Board Representation Rights. (a) As of the Issue Date, the Board of Directors has increased the size of the Board of Directors by one director (to nine total directors) and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ (in such capacity, the “Investor Director” and together with any successors or other directors designated by the Investors pursuant to this Section 19, the “Investor Directors”) to be appointed to the Board of Directors. Additionally, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ has been appointed as a non-voting observer to the Board of Directors (in such capacity, the “Investor Observer”). Effective as of the earlier of the first anniversary of the Closing Date and obtaining the Requisite Stockholder Approval, the Board of Directors shall take all actions necessary to further increase the size of the Board of Directors by one director (to ten total directors) and to cause the Investor Observer to be appointed as a director on the Board of Directors. (b) From and after the Closing Date, for as long as the Approved Holders Beneficially Own any one of the percentages of Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock set forth below, the holders of a majority of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock represented (on an “as-converted basis”) held by such Approved Holders (the “Approved Holder Majority”) shall have the exclusive right (but not the obligation), voting separately as a class, to designate to the Board of Directors, the following number of Investor Directors: (i) two Investor Directors (subject to increase pursuant to Section 20(a)(x)), for as long as the Approved Holders Beneficially Own at least (x) 20% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an “as-converted basis”) or (y) at least 30% of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned by the Initial Investors as of the Closing (in the case of this clause (i), as adjusted to appropriately reflect any stock split, combination, reclassification, recapitalization or similar transaction); and (ii) one Investor Director (subject to increase pursuant to Section 20(a)(x)), for as long as the Approved Holders Beneficially Own at least (x) 10% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an “as-converted basis”) or (y) at least 15% of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned by the Initial Investors as of the Closing (in the case of this clause (ii), as adjusted to appropriately reflect any stock split, combination, reclassification, recapitalization or similar transaction). (c) The rights to designate directors pursuant to Section 19(b) shall be held by the Approved Holder Majority, the Initial Investors, and any subsequent Investor designated by an Approved Holder who is approved by the Company in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion (such holders, collectively, the “Approved Holders”). (d) The Company and the Board of Directors shall consider in good faith designating at least one (1) Investor Director to committees of the Board of Directors, as appropriate, and to the extent permitted by applicable SEC and stock exchange requirements. (e) The Company shall take all actions within its power to cause all designees designated pursuant to Section 19(b) to be included in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board of Directors to the holders of Class A Common Stock for election as directors at each meeting of the Company Stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors (and/or in connection with any election by written consent) and using commercially reasonable efforts to cause the election of each such designated Investor Directors, including (i) voting or providing a written consent or proxy with respect to Common Stock, and soliciting proxies in favor of the election of such nominees, (ii) causing the adoption of stockholders’ resolutions and amendments to the organizational documents of the Company, (iii) executing required agreements and instruments, (iv) making, or causing to be made, with governmental, administrative or regulatory authorities, all filings, registrations or similar actions that are required to achieve such result and (v) for so long as the Approved Holders retain the right described under Section 19(b), not nominating or recommending the election of any other candidates against or in replacement of such designated Investor Directors. (f) Each Investor Director and Investor Observer designated pursuant to Section 19(b) shall serve until his or her successor is designated or his or her earlier death, disability, resignation or removal; any vacancy or newly created directorship in the position of an Investor Director may be filled only by the Approved Holder Majority, subject to the fulfillment of the requirements set forth in Section 19(g); and each Investor Director and Investor Observer may, during his or her term of office, be removed at any time, with or without cause, by and only by the Approved Holder Majority. (g) At all times while an Investor Director or Investor Observer is serving as a member or observer of the Board of Directors, and following any such Investor Director’s or Investor Observer’s death, disability, resignation or removal, such Investor Director or Investor Observer shall be entitled to all rights to indemnification and exculpation as are then made available to any other member or observer of the Board of Directors. (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, any Investor Director or Investor Observer shall be reasonably acceptable to the Board of Directors and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee thereof acting in good faith and satisfy all applicable SEC and stock exchange requirements regarding service as a regular director or a board observer of the