The Commonwealth of Massachusetts OFFICE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SECRETARY OF STATE MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNOLLY, Secretary ONE ASHBURTON PLACE, BOSTON, MASS. 02108

EX-4.2 4 dex42.htm CERTIFICATE OF VOTE OF DIRECTORS ESTABLISHING A SERIES OF A CLASS OF STOCK CERTIFICATE OF VOTE OF DIRECTORS ESTABLISHING A SERIES OF A CLASS OF STOCK

Exhibit 4.2

 

 

FORM CD-26-5M-8-83         FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION
          NO.         04-1717070        

 

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

OFFICE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SECRETARY OF STATE

MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNOLLY, Secretary

ONE ASHBURTON PLACE, BOSTON, MASS. 02108

 

 

CERTIFICATE OF VOTE OF DIRECTORS ESTABLISHING

A SERIES OF A CLASS OF STOCK

 

General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 26

 

 


 

 

We, David B. Perini   , President/            , and
        Patricia A. Kelly   , Clerk/                     of

 

 

                            Perini Corporation                            

(Name of Corporation)

 

located at                                              73 Mt. Wayte Avenue, Framingham, Massachusetts 01701                                        

 

do hereby certify that at a meeting of the directors of the corporation held on     September 23    , 1988, the following vote establishing and designating a series of a class of stock and determining the relative rights and preferences thereof was duly adopted:

 

 

                See continuation sheets attached.

 

 

Note:   Notes for which the space provided above is not sufficient should be set out on continuation sheets to be numbered 2A, 28, etc. Continuation sheets must have a left-hand margin 1 inch wide for binding and shall be 8 1/2" × 11". Only one side should be used.

 

 


VOTED: That pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Directors of this Corporation in accordance with the provisions of its Articles of Organization, a series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation is hereby created and that the designation and amount thereof and the voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of the shares of such series, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof are as follows:

 

Section 1. Designation and Amount. The shares of such series shall be designated as “Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock” (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), and the number of shares constituting such series shall be 200,000.

 

Section 2. Dividends and Distributions.

 

(A)(i) The holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the first day of March, June, September and December in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a “Quarterly Dividend Payment Date”), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $20.00 or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 100 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 100 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distribution other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Corporation (the “Common Stock”) since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock. The multiple of cash non-cash dividends declared on the Common Stock to which holders of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled, which shall be 100 initially but which shall he adjusted from time to time as hereinafter provided, is hereinafter referred to as the “Dividend Multiple”. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after September 23, 1988 (the “Rights Declaration Date”) declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment

 

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of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the Dividend Multiple thereafter applicable to the determination of the amount of dividends which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive shall be the Dividend Multiple applicable immediately prior to such event multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

(ii) Notwithstanding anything else contained in this paragraph (A), the Corporation shall, out of funds legally available for that purpose, declare a dividend or distribution on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in this paragraph (A) immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock) provided that, in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $20.00 per share on the Series A Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be paid out of funds legally available for the purpose on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.

 

(B) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a Dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be no more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.

 

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Section 3. Voting Rights. In addition to any other voting rights required by law, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:

 

(A) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 100 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation. The number of votes which a holder of a share of Series A Preferred Stock is entitled to cast, as the same may be adjusted from time to time as hereinafter provided, is hereinafter referred to as the “Vote Multiple”. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Vote Multiple thereafter applicable to the determination of the number of votes per share to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled shall be the Vote Multiple immediately prior to such event multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

(B) Except as otherwise provided herein or by law, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.

 

(C) (i) If at any time dividends on any Series A Preferred Stock shall be in arrears in an amount equal to six (6) quarterly dividends thereon, the occurrence of such contingency shall mark the beginning of a period (herein called a “default period”) which shall extend until such time when all accrued and unpaid dividends for all previous quarterly dividend periods and for the current quarterly dividend period on all shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment. During each default period, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right to elect two (2) Directors.

 

(ii) During any default period, such voting right of the holders of Series A Preferred stock may be exercised initially at a special meeting called pursuant to subparagraph (iii) of this Section 3(C) or at any annual meeting of stockholders, and thereafter at annual meetings of stockholders, provided that such voting right shall not be exercised unless the holders of

 

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ten percent (10%) in number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding shall be present in person or by proxy. The absence of a quorum of the holders of Common Stock shall not affect the exercise by the holders of Series A Preferred Stock of such voting right. At any meeting at which the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall exercise such voting right initially during an existing default period, they shall have the right, voting as a class, to elect Directors to fill such vacancies, if any, in the Board of Directors as may then exist up to two (2) Directors or, if such right is exercised at an annual meeting, to elect two (2) Directors. If the number which may be so elected at any special meeting does not amount to the required number, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right to make such increase in the number of Directors as shall be necessary to permit the election by them of the required number.

 

(iii) Unless the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall, during an existing default period, have previously exercised their right to elect Directors, the Board of Directors may order, or any stockholder or stockholders owning in the aggregate not less than ten percent (10%) of the total number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding may request, the calling of a special meeting of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock, which meeting shall thereupon be called by the President, a Vice President or the Clerk of the Corporation. Notice of such meeting and of any annual meeting at which holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote pursuant to this paragraph (C)(iii) shall be given to each holder of record of Series A Preferred Stock by mailing a copy of such notice to him at his last address as the same appears on the books of the Corporation. Such meeting shall be called for a time not earlier than 20 days and not later than 60 days after such order or request or, in default of the calling of such meeting within 60 days after such order or request, such meeting may be called on similar notice by any stockholder or stockholders owning in the aggregate not less than ten percent (10%) of the total number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (C)(iii), no such special meeting shall be called during the period within 60 days immediately preceding the date fixed for the next annual meeting of the stockholders.

 

(iv) In any default period, the holders of Common Stock, and other classes of stock of the Corporation if applicable, shall continue to be entitled to elect the whole number of Directors until the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall have exercised their right to elect two (2) Directors voting as a class, after the exercise of which right (x) the Directors so elected by the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall continue in office until their successors shall have been

 

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elected by such holders or until the expiration of the default period, and (y) any vacancy in the Board of Directors may (except as provided in paragraph (C)(ii) of this Section 3) be filled by vote of a majority of the remaining Directors theretofore elected by the holders of the class of stock which elected the Director whose office shall have become vacant. References in this paragraph (C) to Directors elected by the holders of a particular class of stock shall include Directors elected by such Directors to fill vacancies as provided in clause (y) of the foregoing sentence.

 

(v) Immediately upon the expiration of a default period, (x) the right of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock to elect Directors shall cease, (y) the term of any Directors elected by the holders of Series A Preferred Stock as a class shall terminate, and (z) the number of Directors shall be such number as may be provided for in the Articles of Organization or by-laws irrespective of any increase made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (C)(ii) of this Section 3 (such number being subject, however, to change thereafter in any manner provided by law or in the Articles of Organization or by-laws). Any vacancies in the Board of Directors effected by the provisions of clauses (y) and (z) in the preceding sentence may be filled by a majority of the remaining Directors.

 

(D) Except as otherwise required by applicable law or as set forth herein, holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action.

 

Section 4. Certain Restrictions.

 

(A) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2 are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not:

 

  (i) declare or pay dividends on, make any other distributions on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock;

 

  (ii) declare or pay dividends on or make any other distributions on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation,

 

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dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;

 

  (iii) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of any stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock, provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such parity stock in exchange for shares of any stock of the Corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock; or

 

  (iv) purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series A Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or classes.

 

(B) The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (A) of this Section 4, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

 

Section 5. Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series A Preferred Stock purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever shall be retired and cancelled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors, subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein.

 

Section 6. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. Upon any voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made (x) to the holders

 

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of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have received an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment, plus an amount equal to the greater of (1) $10,000.00 per share or (2) an aggregate amount per share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 100 times the aggregate amount to be distributed per share to holders of Common Stock, or (y) to the holders of any other class or series of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock, except distributions made ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and all other such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the aggregate amount to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under the proviso in clause (x) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

Neither the consolidation of nor merging of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or corporations, nor the sale or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation within the meaning of this Section 6.

 

Section 7. Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the Corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash or any other property, then in any such case the shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed into an amount per share (subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth) equal to 100 times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may

 

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be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, payable with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or change of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

Section 8. Redemption.

 

(A) For purposes of this Section 8, the following terms have the meanings indicated:

 

(i) “Acquiring Person” shall mean any Person (as such term is hereinafter defined) who or which, together with all Affiliates (as such term is hereinafter defined) and Associates (as such term is hereinafter defined) of such Person, shall be the Beneficial Owner (as such term is hereinafter defined) of 20% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding, but shall not include the Corporation, any subsidiary of the Corporation, any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any subsidiary thereof or any entity holding shares of Common Stock organized, appointed or established by the Corporation or any subsidiary thereof for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan.

 

(ii.) “Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

(iii) A Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of, and shall be deemed to “beneficially own,” any securities:

 

(a) which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act) or has the right to dispose of;

 

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(b) which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has (A) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights (other than rights initially exercisable for Series A Preferred Stock), warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of, or to “beneficially own,” securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange; or (B) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing); provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of, or to “beneficially own,” any security under this clause (B) if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such security (1) arises solely from a revocable proxy given in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable rules and regulations of the Exchange Act and (2) is not also then reportable by such person on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or

 

(c) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person (or any Affiliate or Associate thereof) with which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing), for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except pursuant a revocable proxy as described in clause (B) of subparagraph (b) of this paragraph (iii); or disposing of any securities of the Corporation.

 

(iv) “Disinterested Director” shall mean (A) any member of the Corporation’s Board of Directors who is not an officer or employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries and who is not an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or an Associate of an Acquiring Person or nominee of an Acquiring Person or any such Affiliate or Associate and was a member of the Corporation’s Board of Directors prior to the Rights Declaration Date, and (B) any Person who subsequently becomes a member of the Company’s Board of Directors who is not an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or an Associate of an Acquiring Person or nominee of an Acquiring Person or any such Affiliate or Associate, if such Person’s nomination is recommended or approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors.

 

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(v) “Person” shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, partnership or other entity.

 

(B) Subject to Section 4 hereof, the Corporation may, at any time (unless otherwise prevented by law) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, including, if at the time of such vote there is an Acquiring Person, a majority of the Disinterested Directors, redeem all or any portion of the Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding. The amount per share of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed to be paid upon any such redemption shall be equal to $10,000.00 plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, payable with respect thereto. The total sum payable per share of Series A Preferred Stock on the date on which the Corporation redeems any shares of Series A Preferred Stock (the “Redemption Date”) is hereinafter referred to as the “Redemption Price.”

 

(C) If less than all of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock are to be redeemed, the Corporation shall select the shares to be redeemed by lot. Notice of redemption pursuant to this Section 8 shall be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the holders of record of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed at their respective addresses as the same shall appear on the books of the Corporation. Such notice shall be mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days in advance of the applicable Redemption Date and shall specify the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price and the place at which payment may be obtained as to such shares. At any time on or after the Redemption Date applicable thereto, the holders of record of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed on such Redemption Date shall be entitled to receive the Redemption Price therefor upon actual delivery to the Corporation or its agent of the certificates representing the shares to be redeemed.

 

If such notice of redemption shall have been duly given, and if on or before any Redemption Date the funds necessary for such redemption (taking into account any conversions) shall have been deposited by the Corporation with a bank or trust company designated by the Board of Directors and having capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, from and after such Redemption Date (unless there shall have been a default in payment of the Redemption Price) all shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights with

 

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respect to such shares shall forthwith cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive from such bank or trust company upon surrender of their certificate or certificates at any time after the time of such deposit the funds so deposited, without interest. The balance of any funds so deposited and unclaimed at the end of one year from such Redemption Date shall be released or repaid to the Corporation, after which the holders of the shares so called for redemption shall look only to the Corporation for payment thereof, without interest.

 

Section 9. Ranking. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Organization of the Corporation or a Certificate of Vote of Directors Establishing a Class of Stock relating to a subsequently-designated series of Preferred Stock of the Corporation, the Series A Preferred Stock shall rank junior to the Corporation’s $21.25 Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock and any other series of the Corporation’s Preferred Stock, as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets on liquidation, dissolution or winding up and shall rank senior to the Common Stock.

 

Section 10. Amendment. The Articles of Organization of the Corporation and this Certificate of Vote shall not be amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series A Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely (within the meaning of Section 77 of Chapter 156B of the Massachusetts General Laws) without the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds or more of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class.

 

Section 11. Fractional Shares. Series A Preferred Stock may be issued in fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series A Preferred Stock.

 

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