11. | Prior to the termination of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided herein (including pursuant to paragraph 9 hereof), each Shareholder shall not: (a) transfer, assign, sell, gift-over, pledge or otherwise dispose (whether by sale, merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, dividend, distribution or otherwise) of, any Shares or right or interest therein (any of the foregoing being hereinafter referred to as a “Transfer”); (b) enter into any contract, option or other agreement, arrangement or understanding or grant any consent with respect to any Transfer of Shares; (c) grant any proxy or power-of-attorney with respect to any of the Shareholder’s Owned Shares; (d) deposit any of the Shareholder’s Owned Shares into a voting trust, or enter into a voting agreement or arrangement with respect to any of such Shares; or (e) take any other action that would be inconsistent with, or would restrict, limit or interfere in any material respect with, the performance of such Shareholder’s obligations hereunder or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each Shareholder agrees that any purported Transfer in violation of this paragraph 11 shall be treated for all purposes as null and void. |