(ii) until the first to occur of the sixth anniversary of the date of this Agreement and the date that the Qualified Percentage Share is less than 14%, the Company shall not, and shall not cause, suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, without the approval of the Principal Base (whether at a duly called meeting of the Board or by written consent):
(A) approve or change a Budget or Business Plan (including any change to the form thereof) (it is understood and agreed and that nothing in this Section 4.1(g)(ii)(A) shall limit the rights of any Qualified Party under Section 3.6 (Additional Information; Access)) with respect to any annual period that results in an upward or downward variance of capital expenditures and other expenses by more than 25% in the aggregate from the Budget or Business Plan most recently approved by the Principal Base;
(B) enter into, renew, modify or terminate, or waive any material rights under, a Material Contract inconsistent with the Budget or Business Plan that is in effect at the time of such entry, renewal, modification, termination or waiver;
(C) approve a merger or consolidation with or into another Person (except for the merger or consolidation of a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company into the Company or another wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company) or sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(D) open, remodel, move, close or sell a venue;provided,however, that the approval of the Principal Base shall only apply to the sale or closure of a venue if the venue had positive EBITDA during the Company Fiscal Year immediately preceding the date such sale or closure is to be approved or, even if EBITDA during such Company Fiscal Year was not positive, if the loss was within 20% of the budgeted loss for such venue in the Business Plan in effect on the date of such sale or closure, where the first 12 months of operating losses of a new venue are not included for purposes of determining EBITDA;
(E) issue any equity interests or securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity interests, including in connection with an IPO, other than the issuance of equity grants permitted by an Equity Incentive Plan;
(F) except for investments, dispositions or acquisitions contemplated by a Budget or Business Plan in effect at the time such investment, disposition or acquisition is made, (1) invest in any third party, make a loan to any third party, or dispose of assets to any third party, in each instance with a value in excess of $2,000,000, or (2) acquire assets with a value in excess of $2,000,000 from any third party;
(G) incur any Debt or prepay any Debt in advance of the scheduled maturity thereof (unless otherwise required in accordance with the terms of such Debt);
(H) except as contemplated by Section 4.8 (Management Fee, Etc.), enter into, modify or terminate, or waive any rights under, any Contract with MSG or any of its Affiliates;
(I) sell, transfer, license or exploit, or permit the incurrence of any Lien on, any of the brands of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(J) enter into new material lines of business or any new line of business that is reasonably expected to become material;
(K) determine not to make any required cash distribution referred to in Section 2.1(b) or (c);provided,however, that such right of the Principal Base shall not affect the right of the Board to determine reserves as set forth in the definition of Available Cash;
(L) cause any Officer to report to anyone other than (1) one or more of the Qualified Principals or (2) an Officer reporting to one or more of the Qualified Principals;
(M) determine the compensation of any Officer appointed by the Board pursuant to Section 4.1(h)(iii) unless the compensation thereof is expressly set forth in the Budget and Business Plan in effect at the time;
(N) exercise, or permit MSG to exercise, an Employee Rollover Holdco Member Post-Year 5 Call with respect to an Employee Rollover Holdco Member who is employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;provided,however, that the right of the Principal Base to approve such exercise shall not apply if such exercise is made in connection with the exercise by MSG of a Call to acquire Interests of one or more Principals and, following the acquisition by MSG of such Interests from such Principals, the Qualified Percentage Share would be less than 14%; or
(O) cause any Principal’s principal place of employment to be at a location that is different from his principal place of employment as of the date of this Agreement;
provided,however, that (1) solely to the extent necessary to satisfy the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder in connection with a Cash Flow Deficiency in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 4.2, the Principal Base shall not have the right to approve any matter referred to in clauses (B), (E), (G) or (H) of this Section 4.1(g)(ii), (2) solely to the extent necessary to satisfy the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder in connection with the
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