Section 4. Representations and Warranties of All Parties. Each Party represents and warrants to the other Party that (a) such Party has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder, (b) this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by it and is a valid and binding obligation of such Party, enforceable against such Party in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy and similar laws relating to creditors’ rights and to general equity principles) and (c) this Agreement will not result in a material violation of any (i) term or condition of any agreement to which such person is a party or by which such Party may otherwise be bound or (ii) law, rule, license, regulation, judgment, order or decree governing or affecting such Party.
Section 5. Representations and Warranties of the Engaged Group. Except as has otherwise been disclosed on the Schedule 13D, (a) the Engaged Group has not provided or agreed to provide, and will not provide, any compensation in cash or otherwise to the New Directors or any Replacement Director in connection with such person’s appointment to, or service as a director on, the Board, and (b) the Engaged Group will not become party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether written or oral) with the New Directors or any Replacement Director with respect to such person’s service as a director on the Board, including any such agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to how such person should or would vote or act on any issue or question as a director. The Engaged Group represents and warrants that it owns no Short Interests in the Company.
Section 6. Non-Disparagement. Subject to applicable law and Section 9, each of the Parties covenants and agrees that, until the Termination Date, or if earlier, until such time as the other Party or (a) any of its Affiliates or Associates, or (b) its or their respective directors, officers, employees, partners, members, managers, legal or other advisors and agents, acting in a capacity on behalf of, in concert with or at the direction of such other Party or its Affiliates or Associates (the persons in clauses (a) and (b), “Representatives”) shall have breached this Section 6, neither it nor any of its Representatives shall make, or cause to be made, by press release or other public statement to the press or media, any public statement that constitutes an ad hominem attack or disparages, calls into disrepute or otherwise defames or slanders the other Party or the business of such Party, the other Party’s current or former directors, officers or employees, the other Party’s subsidiaries or the business of those subsidiaries in any manner that would reasonably be expected to damage the business or reputation of such persons. The foregoing shall not prevent the making of any factual statement in connection with any compelled testimony or production of information by Legal Requirement.
Section 7. No Litigation.
(a) (i) Each Party agrees that, until the Termination Date, it shall not, and shall not permit any of its Representatives to, directly or indirectly, alone or in concert with others, pursue or assist any other person to threaten or initiate, any lawsuit, claim, action or proceeding before any court or government agency (each, a “Legal Proceeding”) against the other Party, any Affiliate of the other Party, or any of its or their respective current or former directors or officers, and (ii) each Party agrees that it shall not, and shall not permit any of its Representatives to, directly or indirectly, alone or in concert with others, pursue or assist any other person to threaten or initiate any Legal Proceeding against the other Party, any Affiliate of the other Party, or any of its or their respective current or former directors or officers (solely in connection with their service in such capacities in any way) relating to or arising out of any event occurring on or prior to the date of this Agreement.
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