(v) grant any proxies to any third party with respect to any equity securities of the Company (other than as recommended by the Board) or deposit any equity securities of the Company in a voting trust; or
(vi) request, propose or otherwise seek, in each case in a manner that would require public disclosure, any amendment or waiver of the provisions contained in clauses (i)-(v) of this Section 3.1(a).
(b) The restrictions set forth in Section 3.1(a) shall not apply at any time during which the Schlumberger Parties and their Affiliates collectively Beneficially Own less than 10% of the outstanding Common Stock.
ARTICLE IV
LOCKUP AND TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS
4.1 Lockup and Transfer Restrictions.
(a) The Schlumberger Parties shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, during the period commencing on the date hereof and continuing for nine (9) months following the date hereof (the “Lock-up Period”), (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, give, assign, distribute, hypothecate, pledge, encumber, grant a security interest in, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of (including through any hedging or other similar transaction) any economic, voting or other rights in or to the Issued Shares, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, the Issued Shares or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Issued Shares (any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above, a “Transfer”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions set forth in this Section 4.1 shall not apply to (A) the issuance, sale or transfer of equity securities in Schlumberger Parent or debt securities of Schlumberger Parent; provided, however, that the issuance, sale or transfer of any of the equity securities of any Affiliate of Schlumberger Parent that, directly or indirectly, holds Issued Shares, which issuance, sale or transfer of equity securities results in a change of control of such Affiliate of Schlumberger Parent or which vests the power to vote the Issued Shares in a third Person, shall be a Transfer subject to the restrictions set forth herein; or (B) Transfers to Affiliates of a Schlumberger Party otherwise in compliance with this Agreement; provided, however, that any such Affiliate must agree in writing to be bound by this Agreement by execution of a Joinder Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (“Joinder Agreement”) (which such execution shall be deemed, for all purposes, to be the execution of this Agreement), with such transferee being deemed to be a Schlumberger Party for purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Schlumberger Party shall be entitled to Transfer shares of Common Stock to securityholders of Schlumberger Parent during the Lock-Up Period even if such securityholder is an Affiliate.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Article IV to the contrary, from the date hereof until the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date, without prior approval of two-thirds of the Board, the Schlumberger Parties shall not, and shall cause their Affiliates not to, make any Transfer of Common Stock (i) to any Person or entity that is itself or through its Controlled subsidiaries
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