Exhibit 4.1
DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
The following is a summary of the capital stock of Millrose Properties, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our”). You should read our charter (the “Charter”) and Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) and the applicable provisions of Maryland law for complete information on our capital stock. The following summary is not complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the provisions of our Charter and Bylaws, which are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, to our Annual Report on Form 10-K, and the applicable provisions of the Maryland General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”).
General
Our authorized capital stock consists of 450,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, including 275,000,000 shares of Class A common stock and 175,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share. Our Charter authorizes a majority of our entire board of directors (the “Board”), without stockholder approval, to amend our Charter to increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares of stock that we are authorized to issue or the number of authorized shares of any class or series. Our Board also has the power, without stockholder approval, to classify and reclassify any unissued shares of our common stock or classify any unissued preferred stock or reclassify any previously classified but unissued shares of preferred stock into other classes or series of stock.
Under Maryland law, a stockholder generally is not liable for a corporation’s debts or obligations solely as a result of the stockholder’s status as a stockholder. Our Class A common stock is listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “MRP.” Our Class B common stock is not listed on any securities exchange or quoted on any stock quotation system.
Description of Common Stock
We have two classes of common stock: Class A common stock and Class B common stock. The two classes are identical, except that (a) holders of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote per share and holders of Class B common stock are entitled to ten votes for each share of Class B common stock held in the holder’s name, except when voting together with the holders of the Class A common stock, each holder of record of Class B common stock is entitled to the greater of (i) ten votes per share or (ii) that number of votes per share of Class B common stock that would entitle the outstanding shares of Class B common stock to cast, in the aggregate, 35% of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, and there are separate class votes for holders of Class B common stock (in some cases in addition to a vote of both the Class A common stock and Class B common stock, voting together without regard to class) for the approval of certain mergers, consolidations and other business combinations, and future issuances of Class B common stock, among others, but no separate class votes for holders of Class A common stock for any matter, and (b) Class A common stock is listed on the NYSE, but we have not applied to list our Class B common stock on any securities exchange or to have our Class B common stock quoted on any stock quotation system, and we do not expect to do so.
Rights Relating to Dividends and Other Distributions
Subject to preferences that may apply to any shares of preferred stock that are outstanding at the time, the holders of shares of common stock are entitled to share equally, on a per share basis, in any dividends or other distributions in cash or other property, as authorized by our Board and declared by us out of assets legally available for the payment of dividends and other distributions. Each dividend or other distribution will be payable to the holders of our Class A common stock and Class B common stock in accordance with our Charter, which requires that any dividends or distributions payable in our common stock must be paid in kind by class (i.e., holders of Class A common stock may receive only additional shares of Class A common stock in connection with any dividend or