(a) make, or permit any subsidiary to make, any loan or advance to, or own any stock or other securities of, any subsidiary or other corporation, partnership, or other entity unless it is wholly owned by the Company;
(b) make, or permit any subsidiary to make, any loan or advance to any Person, including, without limitation, any employee or director of the Company or any subsidiary, except advances and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business or under the terms of an employee stock or option plan approved by the Board of Directors;
(c) guarantee, directly or indirectly, or permit any subsidiary to guarantee, directly or indirectly, any indebtedness except for trade accounts of the Company or any subsidiary arising in the ordinary course of business, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000;
(d) make, or permit any subsidiary to make, any investment inconsistent with any investment policy approved by the Board of Directors;
(e) incur, or permit any subsidiary to incur, any indebtedness in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate among the Company and all of its subsidiaries that is not already included in a budget approved by the Board of Directors, other than trade credit incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(f) otherwise enter into or be a party to, or permit any subsidiary to enter into or be a party to, any transaction with any director, officer, or employee of the Company or any subsidiary or any “associate” (as defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of any such Person;
(g) hire, terminate, or change the compensation of the executive officers of the Company or any subsidiary, including approving any option grants or stock awards to such executive officers;
(h) change the principal business of the Company, enter new lines of business, or exit the current line of business, or permit any subsidiary to do any of the foregoing;
(i) acquire, sell, assign, license, pledge, or encumber material technology or intellectual property, or permit any subsidiary to do any of the foregoing, other than licenses granted in the ordinary course of business;
(j) enter into, or permit any subsidiary to enter into, any corporate strategic relationship involving the payment, contribution, or assignment by the Company or any subsidiary or to the Company or any subsidiary of money or assets greater than $100,000;
(k) create or authorize the creation of any stock option or other equity incentive plan or arrangement, increase the number of shares available for issuance under any such plan or arrangement or otherwise amend, waive or terminate any of the terms and provisions of such plan or arrangement, or permit any subsidiary to do any of the foregoing with respect to any equity interests in such subsidiary; or
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