plan involving the complete cessation of the payment of Distribution Fees in respect of all Class B shares of the Funds, and the termination of the Plan and the complete cessation of the payment of distribution fees pursuant to any other distribution Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act in respect of the Class B shares of the Funds and any successor fund or the Funds acquiring a substantial portion of the assets of the Funds and for every future class of shares which has substantially similar characteristics to the Class B shares of the Funds taking into account the manner of payment and amount of sales charge, CDSC or other similar charges borne directly or indirectly by the holders of such shares; provided that (a) the Trustees of the Trust, including the Independent Trustees of the Trust, shall have determined that such termination is in the best interest of the Funds and the shareholders of the Funds, and (b) such termination does not alter the CDSC as in effect at the time of such termination applicable to Commission Shares of the Funds, the Date of Original Issuance (as defined in the Allocation Schedule) of which occurs on or prior to such termination. (ix) The Underwriter may reallow any or all of the Distribution and Service Fees and CDSCs which it is paid under the Agreement to such dealers as the Underwriter may from time to time determine. (x) The Underwriter may fix quantity discounts and other similar variances or waivers of the CDSCs not inconsistent with the provisions of the 1940 Act; provided however, that the Underwriter shall not impose any commission, permit any quantity discount, or impose any other similar waiver or variance in connection with the sale of Class B shares except as disclosed in each Fund’s current Prospectus.
Number of Shares; Exercise Price This certifies that, for value received, the United States Department of the Treasury or its permitted assigns (the “Warrantholder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to acquire from the Company, in whole or in part, after the receipt of all applicable Regulatory Approvals, if any, up to an aggregate of the number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Preferred Stock set forth in Item 7 of Schedule A hereto (the “Shares”), at a purchase price per share of Preferred Stock equal to the Exercise Price.