The powers, preferences and rights of, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions upon, each class or series of stock shall be determined in accordance with, or as set forth hereafter in, this Article IV.
A. Common Stock
Subject to all the rights, powers and preferences of the Preferred Stock and except as otherwise required by law or provided in this Certificate (or in any certificate of designations of any series of Preferred Stock):
(a) the holders of Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors of the Corporation (the “Directors”) and on all other matters requiring stockholder action, each outstanding share entitling the holder thereof to one vote on each matter properly submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation for their vote; provided, however, that, except as otherwise required by law, the holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate (including any certificate of designations of any series of Preferred Stock or on any amendment to a certificate of designations of any series of Preferred Stock) that alters or changes the powers, preferences, rights or other terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, on such amendment pursuant to this Certificate (or pursuant to a certificate of designations of any series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the DGCL;
(b) dividends may be declared and paid or set apart for payment upon the Common Stock out of any assets or funds of the Corporation legally available for the payment of dividends, but only when and as declared by the board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”), in its discretion, or any authorized committee thereof; and
(c) upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the net assets of the Corporation shall be distributed ratably in proportion to the number of shares held by each stockholder.
B. Preferred Stock
The Board of Directors or any authorized committee thereof is expressly authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by law, at any time and from time to time, to provide by resolution or resolutions for, out of the unissued shares of Preferred Stock, the issuance of the shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series of such stock, and by filing a certificate of designations pursuant to applicable law of the State of Delaware, to fix the number of shares constituting each such series, the designation thereof, and the powers (including voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers), preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, of the shares of each such series and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof. Except as otherwise provided by any certificate of designations of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding or by law, no holder of any shares of any series of Preferred Stock, as such, shall be entitled to any voting powers in respect thereof. Any shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock purchased, exchanged, converted or otherwise acquired by the Corporation, in any manner
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