“Permitted Trust” shall mean a bona fide trust where each trustee is (i) a Founder, (ii) a Family Member of a Founder, or (iii) a professional in the business of providing trustee services, including private professional fiduciaries, trust companies, and bank trust departments.
“Person” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, or other form of business organization, whether or not regarded as a legal entity under applicable law, or any Governmental Authority or any department, agency, or political subdivision thereof.
“Transfer” shall mean any direct or indirect sale, exchange, redemption, assignment, distribution, encumbrance, hypothecation, gift, pledge, retirement, transfer, conveyance, or other disposition or alienation in any way (whether or not for value and whether voluntarily, involuntarily, or by operation of law), including, without limitation: (i) assignments and distributions resulting from death, incompetency, bankruptcy, liquidation, and dissolution; (ii) a transfer to a broker or other nominee (regardless of whether there is a corresponding change in beneficial ownership); and (iii) the transfer of, or entering into a binding agreement with respect to the transfer of, Voting Control (as defined below).
“Voting Control” means, with respect to a share of Class B Common Stock, the power (whether exclusive or shared) to vote or direct the voting of such share by proxy, voting agreement, or otherwise.
3.1.4 Mechanics of Conversion. In the event of an optional conversion pursuant to Section 3.1.1, before any holder of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled voluntarily to convert the same into shares of Class A Common Stock, such holder shall surrender, if certificated, the certificate or certificates therefor, duly endorsed, at the office of the Corporation or of any transfer agent for such stock, and shall give written notice to the Corporation at such office that such holder elects to convert the same and shall state therein the name or names in which such holder wishes the certificate or certificates for shares of Class A Common Stock to be issued. The Corporation shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, issue and deliver at such office to such holder, or to the nominee or nominees of such holder, a certificate or certificates for the number of shares of Class A Common Stock to which such holder shall be entitled as aforesaid. Such optional conversion shall be deemed to have been made at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the date of surrender of the shares of Class B Common Stock to be converted, and the person or persons entitled to receive the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Class A Common Stock on such date. If the conversion is in connection with the mandatory conversion provisions set forth in Section 3.1.3, such conversion shall be deemed to have been made (i) in the case of Section 3.1.3(A), at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the applicable date of the Transfer, (ii) in the case of Section 3.1.3(B), at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on a date fixed by the Board of Directors that is not less than 61 days nor more than 180 days following (and if no date is fixed by the Board of Directors, than 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the date that is 180 days following) the first time after such Founder is terminated for cause, (iii) in the case of Section 3.1.3(C), at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the date such Founder voluntarily ceases providing Services to the Corporation as an employee or member of the Board of Directors or (iv) in the case of Section 3.1.3(D), at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the nine (9) month anniversary of the of death of the applicable Founder; provided that during such period between the applicable Founder’s death and the nine (9) month anniversary thereof, a person designated by such Founder and approved by the Board of Directors (or, if there is no such person, then the Secretary of the Corporation in office from time to time) shall exercise Voting Control over all outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock held by the Founder or such Founder’s Permitted Transferees immediately prior to such Founder’s death. The persons entitled to receive shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holders of such shares of Class A Common Stock as of the applicable date, and, until presented for transfer, certificates previously evidencing shares of Class B Common Stock shall represent the number of shares of Class A
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