Section 5.3 - Transfer Restrictions
(a) The Common Stock issued to the Consultant upon exercise of the Options may not be Transferred, sold or in any other way disposed of, except under the circumstances that a “Permitted Transfer” (as defined under the Purchase Agreement) is permitted under the terms of the Purchase Agreement (treating shares of Common Stock acquired upon exercise of the Options as “Purchased Shares” within the meaning of the Purchase Agreement for this purpose), until such time as the Transfer restrictions set forth in the immediately succeeding sentence lapse; provided, with respect to any Transfer made pursuant to clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of such definition of “Permitted Transfer”, such transferee shall execute a Joinder (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A), agreeing to be bound by the provisions of the Term Sheet and these Terms and Conditions. Such Transfer restrictions shall lapse as to (i) 759,456 of the shares underlying the Options on August 31, 2021, (ii) 1,518,911 of the aggregate number of shares underlying the Options on June 30, 2022, (iii) 2,278,366 of the aggregate number of shares underlying the Options on April 30, 2023, (iv) 2,658,094 of the aggregate number of shares underlying the Options on April 30, 2024, and (v) the full number of shares underlying the Options on May 31, 2025 (each such amount calculated as if this Option was not exercised, regardless of the number of shares that were exercised); provided, however, upon the occurrence of any Cause event that occurs prior to May 31, 2025, any such Transfer restriction then and thereafter in effect pursuant to this Section 5.3 shall continue and not lapse until May 31, 2025 irrespective of the lapse dates set forth in items (i) though (v) above.
(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, neither the Options nor any interest or right therein or part thereof shall be liable for the debts, contracts or engagements of the Consultant or her successors in interest or shall be subject to disposition by Transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect; provided, however, that this Section 5.3 shall not prevent Transfers by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution.
(c) Subject to Article VI of the Purchase Agreement, if requested by the Committee, the Consultant agrees that if shares of capital stock of the Company or any other securities of the Company that are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock of the Company (collectively, “Securities”) are registered pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC (other than a registration statement on FormS-8), the Consultant will not sell or otherwise Transfer any Securities of the Company other than those included in such filing from the date of filing such registration statement (or in the case of “shelf” registration statement, from the earlier of (x) the date of the initial preliminary prospectus and (y) the date of the final prospectus), until up to 90 days after the public offering date set forth in the final prospectus.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the provisions of this Section 5.3 will terminate (i) immediately prior to a Change in Control (as such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement), and (ii) in the event that either (a) Consultant in her capacity as Director Designee (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) is not elected to the Board of Directors (other than as a result of the Consultant’s noncompliance with, or inability to satisfy the director eligibility requirements set forth in, Article IV of the Purchase Agreement); or (b) Consultant is not afforded the right to have an Observer (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) as set forth in Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement.
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