Company and shall comply in all material respects with the Company’s corporate governance guidelines as in effect from time to time. The Approved Holder Majority shall notify the Company of any proposed Investor Director or Directors in writing no later than the latest date on which the Company Stockholders may make nominations to the Board of Directors in accordance with the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, together with all information concerning such designee required to be delivered to the Company by the Bylaws and such other information reasonably required by the Company for such purpose. (i) The right to designate directors pursuant to Section 19(b) shall automatically terminate at such time as the Approved Holders no longer Beneficially Own a sufficient number of shares required to designate an Investor Director set forth in Section 19(b)(ii), and at such time, if requested in writing by the Company, any Investor Directors or Investor Observer then serving on the Board of Directors in excess of the entitled amount (if less than all then Investor Directors or Investor Observers, then as selected by the Approved Holder Majority) shall promptly resign from the Board of Directors. (j) Nothing in this Section 19 shall be deemed to require that any party hereto, or any Affiliate thereof, act or be in violation of any applicable provision of law, regulation, legal duty or requirement or stock exchange or stock market rule. (k) If, after termination of this Series A-1 Certificate of Designation and the Series A-2 Certificate of Designations or such time as no shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the Approved Holder Majority continues to satisfy the ownership percentages set forth in Section 19(b) and Section 20, the Approved Holder Majority may request the Company to enter into a shareholder agreement reflecting the rights set forth in such sections, which the Company and the Approved Holders shall enter into as promptly as practicable after such request (but, in any event, no later than 30 days after such request). (l) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company and its subsidiaries in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunities that are from time to time presented to the Investors or any of their respective Affiliates or any of their respective agents, shareholders, members, partners, directors, officers, employees, Affiliates or subsidiaries (other than the Company and its subsidiaries), including any director or officer of the Company who is also an agent, shareholder, member, partner, director, officer, employee, Affiliate or subsidiary of any Investor (each, a “Specified Party”), even if the business opportunity is one that the Company or its subsidiaries might reasonably be deemed to have pursued or had the ability or desire to pursue if granted the opportunity to do so, and no Specified Party shall have any duty to communicate or offer any such business opportunity to the Company or be liable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any stockholder, including for breach of any fiduciary or other duty, as a director or officer or controlling stockholder or otherwise, and the Company shall indemnify each Specified Party against any claim that such Person is liable to the Company or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty, by reason of the fact that such Person (i) participates in, pursues or acquires any such business opportunity, (ii) directs any such business opportunity to another Person or (iii) fails to present any such business opportunity, or information regarding any such business opportunity, to the Company or its subsidiaries, unless, in the case of a Person who is a director or officer of the Company, such business opportunity is expressly offered to such director or officer in writing solely in his capacity as a director or officer of the Company.
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Sources: Securities Purchase Agreement (Lonestar Resources US Inc.)
Board Representation Rights. Further to (and, for so long as such certificates remain outstanding and effective, and not in duplication of) Section 19 of the Series A-1 Certificate and the Series A-2 Certificate:
(a) As of At or prior to the Issue DateClosing, the Board of Directors has increased shall take all actions necessary to increase the size of the Board of Directors by one director (to nine total directors) and caused to cause ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ (in such capacity, the “Investor Director” and together with any successors or other directors designated by the Investors pursuant to this Section 194.4, the “Investor Directors”) to be appointed to the Board of Directors. Additionally, at or prior to the Closing, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ has been shall be appointed as a non-voting observer to the Board of Directors (in such capacity, the “Investor Observer”). Effective as of the earlier of the first anniversary of the Closing Date and obtaining the Requisite Stockholder Approval, the Board of Directors shall take all actions necessary to further increase the size of the Board of Directors by one director (to ten total directors) and, to the extent the Approved Holders Beneficially Own at least (i) 20% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an “as-converted basis”) or (ii) 30% of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned by the Initial Investors as of the Closing and 15% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an “as-converted basis”) (as adjusted to appropriately reflect any stock split, combination, reclassification, recapitalization or similar transaction), to cause the Investor Observer to be appointed as a director on the Board of Directors.
