(b) Protective Provisions. In addition to any vote required by the General Corporation Law, other applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or this Certificate of Designations, for so long as any of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall remain outstanding, the Corporation shall not, either directly or indirectly by amendment, merger, consolidation or otherwise, take any of the following actions, including whether by amendment, merger, consolidation or otherwise, without (in addition to any other vote required by the General Corporation Law, other applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or this Certificate of Designations), the written consent or affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-five percent (65%) of the then outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock voting as a separate class to:
(i) authorize or create, or increase the authorized amount of, or issue any class or series of Senior Stock, or reclassify or amend the provisions of any existing class of securities of the Corporation into shares of Senior Stock;
(ii) authorize, create or issue any stock or debt instrument or other obligation that is convertible or exchangeable into shares of its Senior Stock (or that is accompanied by options or warrants to purchase such Senior Stock);
(iii) amend, alter or repeal any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or this Certificate of Designations, in either case, in a manner that adversely affects the rights, preferences, privileges or powers of the Series B Preferred Stock;
(iv) declare or pay any dividends or other distributions in cash or property with respect to its Capital Stock (other than dividends or other distributions of cash or property paid on the Series B Preferred Stock or Parity Stock in accordance with their respective certificates of designation);
(v) redeem, repurchase, recapitalize or acquire shares of its Class A Common Stock or other Junior Stock (other than with respect to customary repurchase rights or tax withholding arrangements with respect to equity awards or benefit plans and the exchange of outstanding warrants consistent with past practice or as contemplated by the Certificate of Incorporation as in effect on the date hereof with respect to the Class B Common Stock);
(vi) redeem, repurchase, recapitalize or acquire shares of its Parity Stock other than (A) pro rata offers to purchase all, or a pro rata portion, of the Series B Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock, (B) as a result of a reclassification of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock, (C) the exchange or conversion of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock or Junior Stock, (D) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Parity Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Parity Stock or the security being converted or exchanged or (E) in accordance with mandatory redemption obligations set forth in their respective certificates of designation; or
(vii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, repurchase, recapitalize or acquire shares of its Capital Stock in a transaction that would be treated, in whole or in part, as a dividend for U.S. federal income tax purposes (unless such redemption, repurchase, recapitalization or acquisition, based on the Corporation’s reasonable determination, is an isolated transaction within the meaning of U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.305-3(b)(3) or is in connection with a Change of Control).
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