Dividends; Stock Splits or Combinations. (i) Subject to applicable law and the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference senior to or the right to participate with the Class A Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends, dividends of cash or property may be declared and paid on the Class A Common Stock out of the assets of the Corporation that are by law available therefor, at the times and in the amounts as the Board in its discretion may determine. (ii) Except as provided in Section 5.1(b)(iii) with respect to stock dividends, dividends of cash or property may not be declared or paid on the Class B Common Stock. (iii) In no event will any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, combination of stock, reclassification or recapitalization be declared or made on any class of Common Stock (each, a “Stock Adjustment”) unless a corresponding Stock Adjustment for all other classes of Common Stock at the time outstanding is made in the same proportion and the same manner (unless the 1 Note to Draft: To provide for the transfer of membership interests in Holdco to New Whale and the redemption of Class B Common Stock in return for the issuance of Class A Common Stock. holders of shares representing a majority of the voting power of any such other class of Common Stock (voting separately as a single class) waive such requirement in advance and in writing, in which event no such Stock Adjustment need be made for such other class of Common Stock). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall be entitled to declare a stock dividend on the Class A Common Stock without any corresponding Stock Adjustment to the Class B Common Stock so long as, after the payment of such stock dividend on the Class A Common Stock, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding (excluding any shares issuable upon the exercise of any options, warrants, restricted stock units, exchange rights, conversion rights or similar rights for Class A Common Stock and excluding any shares issuable as a result of any Redemption (as defined in the HoldCo LLC Agreement) pursuant to the applicable provisions of Section [•] of the HoldCo LLC Agreement (without regard to any timing, vesting or other restrictions on Redemption contained therein and assuming no Redemptions for cash)), does not exceed the number of Common Units owned by the Corporation. Dividends payable in shares of Common Stock with respect to each class of Common Stock may only be paid with shares of stock of the same class of Common Stock.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Transaction Agreement (Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc.)
Dividends; Stock Splits or Combinations. (i) Subject to applicable law and the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference senior to or the right to participate with the Class A Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends, dividends of cash or property may be declared and paid on the Class A Common Stock out of the assets of the Corporation that are by law available therefor, at the times and in the amounts as the Board in its discretion may determine.
(ii) Except as provided in Section 5.1(b)(iii) with respect to stock dividends, dividends of cash or property may not be declared or paid on the Class B Common Stock.
(iii) In no event will any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, combination of stock, reclassification or recapitalization (each, a “Stock Adjustment”) be declared or made on any class of Common Stock (each, a “Stock Adjustment”) unless a corresponding Stock Adjustment for all other classes of Common Stock at the time outstanding is made in the same proportion and the same manner (unless the 1 Note to Draft: To provide for the transfer of membership interests in Holdco to New Whale and the redemption of Class B Common Stock in return for the issuance of Class A Common Stock. holders of shares representing a majority of the voting power of any such other class of Common Stock (voting separately as a single class) waive such requirement in advance and in writing, in which event no such Stock Adjustment need be made for such other class of Common Stock). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall be entitled to (A) declare a stock dividend on the Class A Common Stock without any corresponding Stock Adjustment to only in the Class B Common Stock so long as, after the payment of event that such stock dividend on is made in connection with the issuance of Common Units by OpCo to the Corporation in exchange for additional capital contributions made by the Corporation to OpCo and (B) declare a stock split or stock dividend in connection with the repurchase of shares of Class A Common Stock, the Stock such that after giving effect to such repurchase and subsequent stock split or stock dividend there shall be outstanding an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock as were outstanding prior to such repurchase and subsequent stock split or stock dividend, in each case (excluding A) and (B), without any shares issuable upon the exercise of any options, warrants, restricted stock units, exchange rights, conversion rights or similar rights for Class A Common corresponding Stock and excluding any shares issuable as a result of any Redemption (as defined in the HoldCo LLC Agreement) pursuant Adjustment to the applicable provisions of Section [•] of the HoldCo LLC Agreement (without regard to any timing, vesting or other restrictions on Redemption contained therein and assuming no Redemptions for cash)), does not exceed the number classes of Common Units owned by the CorporationStock. Dividends payable in shares of Common Stock dividends with respect to each class of Common Stock may only be paid with shares of stock of the same class of Common Stock.
Appears in 1 contract
Dividends; Stock Splits or Combinations. (i) Subject to Section 5.1(c)(ii), applicable law and the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference senior to or the right to participate with the Class A Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends, dividends of cash or property may be declared and paid on the Class A Common Stock out of the assets of the Corporation that are by law available therefor, at the times and in the amounts as the Board in its discretion may determine.
(ii) Except as provided in Subject to Section 5.1(b)(iii) with respect to stock dividends5.1(c)(iv), dividends of cash or property may not be declared or paid on the Class A Common Stock unless a dividend of the same amount per share and same type of cash or property (or combination thereof) per share is concurrently declared or paid on the Class B Common Stock. Dividends of cash or property may not be declared or paid on the Class B Common Stock unless a dividend of the same amount per share and same type of cash or property (or combination thereof) per share is concurrently declared or paid on the Class A Common Stock.
(iii) In no event will any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, combination of stock, reclassification or recapitalization be declared or made on any class of Common Stock (each, a “Stock Adjustment”) unless a corresponding Stock Adjustment for all other classes of Common Stock at the time outstanding is made in the same proportion and the same manner (unless the 1 Note to Draft: To provide for the transfer of membership interests in Holdco to New Whale and the redemption of Class B Common Stock in return for the issuance of Class A Common Stock. holders of shares representing a majority of the voting power of any such other class of Common Stock (voting separately as a single class) waive such requirement in advance and in writing, in which event no such Stock Adjustment need be made for such other class of Common Stock). .
(iv) Notwithstanding anything to the foregoingcontrary, if a dividend in the form of capital stock of a subsidiary of the Corporation shall be entitled to declare a stock dividend is declared or paid on the Class A Common Stock without any corresponding and the Class B Common Stock, the relative per share voting rights of the capital stock of such subsidiary so distributed in respect of the Class A Common Stock Adjustment to and the Class B Common Stock so long as, after shall be (a) in the payment same proportion as and substantially similar to the relative voting rights of a share of Class A Common Stock and a share of Class B Common Stock or (b) as otherwise determined at the time of such stock dividend by the Board and, for any Convertible Security declared or paid as a divided on the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock, each voting security of the number Corporation underlying such Convertible Security paid to holders of shares Class B Common Stock shall be convertible into the voting security underlying the Convertible Security paid to the holders of Class A Common Stock outstanding (excluding any shares issuable upon terms and conditions that are substantially similar to the exercise terms and conditions applicable to the conversion of any options, warrants, restricted stock units, exchange rights, conversion rights or similar rights for Class B Common Stock into Class A Common Stock and excluding any shares issuable as a result of any Redemption (as defined in the HoldCo LLC Agreement) pursuant to the applicable provisions of Section [•] of the HoldCo LLC Agreement (without regard to any timing, vesting or other restrictions on Redemption contained therein and assuming no Redemptions for cash)), does not exceed the number of Common Units owned by the Corporation. Dividends payable in shares of Common Stock with respect to each class of Common Stock may only be paid with shares of stock of the same class of Common Stock.
Appears in 1 contract