capital stock of the Company that would have rights to vote as a separate class or that would rank on parity with or senior to the Series A Preferred in right of redemption, liquidation preference, or dividend rights or increase the authorized number of shares of any such class or series;
(vii) Terminate the employment of any officer of the Company, hire any new officer of the Company, make any change in the officer position held by any existing employee or appoint or elect any employee to an officer position with the Company;
(viii) Make any redemption, repurchase, payment or declaration of cash dividends or other distributions with respect to Common Stock or Preferred Stock (except for acquisitions of Common Stock by the Company permitted by Section 1(c)(i), (ii) and (iii) of this Article IV.D.);
(ix) Enter into any agreement by the Company regarding a Liquidation Event, an Asset Transfer or Acquisition (each as defined in Section 3 hereof) or a license of material intellectual property out of the ordinary course of business;
(x) Dissolve, liquidate or wind-up the business and affairs of the Company or undertake any reclassification or recapitalization of the outstanding capital stock of the Company, or consent to any of the foregoing;
(xi) Increase or decrease the authorized number of, or method of selecting, members of the Board.
(xii) Enter into any interested party transaction (which shall mean a transaction between the Company and any director, officer, consultant, employee or stockholder of the Company or any affiliate or “associate” (as defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of any such persons), unless approved by the Board (including a majority of disinterested Directors);
(xiii) Make any loan or advance, or enter into any agreement in contemplation of making any loan or advance, to any person or entity, including but not limited to employees, consultants or directors, except advances (a) in the ordinary course of business, (b) under the terms of an employee stock or option plan duly authorized and administered by the Board or (c) as approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors elected by the holders of shares of Series A Preferred pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) of this Article IV.D. (the “Preferred Directors”) and the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board; or
(xiv) Make any change to the type of legal entity of the Company, unless approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Preferred Directors and the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board.
(c) Separate Vote of Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock. For so long as at least 2,244,755 shares of Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock remain outstanding (as proportionately adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations, splits, recapitalizations and the like with respect to such shares), in addition to any other vote or consent of the stockholders or the Board required herein or by law or the By-laws of the Company, the Company shall not, either directly or indirectly by amendment, merger, recapitalization, consolidation or otherwise, do any
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