Common use of Class B Membership Clause in Contracts

Class B Membership. (a) Class B Memberships in the Corporation (each a “Class B Membership” and the holder thereof, a “Class B Member”) shall represent the right to trade on and otherwise utilize the facilities of the Corporation in accordance with and to the extent permitted by this Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and, to the extent not inconsistent with this Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws or the Rules. There shall be authorized three thousand six hundred eighty-one (3,681) Class B Memberships, which shall be divided into five (5) series (“Series”) as follows: 1, 402 Series B-1 Memberships (each, a “Series B-1 Membership” and the holder thereof, a “Series B-1 Member”); 867 Series B-2 Memberships (each, a “Series B-2 Membership” and the holder thereof, a “Series B-2 Member”); 128 Series B-3 Memberships (each, a “Series B-3 Membership” and the holder thereof, a “Series B-3 Member”); 641 Series B-4 Memberships (each, a “Series B-4 Membership” and the holder thereof, a “Series B-4 Member”); and 643 Series B-5 Memberships (each, a “Series B-5 Membership” and the holder thereof, a “Series B-5 Member”); (b) Notwithstanding Section B(2)(a) of this Article IV, the Corporation may issue additional authorized but unissued Series B-2 Memberships only in connection with the conversion of Series B-3 Memberships into Series B-2 Memberships pursuant to Section D(3) of this Article IV and no person may become or qualify as a Series B-2 Member at any time by acquiring a theretofore authorized but unissued Series B-2 Membership except as a result of such a conversion. (c) Class B Memberships shall have no right to receive any dividend or other distribution (including upon liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or otherwise) to be declared, paid or distributed by the Corporation. The respective rights and privileges of each Series of Class B Membership shall be as provided in or pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws.