Transfer of Shares of Class B Common Stock
Upon a transfer of a Class B Common Unit or other applicable Units in accordance with the APW OpCo LLC Agreement, an equal number of shares of Class B Common Stock will automatically be transferred from the holder to the same transferee. No holder of shares of Class B Common Stock will be permitted to transfer such share other than with an equal number of Class B Common Units (as such number may be adjusted to reflect equitably any stock split, subdivision, combination or similar change with respect to the shares of Class B Common Stock or Class B Common Units) in accordance with the APW OpCo LLC Agreement.
Any purported transfer of Class B Common Stock in violation of the transfer restrictions in respect of the Class B Common Stock described in the Certificate of Incorporation or the APW OpCo will, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be null and void and not be recognized by the Company or its transfer agent.
If the Board determines that a person has attempted or is attempting to transfer or to acquire any shares of Class B Common Stock, or has purportedly transferred or acquired Class B Common Stock, in violation of such transfer restrictions, the Board may take such lawful action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect to such attempted or purported transfer or acquisition on the books and records of the Company.
The Board may, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from time to time establish, modify, amend or rescind, by bylaw or otherwise, regulations and procedures that are consistent with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and the APW OpCo LLC Agreement for determining whether any transfer or acquisition of Class B Common Stock would violate such transfer restrictions and for the orderly application, administration and implementation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation relating thereto.
The Board will, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, have all powers necessary to implement the transfer restrictions relating to the Class B Common Stock described in the Certificate of Incorporation, including without limitation the power to prohibit the transfer of any Class B Common Stock in violation thereof.
Founder Preferred Shares
Background
In connection with the initial placement of shares and warrants on behalf of the Company on November 20, 2017, we issued a total of 1,600,000 series A founder preferred shares, no par value (the “BVI Series A Founder Preferred Shares”), at $10 per share to TOMS Acquisition II LLC and Imperial Landscape Sponsor LLC (the “Series A Founder Entities”), entities controlled by Noam Gottesman and Michael Fascitelli (the “Series A Founders”), respectively. The BVI Series A Founder Preferred Shares were transferred to Digital Landscape Partners Holding LLC (the “Series A Founder Preferred Holder”), an entity controlled by the Series A Founder Entities, in connection with the closing of the APW Acquisition. In the Domestication, each issued and outstanding BVI Series A Founder Preferred Share automatically converted, by operation of law, on a one-to-one basis into a share of Series A Founder Preferred Stock.
In connection with the APW Acquisition, we issued a total of 1,386,033 series B founder preferred shares, no par value (the “BVI Series B Founder Preferred Shares”), to William Berkman, Scott Bruce and Richard Goldstein (together with the Series A Founder Entities, the Series A Founder Preferred Holder and Berkman Family Investments, LLC, the “Investors”), each of whom is an executive officer of the Company. In the Domestication, each issued and outstanding BVI Series B Founder Preferred Share automatically converted, by operation of law, on a one-to-one basis into a share of Series B Founder Preferred Stock. As described below, and in contrast to the Series A Founder Preferred Stock, the Series B Founder Preferred Stock does not entitle its holders to receive dividends or distributions.
Also in connection with the APW Acquisition, the Investors entered into the Shareholders Agreement, pursuant to which they agreed, among other things, not to make or solicit any transfer of their Founder Preferred Stock prior to December 31, 2027, subject to certain exceptions.
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