(e) purchase or redeem (or permit any subsidiary to purchase or redeem) or pay or declare any dividend or make any distribution on, any shares of capital stock of the Corporation other than (i) redemptions of or dividends or distributions on the Series B Preferred Stock, Series A Preferred Stock and/or Series A-1 Preferred Stock as expressly authorized herein, (ii) dividends or other distributions payable on the Common Stock solely in the form of additional shares of Common Stock, and (iii) repurchases of stock from former employees, officers, directors, consultants or other persons who performed services for the Corporation or any subsidiary in connection with the cessation of such employment or service at no greater than the original purchase price thereof;
(f) create, or authorize the creation of, or issue, or authorize the issuance of any debt security or create any lien or security interest (except for purchase money liens or statutory liens of landlords, mechanics, materialmen, workmen, warehousemen and other similar persons arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business) or incur other indebtedness for borrowed money, including but not limited to obligations and contingent obligations under guarantees, or permit any subsidiary to take any such action with respect to any debt security, lien, security interest or other indebtedness for borrowed money, except that the foregoing provisions of this Subsection 3.3.1(f) shall not be applicable to the creation or issuance of any such debt security, the creation of any such lien or security interest, the incurrence of any such other indebtedness for borrowed money if, after giving effect to any such action, the aggregate indebtedness for borrowed money of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, collectively, shall not exceed $500,000 and the lien or security interest so created is granted over bank accounts, real property or equipment (and not intellectual property rights, interests in contracts or other intangible rights);
(g) create, or hold capital stock in, any subsidiary that is not wholly owned (either directly or through one or more other subsidiaries) by the Corporation, or permit any subsidiary to create, or authorize the creation of, or issue or obligate itself to issue, any shares of any class or series of capital stock, or sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any capital stock of any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Corporation, or permit any direct or indirect subsidiary to sell, lease, transfer, exclusively license or otherwise dispose (in a single transaction or series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of such subsidiary;
(h) increase or decrease the authorized number of directors constituting the Board of Directors; or
(i) enter into or be a party to any transaction with any holder of shares of Preferred Stock or any affiliate or “associate” (as defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of any such holder, except for (i) transactions in which substantially the same terms per share of a series of Preferred Stock are offered or made available to all holders of shares of such series of Preferred Stock, (ii) transactions contemplated by any of the investment documents or agreements entered into by the Corporation and holders of shares of Preferred Stock in connection with the sale or issuance by the Corporation of shares of Preferred Stock to such holders, or (iii) transactions made in the ordinary course of business and pursuant to reasonable requirements of the Corporation’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms that are approved by a majority of the Board of Directors, which approval shall include the affirmative vote or consent of a majority of the Preferred Directors.
3.4 Series B Preferred Stock Protective Provisions.
3.4.1 At any time when shares of Series B Preferred Stock are outstanding the Corporation shall not, either directly or indirectly by amendment, merger, consolidation or otherwise, do any of the following without (in addition to any other vote required by law or this Certificate of Incorporation) the written consent or affirmative vote of the holders of at least 70% of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock given in writing or by vote at a meeting, consenting or voting (as the case may be) separately as a class, and any such act or transaction entered into without such consent or vote shall be null and void ab initio, and of no force or effect:
9