“Person” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock corporation, limited liability company or trust.
“Preferred Stock” means the Preferred Stock, par value of $1.00 each, of the Corporation.
“Record Date” means, with respect to any issuance, dividend or distribution declared, paid or made on or with respect to any capital stock of the Corporation, the date fixed for the determination of the holders of such capital stock entitled to receive such issuance, dividend or distribution.
“Registrar” means the Corporation or any other registrar appointed by the Corporation.
“Reorganization Event” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 11(a).
“Senior Securities” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 3(c).
“Series A Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 1.
“Spin-Off” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 10(e)(v).
“Spin-Off Valuation Period” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 10(e)(v).
“Trading Day” means a day on which the shares of Common Stock or any securities distributed in aSpin-Off, as the case may be:
(i) are not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or association orover-the-counter market at the Close of Business; and
(ii) have traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or association orover-the-counter market that is the primary market for the trading of the Common Stock.
“Transfer” means, with respect to each share of Series A Preferred Stock, the sale, transfer, pledge, assignment, loan or other disposition or encumbrance of such share of Series A Preferred Stock.
“Trigger Event” has the meaning set forth in Subdivision 10(o).
“Voting Shares” of a Person means shares of all classes of Capital Stock of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the board of directors of such Person.
3. Ranking. The Series A Preferred Stock shall, with respect to dividend rights and rights on liquidation,winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation, rank:
(a) senior to the Corporation’s Common Stock and each other class or series of capital stock that the Corporation may issue in the future the terms of which do not expressly provide that it ranks on a parity with or senior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights on liquidation,winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation (collectively, the “Junior Securities”);
(b) on a parity with each class or series of Preferred Stock established after the Issue Date by the Corporation the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights on liquidation,winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation (collectively, the “Parity Securities”); and
(c) subject to the approval of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock to the extent required by Subdivision 6 of Article FOURTH of the Certificate of Incorporation, junior to any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock that the Corporation may issue in the future the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series shall rank senior to the Series A Preferred Stock (collectively, the “Senior Securities”).
For the avoidance of doubt, the Corporation has the right to authorize and/or issue additional shares or classes or series of Junior Securities or Parity Securities without notice to or consent of the Holder(s).
A-11