the giving of such irrevocable notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have been permitted by another clause of this Section 8.06 and complied with the provisions of this Agreement;
(e)(i) prior to the Combination Closing Date, the Issuer or, on and after the Combination Closing Date, the Acquiror may make cashless repurchases of its Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants of such Equity Interests to represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants and (ii) to the extent constituting a Restricted Payment, prior to the Combination Closing Date, the Issuer or, on and after the Combination Closing Date, the Acquiror may acquire (or withhold) its Equity Interests pursuant to any employee stock option or similar plan in satisfaction of withholding or similar taxes payable by any present or former officer, employee, director or member of management and the Issuer or the Acquiror, as the case may be, may make deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options; and
(f)prior to the Combination Closing Date, the Issuer or, on and after the Combination Closing Date, the Acquiror may pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of its Equity Interests from any future, present or former employee, officer, director, manager, member, partner, independent contractor or consultant (or their respective Affiliates or immediate family members) of the Issuer or Acquiror, as applicable, or any of their respective Subsidiaries upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment of any such Person or pursuant to any Plan, including any employee or director equity plan, employee, manager, officer, member partner, independent contractor or director stock option plan or any other employee, manager, officer, member, partner, independent contractor or director benefit plan, or any agreement (including any stock subscription or shareholder agreement) with any employee, manager, director, officer, member, partner, independent contractor or consultant of the Issuer or Acquiror or any of their respective Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (f) shall not exceed (x) prior to the Combination Closing Date, $1,000,000 in any calendar year or (y) on and after the Combination Closing Date, $2,000,000 in any calendar year (provided that the amount of Restricted Payments permitted to be, but not, paid in any calendar year pursuant to this clause (f) after the Combination Closing Date shall increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted to be paid in any succeeding fiscal years pursuant to this clause (f)); provided, further that no Default or Event of Default shall exist at the time of such payment;
(g)after the Combination Closing Date, the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests of the Acquiror in connection with paying cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests in connection with a share dividend, distribution, share split, reverse share split, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination of the Acquiror, or in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities that are convertible or exchangeable, or in connection with the conversion of any convertible Indebtedness, in each case, in a manner otherwise permitted under this Agreement;
(h)after the Combination Closing Date, additional Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed, together with the aggregate amount of Junior Debt Restricted Payments made pursuant to clause (c) of Section 8.11, $5,000,000; and
(i)after the Combination Closing Date, provided that (i) no Event of Default shall exist at the time of such Restricted Payment or would result therefrom and (ii) the Staton Cash Payment Obligations are subordinated to all Obligations pursuant to a subordination agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers, the Staton Payment Obligations, in an amount equal to $30,000,000 to be paid in sixteen quarterly installments, in which the first four quarterly installments of $1,875,000 during the first twelve months following the Combination Closing Date shall be paid in cash