Priority as to Dividends Clause Samples

The "Priority as to Dividends" clause establishes the order in which different classes of shareholders are entitled to receive dividend payments. Typically, this means that preferred shareholders must be paid their specified dividends before any dividends can be distributed to common shareholders. For example, if a company declares a dividend, holders of preferred shares will receive their agreed-upon amount first, and only after these obligations are met will common shareholders receive any remaining dividends. This clause ensures that certain investors have a protected right to income from the company, thereby allocating risk and providing clarity on the distribution of profits.
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Priority as to Dividends. No full dividends shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment on any class or series of equity securities ranking, as to dividends, on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock for any Dividend Period (in whole or in part) unless full dividends have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for such payment) on the Series A Preferred Stock for such Dividend Period. If dividends are not paid in full (or declared and a sum sufficient for A-8
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Priority as to Dividends. (i) So long as any Series 7 Preferred Units are outstanding, no dividend or distribution of cash or other property shall be authorized, declared, paid or set apart for payment on or with respect to any class or series of Common Units or any class or series of other Units of the Partnership ranking junior to the Series 7 Preferred Units as to the payment of dividends (such Common Units or other junior Units, collectively, “Junior Units”), nor shall any cash or other property be set aside for or applied to the purchase, redemption or other acquisition for consideration of any Series 7 Preferred Units, any Parity Preferred Units with respect to dividends, or any Junior Units, unless, in each case, all dividends accumulated on all Series 7 Preferred Units and all classes and series of outstanding Parity Preferred Units with respect to dividends have been paid in full or funds have been set apart for the payment therefor for all past dividend periods. Without limiting Section 5(B) hereof, the fore-going sentence will not prohibit (i) dividends or distributions payable solely in the form of Common Units or other Junior Units, (ii) the conversion of Junior Units or Parity Preferred Units into Junior Units, (iii) acquisitions by the Partnership of the Series 7 Preferred Units, Parity Preferred Units, Junior Units or any other capital stock pursuant to Article 5 of the General Partner’s Articles of Incorporation to the extent required to preserve the General Partner’s status as a real estate investment trust, (iv) acquisitions of Junior Units for purposes of any employee or director benefit plan of the Partnership or any subsidiary, and (v) purchases or acquisitions of Series 7 Preferred Units pursuant to a purchase or an exchange offer that is made on the same terms to all holders of Series 7 Preferred Units. (ii) So long as dividends have not been paid in full (or a sum sufficient for such full payment is not irrevocably deposited in trust for payment) upon the Series 7 Preferred Units and Parity Preferred Units with respect to dividends, all dividends authorized and declared on the Series 7 Preferred Units and all classes or series of outstanding Parity Preferred Units with respect to dividends shall be authorized and declared pro rata so that the amount of dividends authorized and declared per share of Series 7 Preferred Units and such other classes or series of Parity Preferred Units shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued dividends p...
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Priority as to Dividends. No full dividends shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment on any Parity Stock or Junior Stock for any Dividend Period unless full dividends have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for such payment) on the Preferred Stock for such Dividend Period. When dividends are not paid in full (or declared and a sum sufficient for such full payment is not so set apart) for any Dividend Period on the Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock, dividends declared on the Preferred Stock and Parity Stock shall only be declared pro rata based upon the respective amounts that would have been paid on the Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock had dividends been declared in full. In addition to the foregoing restriction, the Company shall not declare, pay or set apart funds for any dividends or other distributions (other than in Common Stock or other Junior Stock) with respect to any Common Stock or other Junior Stock of the Company or repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or set apart funds for repurchase, redemption or other acquisition of, any Common Stock or other Junior Stock through a sinking fund or otherwise, in any case during or in respect of any Dividend Period, unless the Company shall, during such Dividend Period, declare a cash dividend on the Preferred Stock at the annual dividend rate in respect of such Dividend Period, and sufficient funds have been paid over to the dividend disbursing agent for the Company for the payment of such cash dividend on the Dividend Payment Date for such Dividend Period. No dividend shall be paid or set aside for holders of Preferred Stock for any Dividend Period unless full dividends have been paid or set aside for the holders of each class or series of equity securities of the Company if any, ranking prior to the Preferred Stock as to the dividends for such Dividend Period.
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Priority as to Dividends. No dividends shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment on Common Stock or on Preferred Stock of any series ranking, as to dividends and distributions, junior to the Series A Preferred Stock, unless at the time of such declaration or payment or setting apart for payment all dividends to which holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled pursuant to Section 2(a) have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for such payment).
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Related to Priority as to Dividends

  • Priority of Dividends So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date). The foregoing limitation shall not apply to (i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (ii) the acquisition by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (iii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock. When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case of Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Issuer will provide written notice to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

  • Distributions Upon Liquidation Proceeds from a Terminating Capital Transaction and any other cash received or reductions in reserves made after commencement of the liquidation of the Partnership shall be distributed to the Partners in accordance with Section 13.2.

  • Distributions; Upstream Payments Declare or make any Distributions, except Upstream Payments and Permitted Distributions; or create or suffer to exist any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of a Subsidiary of Parent to make any Upstream Payment, except for restrictions under the Loan Documents, under Applicable Law or in effect on the Closing Date as shown on Schedule 9.1.15.

  • DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS Declare or pay any dividend or distribution either in cash, stock or any other property on Borrower's stock now or hereafter outstanding, nor redeem, retire, repurchase or otherwise acquire any shares of any class of Borrower's stock now or hereafter outstanding.

  • Dividends, Distributions and Redemptions To enable each Fund to pay dividends or other distributions to shareholders of each such Fund and to make payment to shareholders who have requested repurchase or redemption of their shares of each such Fund (collectively, the "Shares"), the Custodian shall release cash or Securities insofar as available. In the case of cash, the Custodian shall, upon the receipt of Instructions, transfer such funds by check or wire transfer to any account at any bank or trust company designated by each such Fund in such Instructions. In the case of Securities, the Custodian shall, upon the receipt of Special Instructions, make such transfer to any entity or account designated by each such Fund in such Special Instructions.