3.4 Series F Preferred Stock Protective Provisions.
3.4.1. For so long as any shares of Series F Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, nor shall it permit any subsidiary to, either directly or indirectly by amendment, merger, consolidation or otherwise, do any of the following without (in addition to any other vote required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation) the written consent or affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Series F Preferred Stock, given in writing or by vote at a meeting, consenting or voting (as the case may be) exclusively as a separate class, 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:
(a) engage in any transaction or agreement between the Corporation or any subsidiary thereof, on the one hand, and any officer or director of, or any person or entity who, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Corporation (other than the Corporation or any wholly owned subsidiary thereof) on the other hand other than (1) the issuance of equity securities of the Company solely for financing purposes and so long as the holders of Series F Preferred Stock have the opportunity to purchase at least their pro rata share of the securities issued in such financing transaction, (2) any arms-length ordinary course executive compensation matters and (3) agreements on terms no less favorable to the Company than those that might be obtained at the time from an unaffiliated third party;
(b) amend, alter, waive or repeal the designations or the stated rights, preferences or privileges of the Series F Preferred Stock in a manner that significantly and adversely affects the Series F Preferred Stock;
(c) create, or authorize the creation of, or issue or obligate the Corporation to issue shares of, any additional class or series of capital stock unless the same ranks junior to, or is pari passu with, the Series F Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets on the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation or in a Deemed Liquidation Event;
(d) purchase or redeem (or permit any subsidiary to purchase or redeem) any shares of capital stock of the Corporation other than (1) so long as such redemption or repurchase, in each case, would not result in Goldman owning or controlling, or being deemed to own or control, greater than 24.99% of the total equity of the Corporation following such redemption or repurchase, (x) Employee Repurchases; provided, however, that with respect to Employee Repurchases, the repurchase price therefor shall not exceed the lower of the original purchase price of such shares or the then-current fair market value thereof, (y) redemption of the Series D-1 Preferred Stock or Series E-1 Preferred Stock pursuant to Article Fourteenth, and (z) any other redemption or repurchase of capital stock in which the holders of Series F Preferred Stock are provided an opportunity to participate in such sale to the Company on a pro rata basis, and (2) redemption of the Series F Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 6;
(e) pay or declare any dividend, or authorize or make any distribution, on any shares of capital stock of the Corporation at any time that there are accrued, but unpaid dividends on the Series F Preferred, other than dividends or other distributions payable on the Common Stock solely in the form of additional shares of Common Stock.
3.4.2. For so long as any shares of Series F Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, nor shall it permit any subsidiary to, either directly or indirectly by amendment, merger, consolidation or otherwise, do any of the following:
(a) create, or authorize the creation of, or issue, or authorize the issuance of, any indebtedness for borrowed money not in existence on the date hereof (including all
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