(b) From and after the Closing Date, for as long as the Approved Holders Beneficially Own any one of the percentages of Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock set forth below, the holders of a majority of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock represented (on an “as-converted basis”) held by such Approved Holders (the “Approved Holder Majority”) shall have the exclusive right (but not the obligation), voting separately as a class, to designate to the Board of Directors, the following number of Investor Directors:
(i1) two Investor Directors (subject to increase pursuant to Section 20(a)(x4.5(j)), for as long as the Approved Holders Beneficially Own at least (x) 20% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an “as-converted basis”) or (y) at least 30% of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned by the Initial Investors as of the Closing and 15% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an “as-converted basis”) (in the case of this clause (i1), as adjusted to appropriately reflect any stock split, combination, reclassification, recapitalization or similar transaction); and and
(ii1) one Investor Director (subject to increase pursuant to Section 20(a)(x4.5(j)), for as long as the Approved Holders Beneficially Own at least (x) 10% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an “as-converted basis”) or (y) at least 15% of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned by the Initial Investors as of the Closing and 5% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an “as-converted basis”) (in the case of this clause (ii2), as adjusted to appropriately reflect any stock split, combination, reclassification, recapitalization or similar transaction).
(c) The rights to designate directors pursuant to Section 19(b4.4(b) shall be held by the Approved Holder Majority, the Initial Investors, and any subsequent Investor designated by an Approved Holder who is approved by the Company in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion (such holders, holders collectively, the “Approved Holders”).
(d) The Company and the Board of Directors shall consider in good faith designating at least one (1) Investor Director to committees of the Board of Directors, as appropriate, and to the extent permitted by applicable SEC and stock exchange requirements.
(e) The Company shall take all actions within its power to cause all designees designated pursuant to Section 19(b4.4(b) to be included in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board of Directors to the holders of Class A Common Stock for election as directors at each meeting of the Company Stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors (and/or in connection with any election by written consent) and using the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the election of each such designated Investor Directors, including (i) voting or providing a written consent or proxy with respect to Common Stock, and soliciting proxies in favor of the election of such nominees, (ii) causing the adoption of stockholders’ resolutions and amendments to the organizational documents of the Company, (iii) executing required agreements and instruments, (iv) making, or causing to be made, with governmental, administrative or regulatory authorities, all filings, registrations or similar actions that are required to achieve such result and (v) for so long as the Approved Holders retain the right rights described under Section 19(b4.4(b), not nominating or recommending the election of any other candidates against or in replacement of such designated Investor Directors.
(f) Each Investor Director and Investor Observer designated pursuant to Section 19(b4.4(b) shall serve until his or her successor is designated or his or her earlier death, disability, resignation or removal; any vacancy or newly created directorship in the position of an Investor Director may be filled only by the Approved Holder Majority, subject to the fulfillment of the requirements set forth in Section 19(g4.4(g); and each Investor Director and Investor Observer may, during his or her term of office, be removed at any time, with or without cause, by and only by the Approved Holder Majority.
(g) At all times while an Investor Director or Investor Observer is serving as a member or observer of the Board of Directors, and following any such Investor Director’s or Investor Observer’s death, disability, resignation or removal, such Investor Director or Investor Observer shall be entitled to all rights to indemnification and exculpation as are then made available to any other member or observer of the Board of Directors.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, any Investor Director or Investor Observer shall be reasonably acceptable to the Board of Directors and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee thereof acting in good faith and satisfy all applicable SEC and stock exchange requirements regarding service as a regular director or a board observer of the Company and shall comply in all material respects with the Company’s corporate governance guidelines as in effect from time to time. The Approved Holder Majority shall notify the Company of any proposed Investor Director or Directors in writing no later than the latest date on which the Company Stockholders may make nominations to the Board of Directors in accordance with the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, together with all information concerning such designee required to be delivered to the Company by the Bylaws and such other information reasonably required by the Company for such purpose.
(i) The right to designate directors pursuant to Section 19(b4.4(b) shall automatically terminate at such time as the Approved Holders no longer Beneficially Own a sufficient number of shares required to designate an Investor Director set forth in Section 19(b)(ii4.4(b)(1), and at such time, if requested in writing by the Company, any Investor Directors or Investor Observer then serving on the Board of Directors in excess of the entitled amount (if less than all then Investor Directors or Investor Observers, then as selected by the Approved Holder Majority) shall promptly resign from the Board of Directors.
