Common use of Shareholder Rights Agreement Clause in Contracts

Shareholder Rights Agreement. The Company agrees that it shall not adopt any shareholder rights agreement of a type commonly known as a “poison pill” unless the Company provides that the provisions of such shareholders rights agreement or rights plan specifically permit Holders to Beneficially Own the percentage of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock which the Holders Beneficially Own as of the date of adoption of such shareholder rights agreement, increased by the percentage of Beneficial Ownership represented by any shares of Voting Stock which the Holders obtain or may in the future obtain pursuant to the terms of the Preferred Stock, or as a result of any stock dividend, stock split or other recapitalization of the Company, or pursuant to any exercise of their rights set forth in Section 4.03 of this Agreement. The intention of the Parties is that the Holders will be “grandfathered in” with respect to such Beneficial Ownership and the Holders will not be trigger any distribution of rights or otherwise be deemed to be an “acquiring person” under any shareholder rights agreement or rights plan as a result of the acquisition of any securities contemplated in the previous sentence or any increase in Holder’s Beneficial Ownership as contemplated by this Section 4.08.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Lockup, and Standstill Agreement (General Electric Co), Lockup, and Standstill Agreement (Neogenomics Inc), Lockup, and Standstill Agreement (General Electric Co)

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