USE OF PROCEEDS
Except as otherwise set forth in any accompanying prospectus supplement, we expect to use the net proceeds from the sale of securities for general corporate purposes, including the financing of our operations, the possible repayment of indebtedness, and possible business acquisitions.
Unless set forth in an accompanying prospectus supplement, we will not receive any proceeds in the event that securities are sold by a selling securityholder.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
This prospectus contains summary descriptions of the common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, debt securities, warrants, subscription rights, purchase contracts and purchase units that may be offered and sold from time to time. These summary descriptions are not meant to be complete descriptions of each security. However, at the time of an offering and sale, this prospectus together with the accompanying prospectus supplement will contain the material terms of the securities being offered.
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
General
The following summary description of our capital stock is based on the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restatedby-laws. This description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the DGCL, as it may be amended from time to time, and to the terms of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restatedby-laws, as each may be amended from time to time, which are incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. See “Where You Can Find More Information.” As used in this “Description of Capital Stock,” the terms “DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.,” “DENTSPLY,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc., a Delaware corporation, and do not, unless otherwise specified, include our subsidiaries.
Our authorized capital stock consists of 400,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 250,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share. As of March 31, 2020, there were 219,066,634 shares of common stock issued and outstanding and no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding.
Common Stock
Each stockholder of record of our common stock is entitled to one vote for each share held on every matter properly submitted to the stockholders for their vote. Holders of our common stock do not have cumulative voting rights. After satisfaction of any dividend rights of holders of preferred stock, holders of common stock are entitled ratably to any dividend declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available for this purpose.
Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our Company, the holders of our common stock are entitled to receive ratably our net assets available, if any, in proportion to the number of shares of such common stock held by each holder, after the payment of all debts and other liabilities and subject to the prior rights of any outstanding preferred stock.
Holders of our common stock have no preemptive, subscription, redemption, conversion or exchange rights and no sinking fund provisions.
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