this Certificate of Incorporation) the approval (by vote or written consent as provided by law) of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock, voting or consenting together as a single class on an as-converted basis, and any such act or transaction entered into without such consent or vote shall be null and void ab initio, and of no force or effect:
(i) directly or indirectly declare or pay, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to declare or pay, any dividends or make any distributions upon any of its capital stock or other Equity Securities, except that (a) any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends or make distributions (directly or indirectly) to the Corporation or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary and (b) the Corporation may declare and pay dividends payable in shares of its Common Stock as described in Section 6D upon the outstanding shares of its Common Stock;
(ii) directly or indirectly (a) redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, any of the Corporation’s or any of its Subsidiary’s capital stock or other Equity Securities (including warrants, options and other rights to acquire such capital stock or other Equity Securities), or assign or transfer any rights or options to make any such redemption, repurchase or other acquisition, or (b) redeem, repurchase or make any payments with respect to any stock appreciation rights, phantom stock plans or similar rights or plans, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to so redeem, repurchase or make such payments, or assign or transfer any rights or options to make such redemption, repurchase or payment, in each case other than redemptions of the Preferred Stock in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation;
(iii) create or authorize the creation of or issue any other security convertible into or exercisable for any equity security, having rights, preferences or privileges senior to or on a parity with the Preferred Stock, or increase the authorized number of shares of Preferred Stock;
(iv) effect a recapitalization or reorganization or change in the form of organization or other Organic Change in any form of transaction (including the formation of a parent holding company for the Corporation, reorganization into any non-corporate entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes or a transaction to change the domicile of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries);
(v) merge or consolidate with any Person or permit any Subsidiary to merge or consolidate with any Person or consummate (other than the merger of a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary with and into the Corporation or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary), permit or in any manner facilitate a sale of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or a change in control of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, including a Fundamental Change or a Change in Ownership;
(vi) create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, or permit any Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any indebtedness in excess of $2,500,000 at any time on an aggregate consolidated basis, or amend, modify, supplement or waive any provision of the documents, agreements or instruments evidencing, securing or otherwise pertaining to any such indebtedness of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, or refinance, substitute or replace any such indebtedness of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries;
(vii) acquire, or permit any Subsidiary to acquire, any interest in any company or business (whether by a purchase of assets, purchase of stock or other equity interests, merger or otherwise), or enter into, or permit any Subsidiary to enter into, any partnership or joint venture, involving an aggregate consideration by the Corporation and/or any of its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the assumption of liabilities whether direct or indirect) exceeding $1,000,000 in any one transaction or series of related transactions or exceeding $2,000,000 in any twelve-month period;
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