(j) Nothing in this Section 19 4.4 shall be deemed to require that any party hereto, or any Affiliate thereof, act or be in violation of any applicable provision of law, regulation, legal duty or requirement or stock exchange or stock market rule.
(k) If, after termination of this the Series A-1 Certificate of Designation and the Series A-2 Certificate of Designations or such time as no shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the Approved Holder Majority continues to satisfy the ownership percentages set forth in Section 19(b4.4(b) and Section 204.5, the Approved Holder Majority may request the Company to enter into a shareholder shareholders agreement reflecting the rights set forth in such sections, which the Company and the Approved Holders shall enter into as promptly as practicable after such request (but, in any event, no later than 30 days after such request).
(l) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company and its subsidiaries in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunities that are from time to time presented to the Investors or any of their respective Affiliates affiliates or any of their respective agents, shareholders, members, partners, directors, officers, employees, Affiliates affiliates or subsidiaries (other than the Company and its subsidiaries), including any director or officer of the Company who is also an agent, shareholder, member, partner, director, officer, employee, Affiliate affiliate or subsidiary of any Investor (each, a “Specified Party”), even if the business opportunity is one that the Company or its subsidiaries might reasonably be deemed to have pursued or had the ability or desire to pursue if granted the opportunity to do so, and no Specified Party shall have any duty to communicate or offer any such business opportunity to the Company or be liable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any stockholder, including for breach of any fiduciary or other duty, as a director or officer or controlling stockholder or otherwise, and the Company shall indemnify each Specified Party against any claim that such Person person is liable to the Company or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty, by reason of the fact that such Person person (i) participates in, pursues or acquires any such business opportunity, (ii) directs any such business opportunity to another Person person or (iii) fails to present any such business opportunity, or information regarding any such business opportunity, to the Company or its subsidiaries, unless, in the case of a Person person who is a director or officer of the Company, such business opportunity is expressly offered to such director or officer in writing solely in his capacity as a director or officer of the Company.
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Sources: Securities Purchase Agreement (Lonestar Resources US Inc.)
Board Representation Rights. (a) As of the Issue Date, the Board of Directors has increased the size of the Board of Directors by one director (to nine total directors) and caused ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ (in such capacity, the “Investor Director” and together with any successors or other directors designated by the Investors pursuant to this Section 19, the “Investor Directors”) to be appointed to the Board of Directors. Additionally, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ has been appointed as a non-voting observer to the Board of Directors (in such capacity, the “Investor Observer”). Effective as of the earlier of the first anniversary of the Closing Date and obtaining the Requisite Stockholder Approval, to the extent the Approved Holders Beneficially Own at least (i) 20% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an “as-converted basis”) or (ii) 30% of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned by the Initial Investors as of the Closing and 15% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an “as-converted basis”) (as adjusted to appropriately reflect any stock split, combination, reclassification, recapitalization or similar transaction), the Board of Directors shall take all actions necessary to further increase the size of the Board of Directors by one director (to ten total directors) and to cause the Investor Observer to be appointed as a director on the Board of Directors.
(b) From and after the Closing Date, for as long as the Approved Holders Beneficially Own any one of the percentages of Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock set forth below, the holders of a majority of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock represented (on an “as-converted basis”) held by such Approved Holders (the “Approved Holder Majority”) shall have the exclusive right (but not the obligation), voting separately as a class, to designate to the Board of Directors, the following number of Investor Directors:
(i) two Investor Directors (subject to increase pursuant to Section 20(a)(x)), for as long as the Approved Holders Beneficially Own at least (x) 20% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an “as-converted basis”) or (y) at least 30% of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned by the Initial Investors as of the Closing and 15% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an “as-converted basis”) (in the case of this clause (i), as adjusted to appropriately reflect any stock split, combination, reclassification, recapitalization or similar transaction); and and
(ii) one Investor Director (subject to increase pursuant to Section 20(a)(x)), for as long as the Approved Holders Beneficially Own at least (x) 10% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an “as-converted basis”) or (y) at least 15% of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned by the Initial Investors as of the Closing and 5% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an “as-converted basis”) (in the case of this clause (ii), as adjusted to appropriately reflect any stock split, combination, reclassification, recapitalization or similar transaction).
