(ii) purchases of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Common Stock existing prior to the commencement of the first Dividend Period for which dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock are unpaid, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan;
(iii) the purchase of, or the payment of cash in lieu of, fractional interests in Junior Stock (x) in connection with a bona fide acquisition of a business or (y) pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such Junior Stock;
(iv) any declaration of a dividend on the Capital Stock of the Corporation in connection with the implementation of a shareholders rights plan designed to protect the Corporation against unsolicited offers to acquire its Capital Stock, or the issuance of Capital Stock of the Corporation under any such plan in the future, or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto;
(v) dividends or distributions payable solely in Junior Stock, or warrants, options or rights to acquire Junior Stock (other than dividends or distributions of any indebtedness, Parity Stock or Senior Stock, in each case, convertible into, or having other rights to acquire, Junior Stock); or
(vi) conversions of any Junior Stock into, or exchanges of any Junior Stock for, a class or series of other Junior Stock.
“Person” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity of whatever nature.
“Physical Settlement” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section 3D(9)(d)(i) hereof.
“Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement” means the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement among the Corporation, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association, as purchase contract agent, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as collateral agent, custodial agent and securities intermediary, dated as of November 13, 2019.
“Record Date” means (i) with respect to the dividends payable after a Dividend Increase Remarketing on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year, the first day of the month on which the relevant Dividend Payment Date falls (whether or not a Business Day) or, if the Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are held as Global Preferred Shares, the Record Date shall be the Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Dividend Payment Date and (ii) solely for purposes of adjustments to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 3D(11), with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock (or other applicable security) have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock (or such other security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of the Common Stock (or such other security) entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors, by statute, by contract or otherwise).