8.8 | Dividends. The Lessee will not authorize, declare or pay any Dividends, except that (i) the Lessee may repurchase or retire the stock of current, future, or former employees, directors, officers, or consultants (or any spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of Lessee (or the direct or indirect parent of Lessee) pursuant to any employee or director equity plan, employee or director stock option plan or any other employee or director benefit plan or compensation arrangement (including pursuant to any stockholder or subscription agreement) with any employee, director, officer or consultant of Lessee (or the direct or indirect parent of Lessee), provided that the aggregate amount of all such repurchases does not exceed $1,000,000 per fiscal year; (ii) the Lessee may authorize, declare, or pay any Dividends so long as an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default under the Loan Agreement does not exist at the time of such authorization, declaration, or payment and would not exist after giving effect to such authorization, declaration, or payment, provided that the aggregate amount of all Dividends authorized, declared, or paid following the Closing Date does not exceed $2,000,000 (excluding the amount of any Dividends are authorized, declared, or paid; (iii) payments in lieu of fractional shares of equity securities arising out of stock dividends, splits, combinations, or conversions; (iv) the Lessee (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) may convert any of its convertible equity securities into other equity securities pursuant to the terms of such convertible equity securities or otherwise in exchange thereof, (v) the Lessee (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) may authorize, declare, or pay any Dividends set forth on Schedule III, (vi) the Lessee (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) may authorize, declare, or pay any Dividends to the Permitted Holders solely in the form of Voting Stock; (vii) after a Qualifying IPO, the Lessee may authorize, declare, or pay any Dividends to any direct or indirect parent entity of the Lessee, the proceeds of which will be used to pay (A) such parent entity’s allocable share of the net taxable income of the Lessee for the relevant taxable period (appropriately reduced by taxes paid by the Lessee to the extent that such taxes would otherwise be borne by such parent entity), (B) franchise taxes and other fees, taxes, and expenses (including expenses necessary to maintain its status as a public company after a Qualifying IPO) required to maintain the corporate or legal existence of such parent entity, and/or (C) customary salary, bonus, and other benefits payable to officers and employees of such parent entity to the extent such salaries, bonuses, and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Lessee and its subsidiaries (to the extent such payments have not been and are not expected to be made by the Lessee or its subsidiaries), (viii) the Lessee may authorize, declare, or pay any Dividends in respect of withholding or other similar taxes payable upon repurchase, retirement, or other acquisition or retirement of equity interests of the Lessee (or |