shall not (x) permit the acceleration of vesting, payment or funding under any Company Option, Company RSU, Company Stock-Settled Bonus Plan, or Company PSU other than as may be expressly required by the terms of the applicable Employee Plan, award or applicable resolutions of the Company Board adopted on the date of this Agreement (which have been furnished to Parent’s counsel), in each case as in effect on the date hereof or (y) if the Company has the right to settle any Employee Plan or employee benefit agreement, trust, plan, fund or other agreement (including with respect to any Company Option, Company Stock-Settled Bonus Plan, Company RSU, or Company PSU) in cash, settle such Employee Plan or employee benefit agreement, trust, plan, fund or other agreement in Company Securities instead of cash;
(d) directly or indirectly acquire, repurchase or redeem any securities, except for (A) repurchases, withholdings, or cancellations of Company Securities pursuant to the terms and conditions of Company Options, Company Stock-Settled Bonus Plan awards, Company RSUs or Company PSUs outstanding as of the date hereof in accordance with their terms as of the date hereof (including acquisitions of shares of Company Common Stock tendered by holders of Company Options, Company Stock-Settled Bonus Plan awards, ESPP entitlements, Company RSUs or Company PSUs in order to satisfy obligations to pay the exercise price and/or Tax withholding obligation with respect thereto), or (B) transactions between the Company and any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries;
(e) (A) adjust, split, combine or reclassify any shares of capital stock, or issue or authorize or propose the issuance of any other Company Securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for, shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting interest; (B) declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, shares or property or any combination thereof) in respect of any shares of capital stock or other equity or voting interest, or make any other actual, constructive or deemed distribution in respect of the shares of capital stock or other equity or voting interest, except for cash dividends made by any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or one of its other wholly owned Subsidiaries; or (C) modify the terms of any shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting interest;
(f) (A) incur, assume or suffer any Indebtedness (including any long-term or short-term debt) or issue any debt securities, except (1) for trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business; (2) obligations incurred pursuant to business credit cards in the ordinary course of business; and (3) intercompany loans or advances between or among the Company and/or its direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiaries; or (B) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any other Person, except with respect to obligations of direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company;
(g) mortgage or pledge any of its and its Subsidiaries’ assets, tangible or intangible, or create or suffer to exist any lien thereupon (other than Permitted Liens), other than in connection with financing transactions permitted by Section 5.2(f) or consented to by Parent;
(h) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person, except for (1) extensions of credit to customers in the ordinary course of business; (2) advances to directors, officers and other employees for travel and other business-related expenses, in each case in the ordinary course of business and in compliance in all material respects with the Company’s policies related thereto; and (3) loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Company;
(i) lease, exclusively license, sell, abandon, transfer, assign, guarantee, or exchange any assets, tangible or intangible (including any Company Intellectual Property), in each case in excess of $250,000 individually, other than (1) the sale, lease or licensing of products or services of the Company Group or other materials embodying Company Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business; (2) the assignment or abandonment of immaterial Company Intellectual Property in connection with the exercise of the reasonable business judgment of the Company Group in the ordinary course of business; (3) the abandonment of trade secrets in the ordinary course of business consistent with reasonable business practices; and (4) any capital expenditures permitted by (or consented to by Parent) under Section 5.2(n);
(j) (A) enter into, adopt, amend (including accelerating the vesting, payment or funding or waiving any right of the Company Group with respect to), modify or terminate any bonus, profit sharing, compensation, commission, severance, termination, option, restricted stock unit, appreciation right,