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Re: hammer01 post# 56681

Friday, 11/17/2017 4:24:07 PM

Friday, November 17, 2017 4:24:07 PM

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I am not wrong. Two classes of preferred stock that can be converted to common stock (with full voting rights) if dividends aren't paid. Only one of the two classes of the preferred stock(per the financials) has any voting rights at all. This would be a right to vote directors and not a right to vote to increase the authorized shares of common stock. Simply put...preferred stockholders cannot dilute the interest of common stockholders.

See below for an example of how standard voting powers of preferred stock generally works:

Section 3. Voting Rights.

(a) Standard Voting Rights. The Series A Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights except as follows:

(i) Voting for the Election of Series A Directors. The Series A Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class at each annual meeting, shall be entitled to nominate and elect a number of directors equal to one-third of the total number of directorships (each director entitled to be elected by the Series A Preferred Stock, a “Series A Director”). If one-third of the total number of directorships is a fraction, the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to elect the whole number of directors that results from rounding up, unless the result obtained by rounding up would be a majority of the total number of directors, in which case the fractional result will be rounded down to the nearest whole number. To the fullest extent permitted by Law, the Series A Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class at any time, shall also have the right to remove at any time any Series A Director by the affirmative vote of the Holders entitled to cast a majority of the votes entitled to be cast in the election of Series A Directors, generally, and to replace any such removed Series A Director with a new Series A Director.

(ii) Approval Rights. The affirmative vote of Holders entitled to cast a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class, shall be necessary to: (A) approve any amendment, alteration or repeal of any of the provisions of the Articles, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, that would adversely affect or cause to be terminated the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock; provided, however, that neither the increase in the number of authorized or outstanding shares of Common Stock nor the classification or issuance or any shares of any class or series of Stock other than Series A Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock shall be deemed to adversely affect or terminate the rights, preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock, and the Holders shall have no right to vote thereon; and provided further, that the amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Articles in connection with any merger, consolidation or other event shall not be deemed to adversely affect or terminate the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption of the Series A Preferred Stock, and the Holders shall have no right to vote thereon, if, following such merger, consolidation or other event, the Series A Preferred Stock remains outstanding with the terms thereof materially unchanged or the Holders receive equity securities of the successor or survivor of such merger, consolidation or other event with preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption that are substantially identical to those of the Series A Preferred Stock, taking into account that, upon the occurrence of such merger, consolidation or other event, the Corporation may not be the surviving entity and the surviving entity may not be a corporation; (B) following the initial issuance of the share of Series A Preferred Stock, classify, reclassify or issue any additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock; or (C) classify, reclassify or issue any shares of Series B Preferred Stock (other than upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock).