course consistent with past practice and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its material assets, properties, contracts, licenses and business organization and to preserve satisfactory business relationships with licensors, licensees, lessors, governmental bodies and others having material business dealings with Juno and its subsidiaries. In addition, Juno and its subsidiaries will not, among other things and subject to specified exceptions (including specified ordinary course exceptions):
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establish a record date for, declare, set aside or pay any dividend or make any other distribution in respect of any shares of its capital stock (including the Shares);
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repurchase, redeem or otherwise reacquire any of the Shares, or any rights, warrants or options to acquire any of the Shares (subject to specified exceptions);
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split, combine, subdivide or reclassify any Shares or other equity interests;
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sell, issue, grant, deliver, pledge, transfer, encumber or authorize the sale, issuance, grant, delivery, pledge, transfer or encumbrance of (A) any capital stock, equity interest or other security, (B) any option, call, warrant, restricted securities or right to acquire any capital stock, equity interest or other security or (C) any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock, equity interest or other security (subject to specified exceptions);
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establish, adopt, terminate or materially amend any employee plan;
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commence any clinical trial in respect of any Juno product;
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terminate, suspend, modify or otherwise take any step to limit the effectiveness or validity of any applicable material governmental authorization;
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qualify any new site for manufacturing any Juno product, which does not include the qualification of any reagent manufacturer;
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amend or permit the adoption of any amendment to the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or other charter or organizational documents;
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form any subsidiary, acquire any equity interest in any other entity or enter into any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement;
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make or authorize any capital expenditure, except capital expenditures that do not exceed $1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate;
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acquire, lease, license, sublicense, pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of, divest or spin-off, abandon, waive, relinquish or permit to lapse (other than any patent expiring at the end of its statutory term), transfer, assign, guarantee, exchange or swap, mortgage or otherwise subject to any encumbrance any material right or other material asset or property (subject to specified exceptions);
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incur or guarantee any long-term or short-term indebtedness (except for short-term debt incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice to fund working capital requirements in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time), repay (other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), redeem or repurchase any long-term or short-term debt, or cancel any material debt or claim owed to Juno or its subsidiaries;
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amend or waive any of Juno’s material rights under, or accelerate the vesting under, any provision of any employee plan;
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grant any employee or director any increase in compensation, bonuses or other benefits (except as provided for in the Merger Agreement) (subject to specified exceptions);
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lend money or make capital contributions or advances to, or make investments in, any person;
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except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, amend or modify in any material respect, or waive any material rights under or voluntarily terminate, any material contract, or enter into any contract which would be a material contract;
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except as required by applicable legal requirements, or in the ordinary course of business