(c) The rights to designate directors pursuant to Section 19(b) shall be held by the Approved Holder Majority, the Initial Investors, and any subsequent Investor designated by an Approved Holder who is approved by the Company in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion (such holders, collectively, the “Approved Holders”).
(d) The Company and the Board of Directors shall consider in good faith designating at least one (1) Investor Director to committees of the Board of Directors, as appropriate, and to the extent permitted by applicable SEC and stock exchange requirements.
(e) The Company shall take all actions within its power to cause all designees designated pursuant to Section 19(b) to be included in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board of Directors to the holders of Class A Common Stock for election as directors at each meeting of the Company Stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors (and/or in connection with any election by written consent) and using commercially reasonable efforts to cause the election of each such designated Investor Directors, including (i) voting or providing a written consent or proxy with respect to Common Stock, and soliciting proxies in favor of the election of such nominees, (ii) causing the adoption of stockholders’ resolutions and amendments to the organizational documents of the Company, (iii) executing required agreements and instruments, (iv) making, or causing to be made, with governmental, administrative or regulatory authorities, all filings, registrations or similar actions that are required to achieve such result and (v) for so long as the Approved Holders retain the right described under Section 19(b), not nominating or recommending the election of any other candidates against or in replacement of such designated Investor Directors.
(f) Each Investor Director and Investor Observer designated pursuant to Section 19(b) shall serve until his or her successor is designated or his or her earlier death, disability, resignation or removal; any vacancy or newly created directorship in the position of an Investor Director may be filled only by the Approved Holder Majority, subject to the fulfillment of the requirements set forth in Section 19(g19(h); and each Investor Director and Investor Observer may, during his or her term of office, be removed at any time, with or without cause, by and only by the Approved Holder Majority.
(g) At all times while an Investor Director or Investor Observer is serving as a member or observer of the Board of Directors, and following any such Investor Director’s or Investor Observer’s death, disability, resignation or removal, such Investor Director or Investor Observer shall be entitled to all rights to indemnification and exculpation as are then made available to any other member or observer of the Board of Directors.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, any Investor Director or Investor Observer shall be reasonably acceptable to the Board of Directors and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee thereof acting in good faith and satisfy all applicable SEC and stock exchange requirements regarding service as a regular director or a board observer of the Company and shall comply in all material respects with the Company’s corporate governance guidelines as in effect from time to time. The Approved Holder Majority shall notify the Company of any proposed Investor Director or Directors in writing no later than the latest date on which the Company Stockholders may make nominations to the Board of Directors in accordance with the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, together with all information concerning such designee required to be delivered to the Company by the Bylaws and such other information reasonably required by the Company for such purpose.
(i) The right to designate directors pursuant to Section 19(b) shall automatically terminate at such time as the Approved Holders no longer Beneficially Own a sufficient number of shares required to designate an Investor Director set forth in Section 19(b)(ii), and at such time, if requested in writing by the Company, any Investor Directors or Investor Observer then serving on the Board of Directors in excess of the entitled amount (if less than all then Investor Directors or Investor Observers, then as selected by the Approved Holder Majority) shall promptly resign from the Board of Directors.
(j) Nothing in this Section 19 shall be deemed to require that any party hereto, or any Affiliate thereof, act or be in violation of any applicable provision of law, regulation, legal duty or requirement or stock exchange or stock market rule.
(k) If, after termination of this Series A-1 Certificate of Designation and the Series A-2 Certificate of Designations or such time as no shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the Approved Holder Majority continues to satisfy the ownership percentages set forth in Section 19(b) and Section 20, the Approved Holder Majority may request the Company to enter into a shareholder agreement reflecting the rights set forth in such sections, which the Company and the Approved Holders shall enter into as promptly as practicable after such request (but, in any event, no later than 30 days after such request).
