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• Register of Shares and Share Certificates A register shall be kept at the principal office of the Trust or an office of one or more transfer agents which shall contain the names and addresses of the Shareholders of each Series and Class, the number of Shares of that Series and Class thereof held by them respectively and a record of all transfers thereof. As to Shares for which no certificate has been issued, such register shall be conclusive as to who are the holders of the Shares and who shall be entitled to receive dividends or other distributions or otherwise to exercise or enjoy the rights of Shareholders. No Shareholder shall be entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution, nor to have notice given to him as herein or in the By-laws provided, until he has given his address to the transfer agent or such other officer or agent of the Trust as shall keep the said register for entry thereon. The Trustees shall have no obligation to, but in their discretion may, authorize the issuance of share certificates and promulgate appropriate rules and regulations as to their use. If one or more share certificates are issued, whether in the name of a Shareholder or a nominee, such certificate or certificates shall constitute evidence of ownership of the Shares evidenced thereby for all purposes, including transfer, assignment or sale of such Shares, subject to such limitations as the Trustees may, in their discretion, prescribe.

• Surrender of Shares; Stock Transfer Books (a) Prior to the Effective Time, Purchaser shall designate a bank or trust company to act as agent (the "Paying Agent") for the holders of Shares in connection with the Merger to receive the funds to which holders of Shares shall become entitled pursuant to Section 2.06(a), and at the Effective Time Purchaser shall deposit with such Paying Agent an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration. Such funds shall be invested by the Paying Agent as directed by the Surviving Corporation, provided that such investments shall be in obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America or of any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America or in commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by Moodx'x Xxxestors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Corporation, respectively. (b) Promptly after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall cause to be mailed to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of Shares entitled to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.06(a) a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the certificates evidencing such Shares (the "Certificates") shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Paying Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates pursuant to such letter of transmittal. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent of a Certificate, together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration for each Share formerly evidenced by such Certificate, and such Certificate shall then be cancelled. No interest shall accrue or be paid on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of any Certificate for the benefit of the holder of such Certificate. If payment of the Merger Consideration is to be made to a person other than the person in whose name the surrendered Certificate is registered on the stock transfer books of the Company, it shall be a condition of payment that the Certificate so surrendered shall be endorsed properly or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and that the person requesting such payment shall have paid all transfer and other taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration to a person other than the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such taxes either have been paid or are not applicable. In the event any certificate representing Shares shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Paying Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate the Merger Consideration deliverable in respect thereof as determined in accordance with this Article II; provided, however, the person to whom the Merger Consideration is paid shall, as a condition precedent to the payment thereof, give the Surviving Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct or otherwise indemnify the Surviving Corporation in a manner satisfactory to it against any claim that may be made against the

• TAKING OF RECORD; STOCK AND WARRANT TRANSFER BOOKS In the case of all dividends or other distributions by the Company to the holders of its Common Stock with respect to which any provision of Section 4 refers to the taking of a record of such holders, the Company will in each such case take such a record and will take such record as of the close of business on a Business Day. The Company will not at any time, except upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, close its stock transfer books or Warrant transfer books so as to result in preventing or delaying the exercise or transfer of any Warrant.

• 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.

• 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.

• Surrender of Shares (a) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall designate a bank or trust company to act as agent (the “Paying Agent”) for the holders of fractional shares of Class A Common Stock to receive funds pursuant to Section 4.01(b). Such funds shall be invested by the Paying Agent as directed by the Company. (b) Promptly after the Effective Time, the Company shall cause to be mailed to each Person who following the Effective Time shall be entitled to receive funds pursuant to Section 4.01(b) a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates evidencing shares that were converted into fractional shares in the Reverse Stock Split shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Paying Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates pursuant to such letter of transmittal. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent of a Certificate, together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Offer Price for each share formerly evidenced by such Certificate, and such Certificate shall then be canceled. No interest shall accrue or be paid on the Offer Price payable upon the surrender of any Certificate for the benefit of the holder of such Certificate. If the payment equal to the Offer Price is to be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name the surrendered Certificate formerly evidencing shares is registered on the stock transfer books of the Company, it shall be a condition of payment that the Certificate so surrendered shall be endorsed properly or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and that the Person requesting such payment shall have paid all transfer and other taxes required by reason of the payment of the Offer Price to a Person other than the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered, or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such taxes either have been paid or are not applicable. If any holder of shares of Class A Common Stock that were converted into fractional shares in the Reverse Stock Split is unable to surrender such holder’s Certificates because such Certificates have been lost, mutilated or destroyed, such holder may deliver in lieu thereof an affidavit and indemnity bond in form and substance and with surety reasonably satisfactory to the Company. Each of the Company and the Paying Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any amounts otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement in respect of fractional shares of Class A Common Stock such amount as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under any Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of such fractional shares of Class A Common Stock in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made. (c) At any time following the twelfth month after the Effective Time, the Company shall be entitled to require the Paying Agent to deliver to it any funds which had been made available to the Paying Agent and not disbursed to holders of fractional shares of Class A Common Stock (including, without limitation, all interest and other income received by the Paying Agent in respect of all funds made available to it), and, thereafter, such holders shall be entitled to look to the Company (subject to abandoned property, escheat and other similar laws) only as general creditors thereof with respect to any Offer Price that may be payable upon due surrender of the Certificates held by them. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor the Paying Agent shall be liable to any holder of a fractional share of Class A Common Stock for any Offer Price delivered in respect of such share to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or other similar law. (d) From and after the Effective Time, holders of shares of Class A Common Stock that were converted into fractional shares in the Reverse Stock Split shall cease to have any rights with respect to such fractional shares except the right to receive an amount equal to the Offer Price multiplied by the number of shares of Class A Common Stock held by such holder prior to the Effective Time or as provided by applicable Law.

• Purchase and Sale of Shares and Warrants Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the conditions to Closing set forth in this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, each Subscriber shall purchase the Shares and Warrants for the portion of the Purchase Price indicated on the signature page hereto, and the Company shall sell such Shares and Warrants to the Subscriber. The Purchase Price for the Shares and Warrants shall be paid in cash. The entire Purchase Price shall be allocated to the Shares.

• No Rights as Stockholders; Transfer Books This Warrant does not entitle the Warrantholder to any voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the date of exercise hereof. The Company will at no time close its transfer books against transfer of this Warrant in any manner which interferes with the timely exercise of this Warrant.

• 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.

• 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.