(i) make any request under Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or other applicable legal provisions regarding inspection of books and records or other materials (including stocklist materials);
(j) institute, solicit, assist or join as a party, any litigation, arbitration or other proceeding against or involving the Company or any of its current or former directors or officers (including derivative actions), other than to enforce the provisions of this Agreement;
(k) enter into any discussions, negotiations, arrangements or understandings with any third party with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2; or
(l) take any action which could cause or require the Company or any Affiliate of the Company to make a public announcement regarding any of the foregoing, seek or request permission to do any of the foregoing, make any request to amend, waive or terminate any provision of this Section 2 (including, without limitation, this Section 2(l)) which would reasonably be expected to require public disclosure thereof by the Company or any member of the Stockholder Group, or make or seek permission to make any public announcement with respect to any of the foregoing.
For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing clauses in this Section 2 shall not inhibit or otherwise prohibit the Stockholder Director, in his capacity as a member of the Board, from acting and performing his duties as a director of the Company in accordance with his fiduciary duties.
3. Non-Disparagement. During the term of this Agreement, the Company, on the one hand, and Stockholder, on the other hand, will each refrain from making, and will cause their respective Affiliates and Associates, its and their respective Representatives (as defined below) and, in the case of Stockholder, the other members of the Stockholder Group, not to make, any statement or announcement that relates to or constitutes an ad hominem attack on, or that relates to and otherwise disparages, impugns or is reasonably likely to damage the reputation of, (a) in the case of statements or announcements by or on behalf of Stockholder or another member of the Stockholder Group, the Company or any of its Affiliates or Associates or any of its or their respective officers, directors or employees or any person who has served as an officer, director or employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates or Associates; and (b) in the case of statements or announcements by or on behalf of the Company, Stockholder, its Affiliates and Associates and any other member of the Stockholder Group and its and their respective principals, directors, officers, employees, members or general partners or any person who has served as such. The foregoing will not prevent the making of any factual statement in any compelled testimony or the production of information, whether by legal process, subpoena or as part of a response to a request for information from any governmental authority with jurisdiction over the Party from whom information is sought. For purposes of this Agreement, “Representatives”, with respect to each Party, shall mean such Party’s principals, directors, officers, employees, general partners, members, agents, representatives, attorneys and advisors acting at the direction or on behalf of such Party.
4. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to Stockholder that (a) the Company has the corporate power and authority to execute this Agreement and to bind it thereto, (b) this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, constitutes a valid and binding obligation and agreement of the Company, and is enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or similar laws generally affecting the rights of creditors and subject to general equity principles and (c) the execution,
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