Section 9.5: Certificate of Incorporation Governs. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation shall govern.
Section 9.6: Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, then such provision shall nonetheless be enforced to the maximum extent possible consistent with such holding and the remaining provisions of these Bylaws (including without limitation, all portions of any section of these Bylaws containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with the Certificate of Incorporation, that are not themselves invalid, illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with the Certificate of Incorporation) shall remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE X: TRANSFERS OF CAPITAL STOCK
Section 10.1: Restriction on Transfer.
10.1.1 No holder (“Stockholder”) of shares of capital stock of the Corporation (“Shares”) may transfer, sell, assign, pledge, enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of, or otherwise in any manner dispose of or encumber, whether voluntarily or by operation of law, or by gift or otherwise (“transfer”), Shares or any right or interest therein without the prior written consent of the Board, in its sole discretion, and such holder otherwise complying with the requirements of this Article X. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board shall not unreasonably withhold consent from any transfer of the Series B Preferred Stock of the Corporation, the Series C Preferred Stock of the Corporation (together with the Series B Preferred Stock, the “Transferrable Preferred Stock”), or any shares of the Common Stock of the Corporation issued upon conversion of the Transferrable Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Board shall not be obliged to consent to a transfer to a Competitor (as defined in that certain Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated March 5, 2020, by and among the Corporation and certain investors in the Corporation, as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time) as reasonably determined by the Board.
10.1.2 The restriction contained in subsection 10.1.1 shall not apply to the following transactions (each, a “Permitted Transfer”):
(i) any transfer during the Stockholder’s lifetime by gift or pursuant to domestic relations orders to the Stockholder’s Immediate Family or a trust for the benefit of Stockholder or Stockholder’s immediate family, where “immediate family” as used herein shall mean spouse, Spousal Equivalent, lineal descendant or antecedent, parent, sibling, stepchild, stepparent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law (and for avoidance of doubt shall include adoptive relationships), and where a person is deemed to be a “Spousal Equivalent” provided the following circumstances are true: (a) irrespective of whether or not the relevant person and the Spousal Equivalent are the same sex, they are the sole spousal equivalent of the other for the last twelve (12) months, (b) they intend to remain so indefinitely, (c) neither are married to anyone else, (d) both are at least 18 years of age and mentally competent to consent to contract, (e) they are not related by blood to a degree of closeness that which would prohibit legal marriage in the state in which they legally reside, (f) they are jointly responsible for each other’s common welfare and financial obligations, and (g) they reside together in the same residence for the last twelve (12) months and intend to do so indefinitely;
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