(b) During the Pre-Closing Period, the Stockholder may not sell, transfer, gift, pledge, assign, convey or encumber the Company Stock or enter into any agreement or understanding, or otherwise commit, to do any of the foregoing.
(c) During the Pre-Closing Period, except (i) as specifically disclosed inSection 6.1 of the Disclosure Schedule, (ii) with the prior written consent of the Purchaser (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) or (iii) as expressly provided for herein or in the Ancillary Agreements, the Company shall not, and the Stockholder shall not authorize the Company to:
(i) amend the Charter Documents;
(ii) issue, sell or grant any capital stock or other equity or equity-related interest in the Company;
(iii) issue, sell or grant, or authorize or propose the issuance, sale or grant of any options, warrants, call rights, convertible securities, commitments or agreements of any character, written or oral, to issue, deliver, sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, any capital stock or other equity interest or right to acquire any capital stock or other equity or equity-related interest;
(iv) declare, set aside or pay any dividend or any other distribution payable in cash, stock or property or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire directly or indirectly any shares of Company Stock or other securities or split, combine or reclassify any shares of Company Stock or other securities;
(v) make any expenditure in excess of $50,000, or enter into any Contract or transaction with obligations exceeding $50,000 in any calendar year or $200,000 in the aggregate per vendor, provided that with respect to the vendors set forth onSection 3.7(c)(v) of the Disclosure Schedule that exceeded $200,000 in aggregate orders prior to the date hereof, the prior written consent of the Purchaser shall not be required to make any additional expenditure following the date hereof unless it is an individual expenditure in excess of $50,000 or expenditures that would total $200,000 in the aggregate per vendor;
(vi) enter into any new, or amend, terminate or renew, or waive any right under, any Material Contract (or any Contract which would have been a Material Contract had such Contract been entered into prior to the date hereof), or enter into, amend, waive any right under or terminate any transaction or Contract with an Interested Party;
(vii) materially change, terminate, fail to renew, abandon, cancel, let lapse, fail to continue to prosecute or defend, sell, transfer, exclusively license, as may be applicable, or otherwise dispose of any material Company Intellectual Property;
(viii) enter into any new, or amend, terminate or renew, or waive any right under any existing, employment, severance, compensation, independent contractor or consulting or salary continuation agreement, Company Employee Plan or any other plan, agreement or arrangement that would be a Company Employee Plan if in effect as of the date hereof, with or for the benefit of any employee, or hire or offer to hire any employee,provided, that nothing in this Agreement shall restrict the Company from establishing the Transaction Bonus Pool in compliance withSection 6.13;
(ix) increase or promise to increase in any manner the compensation of any Company employees or independent contractors (including without limitation compensation in the form of bonus, commission, salary, wage, equity, fee or fringe benefit), or terminate any Company employees, or encourage any employees to resign from the Company, enter into or
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