(l) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company and its subsidiaries in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunities that are from time to time presented to the Investors or any of their respective Affiliates or any of their respective agents, shareholders, members, partners, directors, officers, employees, Affiliates or subsidiaries (other than the Company and its subsidiaries), including any director or officer of the Company who is also an agent, shareholder, member, partner, director, officer, employee, Affiliate or subsidiary of any Investor (each, a “Specified Party”), even if the business opportunity is one that the Company or its subsidiaries might reasonably be deemed to have pursued or had the ability or desire to pursue if granted the opportunity to do so, and no Specified Party shall have any duty to communicate or offer any such business opportunity to the Company or be liable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any stockholder, including for breach of any fiduciary or other duty, as a director or officer or controlling stockholder or otherwise, and the Company shall indemnify each Specified Party against any claim that such Person is liable to the Company or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty, by reason of the fact that such Person (i) participates in, pursues or acquires any such business opportunity, (ii) directs any such business opportunity to another Person or (iii) fails to present any such business opportunity, or information regarding any such business opportunity, to the Company or its subsidiaries, unless, in the case of a Person who is a director or officer of the Company, such business opportunity is expressly offered to such director or officer in writing solely in his capacity as a director or officer of the Company.
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Sources: Securities Purchase Agreement (Lonestar Resources US Inc.)
Board Representation Rights. Further to (and, for so long as such certificates remain outstanding and effective, and not in duplication of) Section 19 of the Series A-1 Certificate and the Series A-2 Certificate:
(a) As of At or prior to the Issue DateClosing, the Board of Directors has increased shall take all actions necessary to increase the size of the Board of Directors by one director (to nine total directors) and caused to cause ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ (in such capacity, the “Investor Director” and together with any successors or other directors designated by the Investors pursuant to this Section 194.4, the “Investor Directors”) to be appointed to the Board of Directors. Additionally, at or prior to the Closing, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ has been shall be appointed as a non-voting observer to the Board of Directors (in such capacity, the “Investor Observer”). Effective as of the earlier of the first anniversary of the Closing Date and obtaining the Requisite Stockholder Approval, the Board of Directors shall take all actions necessary to further increase the size of the Board of Directors by one director (to ten total directors) and to cause the Investor Observer to be appointed as a director on the Board of Directors.
(b) From and after the Closing Date, for as long as the Approved Holders Beneficially Own any one of the percentages of Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock set forth below, the holders of a majority of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock represented (on an “as-converted basis”) held by such Approved Holders (the “Approved Holder Majority”) shall have the exclusive right (but not the obligation), voting separately as a class, to designate to the Board of Directors, the following number of Investor Directors:
(i1) two Investor Directors (subject to increase pursuant to Section 20(a)(x4.5(j)), for as long as the Approved Holders Beneficially Own at least (xi) 20% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an “as-converted basis”) or (yii) at least 30% of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned by the Initial Investors as of the Closing (in the case of this clause (i1), as adjusted to appropriately reflect any stock split, combination, reclassification, recapitalization or similar transaction); and and
(ii2) one Investor Director (subject to increase pursuant to Section 20(a)(x4.5(j)), for as long as the Approved Holders Beneficially Own at least (xi) 10% of the total number of outstanding shares of Common Stock (on an “as-converted basis”) or (yii) at least 15% of the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned by the Initial Investors as of the Closing (in the case of this clause (ii2), as adjusted to appropriately reflect any stock split, combination, reclassification, recapitalization or similar transaction).
(c) The rights to designate directors pursuant to Section 19(b4.4(b) shall be held by the Approved Holder Majority, the Initial Investors, and any subsequent Investor designated by an Approved Holder who is approved by the Company in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion (such holders, holders collectively, the “Approved Holders”).
(d) The Company and the Board of Directors shall consider in good faith designating at least one (1) Investor Director to committees of the Board of Directors, as appropriate, and to the extent permitted by applicable SEC and stock exchange requirements.
(e) The Company shall take all actions within its power to cause all designees designated pursuant to Section 19(b4.4(b) to be included in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board of Directors to the holders of Class A Common Stock for election as directors at each meeting of the Company Stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors (and/or in connection with any election by written consent) and using the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the election of each such designated Investor Directors, including (i) voting or providing a written consent or proxy with respect to Common Stock, and soliciting proxies in favor of the election of such nominees, (ii) causing the adoption of stockholders’ resolutions and amendments to the organizational documents of the Company, (iii) executing required agreements and instruments, (iv) making, or causing to be made, with governmental, administrative or regulatory authorities, all filings, registrations or similar actions that are required to achieve such result and (v) for so long as the Approved Holders retain the right rights described under Section 19(b4.4(b), not nominating or recommending the election of any other candidates against or in replacement of such designated Investor Directors.
