such cash or other property is paid or distributed to or for the benefit of any holders of Junior Stock in respect thereof, as the case may be.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3, the Corporation shall not be prohibited from (i) declaring or paying or setting apart for payment any dividend or distribution on any shares of Parity Stock or (ii) redeeming, purchasing or otherwise acquiring any Parity Stock, in each case, if such declaration, payment, redemption, purchase or other acquisition is necessary in order to maintain the continued qualification of the Corporation as a REIT under Section 856 of the Code.
4. Liquidation Preference.
(a) In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, before any payment or distribution by the Corporation (whether of capital, surplus or otherwise) shall be made to or set apart for the holders of any shares of Junior Stock, the holders of shares of Class A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, for each share of Class A Preferred Stock, the Liquidation Preference thereof, plus all accumulated, accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the date of final distribution to such holders; but such holders shall not be entitled to any further payment. Until the holders of the Class A Preferred Stock have been paid the Liquidation Preference in full, plus all accumulated, accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the date of final distribution to such holders, no payment will be made to any holder of Junior Stock upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. If, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the assets of the Corporation, or proceeds thereof, legally available for distribution among the holders of Class A Preferred Stock shall be insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount aforesaid and liquidating payments on any other shares of any class or series of Parity Stock, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the holders of Class A Preferred Stock and any such other Parity Stock ratably in the same proportion as the respective amounts that would be payable on such Class A Preferred Stock and any such other Parity Stock if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. For the purposes of this Section 4, (i) a consolidation or merger of the Corporation with one or more entities, (ii) a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets, and (iii) a statutory share exchange shall not be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up, voluntary or involuntary, of the Corporation.
(b) Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, after payment shall have been made in full to the holders of Class A Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock, as provided in Section 4(a), any series or class or classes of Junior Stock shall, subject to the respective terms thereof, be entitled to receive any and all assets remaining to be paid or distributed, and the holders of the Class A Preferred Stock and any Parity Stock shall not be entitled to share therein.
(c) In determining whether a distribution (other than upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation) by dividend, redemption or other acquisition of shares of stock of the Corporation or otherwise is permitted under the Maryland General Corporation Law, no effect shall be given to amounts that would be needed, if the Corporation were to be dissolved at the time of the distribution, to satisfy the preferential rights upon dissolution of holders of shares of stock of the Corporation whose preferential rights upon dissolution are superior or prior to those receiving the distribution.
5. Ranking.
Any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to rank:
(a) prior or senior to the Class A Preferred Stock, as to the payment of dividends and as to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, if the holders of such class or series shall be entitled to the receipt of dividends and of amounts distributable upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, as the case may be, in preference or priority to the holders of Class A Preferred Stock (the capital stock referred to in this paragraph being hereinafter referred to, collectively, as “Senior Stock”);
(b) on a parity with the Class A Preferred Stock, as to the payment of dividends and as to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, whether or not the dividend rates, dividend
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