1.2 No Transfer. During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the earlier of (a) the Effective Time and (b) such date and time as the Merger Agreement shall be terminated in accordance with Section 8.1 thereof (the earlier of (a) and (b), the “Expiration Time”), each Sponsor Party shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, file (or participate in the filing of) a registration statement with the SEC (other than the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement) or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, with respect to any shares of Parent Common Stock (“Parent Common Shares”) or Parent Warrants owned by such Sponsor Party, (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any shares of Parent Common Shares or Parent Warrants owned by such Sponsor Party or (iii) publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (i) or (ii) (clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) collectively, a “Transfer”).
1.3 New Shares. In the event that (a) any Parent Common Shares, Parent Warrants or other Parent Securities are issued to a Sponsor Party after the date of this Sponsor Agreement pursuant to any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, reclassification, combination or exchange of Parent Common Shares or Parent Warrants of, on or affecting the Parent Common Shares or Parent Warrants owned by such Sponsor Party, (b) a Sponsor Party purchases or otherwise acquires beneficial ownership of any Parent Common Shares, Parent Warrants or other Parent Securities after the date of this Sponsor Agreement and prior to the Closing, or (c) a Sponsor Party acquires the right to vote or share in the voting of any Parent Common Shares or other Parent after the date of this Sponsor Agreement (such Parent Common Shares, Parent Warrants or other Parent, collectively the “New Securities”), then such New Securities acquired or purchased by such Sponsor Party shall be subject to the terms of this Sponsor Agreement (other than the provisions of Section 1.9, which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall only apply to Subject Shares and Subject Warrants) to the same extent as if they constituted the Parent Common Shares or Parent Warrants owned by such Sponsor Party as of the date hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, “Parent Securities” means (i) any outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, the Parent, (ii) any outstanding securities of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) any outstanding options, warrants, rights or other commitments or agreements to acquire from Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or that obligate Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to issue or register, or that restrict the transfer or voting of, any capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) any obligations of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to grant, extend or enter into any subscription, warrant, right, convertible or exchangeable security or other similar agreement or commitment relating to any capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest (including any voting debt) in, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
1.4 Closing Date Deliverables. On the Closing Date, (a) each of the Sponsor and each other Sponsor Party that holds Subject Shares shall deliver to Parent and the Company a duly executed copy of that certain Investor Rights Agreement, by and among Parent, the Company, the Sponsor, certain of the Company’s stockholders or their respective Affiliates, as applicable, and the other parties thereto, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit C to the Merger Agreement (b) each Sponsor Party shall deliver to Parent and the Company a duly executed copy of that certain Lock-Up Agreement, by and among Parent, the Company, the Sponsor, certain of the Company’s stockholders or their respective affiliates, as applicable, and the other parties thereto, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit D to the Merger Agreement.
1.5 Sponsor Agreements.
(a) From the date hereof until the Expiration Time, each Sponsor Party hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that, at any meeting of the stockholders of Parent, however called, or at any adjournment thereof, or in any other circumstance in which the vote, consent or other approval of
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