Common use of Acquisition of Additional Voting Securities Clause in Contracts

Acquisition of Additional Voting Securities. Each Investor ------------------------------------------- hereby covenants and agrees that prior to the Termination Date (as hereinafter defined), neither such Investor nor any of its controlled Affiliates will, without the prior approval of the Board of Directors of the Company, directly or indirectly, purchase or otherwise acquire (other than pursuant to a stock split or stock dividend) or make any proposal, other than a confidential proposal to the Board of Directors of the Company, to or agree to acquire, or become or agree to become the beneficial owner of, more than 5% of the outstanding Voting Securities, other than (i) the Company Shares; (ii) any Voting Securities acquired through the exercise, conversion or exchange of the Company Shares (the "Conversion Shares"), (iii) any Voting Securities acquired through the exercise, conversion or exchange of the Conversion Shares (together with the Company Shares and the Conversion Shares, the "Investor Shares") or (iv) any voting securities issued as dividends on or otherwise issued in exchange or in consideration of or with respect to the Investor Shares (the "Dividend Shares") or shares issued as dividends on the Dividend Shares or in exchange for or in respect of the Dividend Shares.

Acquisition of Additional Voting Securities. Each Investor ------------------------------------------- hereby covenants and agrees that prior to the Termination Date (as hereinafter defined), neither such Investor nor any of its controlled Affiliates will, without the prior approval of the Board of Directors of the Company, directly or indirectly, purchase or otherwise acquire (other than pursuant to a stock split or stock dividend) or make any proposal, other than a confidential proposal to the Board of Directors of the Company, to or agree to acquire, or become or agree to become the beneficial owner of, more than 5% of the outstanding Voting Securities, other than (i) the Company Shares; (ii) any Voting Securities acquired through the exercise, conversion or exchange of the Company Shares (the "Conversion SharesCONVERSION SHARES"), (iii) any Voting Securities acquired through the exercise, conversion or exchange of the Conversion Shares (together with the Company Shares and the Conversion Shares, the "Investor SharesINVESTOR SHARES") or (iv) any voting securities issued as dividends on or otherwise issued in exchange or in consideration of or with respect to the Investor Shares (the "Dividend SharesDIVIDEND SHARES") or shares issued as dividends on the Dividend Shares or in exchange for or in respect of the Dividend Shares.