“Change of Control Conversion Right” means the right of a holder of Series B Preference Shares to convert some or all of the Series B Preference Shares held by such holder on the Change of Control Conversion Date into a number of Common Shares per Series B Preference Share pursuant to the conversion provisions in thisSection 5 with respect to the Series B Preference Shares.
“Change of Control Conversion Date” means the date fixed by the Board, in its sole discretion, as the date the Series B Preference Shares are to be converted, which will be a Business Day that is no fewer than 20 days nor more than 35 days after the date on which the Company provides the Conversion Notice to holders of the Series B Preference Shares.
“Common Share Price” means (i) the amount of cash consideration per Common Share, if the consideration to be received in the Change of Control by the holders of the Common Shares is solely cash; and (ii) the average of the closing prices for the Common Shares on the NYSE for the ten consecutive trading days immediately preceding, but not including, the Change of Control Conversion Date, if the consideration to be received in the Change of Control by the holders of the Common Shares is other than solely cash.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holders of Series B Preference Shares will not have a conversion right upon a Change of Control if (i) the acquiror has shares listed or quoted on the NYSE, the NYSE American or NASDAQ or listed or quoted on an exchange or quotation system that is a successor to the NYSE, the NYSE American or NASDAQ, and (ii) the Series B Preference Shares remain continuously listed or quoted on the NYSE, the NYSE American or NASDAQ or listed or quoted on an exchange or quotation system that is a successor to the NYSE, the NYSE American or NASDAQ.
Section 6. Status of Acquired Shares. All Series B Preferred Shares redeemed and cancelled by the Company in accordance withSection 4 hereof, or otherwise acquired by the Company, shall be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of undesignated preference shares of the Company.
Section 7. Ranking. The Series B Preference Shares will, with respect to anticipated quarterly dividends and distributions upon the liquidation,winding-up and dissolution of the Company’s affairs, rank: (i) senior to the Company’s Common Shares and to each other class or series of capital stock established after the original issue date of the Series B Preference Shares that is not expressly made senior to, or on parity with, the Series B Preference Shares as to the payment of dividends and amounts payable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, whether voluntary or involuntary (“Junior Securities”); (ii) equal to the “8.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preference Shares, par value $0.01 per share” (the “Series A Preference Shares”) and any other class or series of capital stock established after the original issue date of the Series B Preference Shares that is expressly made equal to the Series B Preference Shares as to the payment of dividends and amounts payable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, whether voluntary or involuntary (“Parity Securities”); and (iii) junior to any class or series of capital stock established after the original issue date of the Series B Preference Shares that is expressly made senior to the Series B Preference Shares as to the payment of dividends and amounts payable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, whether voluntary or involuntary (“Senior Securities”).
The Company may issue Junior Securities from time to time in one or more series without the consent of the holders of the Series B Preference Shares. The Company may also issue Parity Securities from time to time in one or more series as long as the cumulative dividends on the Series B Preference Shares are not in arrears. The Company’s ability to issue Senior Securities shall be limited as described inSection 8 hereof.
Section 8. Voting Rights. The Series B Preference Shares shall have no voting rights, except as provided in thisSection 8 and as otherwise provided by Bermuda law.
(a) In the event that dividends, payable on the Series B Preference Shares are in arrears for six or more quarterly periods, whether or not consecutive, holders of the Series B Preference Shares, (voting together as a class with Series A Preference Shares and all other classes or series of Parity Securities upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable) shall be entitled to elect two additional directors to serve on the Board, and the size of the Board will be increased as needed to accommodate such change (unless the size of the Board has already been increased by reason of the election of directors by holders of Parity Securities upon which like voting rights have been conferred and with which the Series B Preference Shares voted as a class for the election of such director). Dividends payable on the Series B Preference Shares will be considered to be in
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