(h) Records and Books of Account. The Company shall keep, and cause each subsidiary to keep, adequate, correct and complete records and books of account in which complete entries will be made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, reflecting all financial transactions of the Company and any subsidiary, and in which, for each fiscal year, all proper reserves for depreciation, depletion, returns of merchandise, obsolescence, amortization, taxes, bad debts and other purposes in connection with its business shall be made.
(i) Maintenance of Properties. The Company shall maintain and preserve, and cause each subsidiary to maintain and preserve, all of its properties and assets necessary for the proper conduct of its business, in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.
(j) ERISA Compliance. The Company shall comply, and cause each subsidiary to comply, with all minimum funding requirements applicable to any pension, employee benefit plans, or employee contribution plans that are subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and comply, and cause each subsidiary to comply, in all other material respects with the provisions of ERISA and the Code, and the rules and regulations thereunder, which are applicable to any such plan; provided further that neither the Company nor any subsidiary will permit any event or condition to exist that would permit any such plan to be terminated under circumstances that would cause any material lien provided for in Section 4068 of ERISA to attach to the assets of the Company or any subsidiary.
(k) Compliance with Environmental Laws. The Company shall comply, and cause each subsidiary to comply, with the provisions of all federal, state and local environmental, health and safety laws, codes and ordinances and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the Company shall maintain, and cause each subsidiary to maintain, all federal, state and local permits, licenses, certificates and approvals known to the Company or any subsidiary to be required relating to (i) air emissions, (ii) discharges to surface water or ground water, (iii) noise emissions, (iv) solid or liquid waste disposal, (v) the use, generation, storage, transportation or disposal of toxic or hazardous substances or wastes (intended hereby and hereafter to include any and all such materials listed in any federal, state or local law, code or ordinance and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as hazardous or potentially hazardous), or (vi) other environmental, health and safety matters.
(l) Financings. The Company shall promptly, fully and in detail, inform the Board of Directors of any discussions, offers or contracts relating to possible financings of any nature for the Company, whether initiated by the Company or any other person, except for arrangements with trade creditors.
(m) Nature of Business. The Company shall continue to conduct its business without material change from the nature of the business contemplated in the written materials delivered to the Investors prior to the date hereof.
(n) Non-Disclosure and Inventions Agreements. The Company shall require each officer of the Company and each key employee and any other employee who contributes to