contemplated or permitted by the Merger Agreement, (iv) as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, or (v) as required by the rules or regulations of NASDAQ, the Company will not and will not permit its subsidiaries to do any of the following, subject to certain specified ordinary course exceptions:
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amend its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other comparable charter or organizational documents;
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declare, set aside or pay any dividends on, or make other distributions (whether in cash, stock, property or otherwise) in respect of, or enter into any agreement with respect to the voting of, any capital stock of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries, other than dividends or distributions by a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company to its parent and distributions resulting from the vesting or exercise of any Company common stock options or restricted stock awards;
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split, combine or reclassify any capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
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issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for, shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except for issuances upon the exercise of Company common stock options or the conversion of Company Series A Preferred Stock as of the date of the Merger Agreement;
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purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Company securities;
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enter into any amendment or other modification to the terms of any indebtedness for borrowed money;
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issue, deliver, sell, grant, pledge transfer, subject to any lien or dispose of any Company securities;
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adopt a plan or agreement of, or resolutions authorizing, complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization, or other reorganization;
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grant, pay or award, or commit to grant, pay or award, any bonuses or incentive compensation (including equity-based awards and compensation) to any employee or independent contractor;
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increase the salary, wages, benefits, bonuses or other compensation payable or to become payable to the Company’s current or former directors or executive officers;
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hire, terminate the employment of, or promote any employee;
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establish, adopt, enter into, amend in any material respect or terminate any material Company benefit plan;
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take any action to accelerate the time of vesting, funding or payment of any compensation or benefits under any Company benefit plan;
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acquire any business, assets or capital stock of any person or division thereof, whether in whole or in part;
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make or authorize any capital expenditures in excess of $300,000, other than as set forth in the Company’s capital budget;
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except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (A) amend or modify in any material respect, or waive any material rights under or voluntarily terminate, any material contract, (B) enter into any contract which if entered into prior to the date of the Merger Agreement would have been a material contract, or (C) amend or modify the Financial Advisor Agreement;
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sell, lease, license, pledge, transfer, subject to any lien or otherwise dispose of any Company intellectual property assets, material assets or material properties;
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change any of the accounting methods used by the Company materially affecting its assets, liabilities or business, except for such changes that are required by GAAP or Regulation S-X promulgated under the Exchange Act or as otherwise specifically disclosed in the documents required to be filed by the Company with the SEC since January 1, 2015;