(f) Each Investor Director and Investor Observer designated pursuant to Section 19(b4.4(b) shall serve until his or her successor is designated or his or her earlier death, disability, resignation or removal; any vacancy or newly created directorship in the position of an Investor Director may be filled only by the Approved Holder Majority, subject to the fulfillment of the requirements set forth in Section 19(g4.4(g); and each Investor Director and Investor Observer may, during his or her term of office, be removed at any time, with or without cause, by and only by the Approved Holder Majority.
(g) At all times while an Investor Director or Investor Observer is serving as a member or observer of the Board of Directors, and following any such Investor Director’s or Investor Observer’s death, disability, resignation or removal, such Investor Director or Investor Observer shall be entitled to all rights to indemnification and exculpation as are then made available to any other member or observer of the Board of Directors.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, any Investor Director or Investor Observer shall be reasonably acceptable to the Board of Directors and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee thereof acting in good faith and satisfy all applicable SEC and stock exchange requirements regarding service as a regular director or a board observer of the Company and shall comply in all material respects with the Company’s corporate governance guidelines as in effect from time to time. The Approved Holder Majority shall notify the Company of any proposed Investor Director or Directors in writing no later than the latest date on which the Company Stockholders may make nominations to the Board of Directors in accordance with the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, together with all information concerning such designee required to be delivered to the Company by the Bylaws and such other information reasonably required by the Company for such purpose.
(i) The right to designate directors pursuant to Section 19(b4.4(b) shall automatically terminate at such time as the Approved Holders no longer Beneficially Own a sufficient number of shares required to designate an Investor Director set forth in Section 19(b)(ii4.4(b)(2), and at such time, if requested in writing by the Company, any Investor Directors or Investor Observer then serving on the Board of Directors in excess of the entitled amount (if less than all then Investor Directors or Investor Observers, then as selected by the Approved Holder Majority) shall promptly resign from the Board of Directors.
(j) Nothing in this Section 19 4.4 shall be deemed to require that any party hereto, or any Affiliate thereof, act or be in violation of any applicable provision of law, regulation, legal duty or requirement or stock exchange or stock market rule.
(k) If, after termination of this the Series A-1 Certificate of Designation and the Series A-2 Certificate of Designations or such time as no shares of Series A Preferred Stock remain outstanding, the Approved Holder Majority continues to satisfy the ownership percentages set forth in Section 19(b4.4(b) and Section 204.5, the Approved Holder Majority may request the Company to enter into a shareholder shareholders agreement reflecting the rights set forth in such sections, which the Company and the Approved Holders shall enter into as promptly as practicable after such request (but, in any event, no later than 30 days after such request).
(l) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, renounces any interest or expectancy of the Company and its subsidiaries in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any business opportunities that are from time to time presented to the Investors or any of their respective Affiliates affiliates or any of their respective agents, shareholders, members, partners, directors, officers, employees, Affiliates affiliates or subsidiaries (other than the Company and its subsidiaries), including any director or officer of the Company who is also an agent, shareholder, member, partner, director, officer, employee, Affiliate affiliate or subsidiary of any Investor (each, a “Specified Party”), even if the business opportunity is one that the Company or its subsidiaries might reasonably be deemed to have pursued or had the ability or desire to pursue if granted the opportunity to do so, and no Specified Party shall have any duty to communicate or offer any such business opportunity to the Company or be liable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any stockholder, including for breach of any fiduciary or other duty, as a director or officer or controlling stockholder or otherwise, and the Company shall indemnify each Specified Party against any claim that such Person person is liable to the Company or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty, by reason of the fact that such Person person (i) participates in, pursues or acquires any such business opportunity, (ii) directs any such business opportunity to another Person person or (iii) fails to present any such business opportunity, or information regarding any such business opportunity, to the Company or its subsidiaries, unless, in the case of a Person person who is a director or officer of the Company, such business opportunity is expressly offered to such director or officer in writing solely in his capacity as a director or officer of the Company.
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Sources: Securities Purchase Agreement (Lonestar Resources US Inc.)