Covenants of APNT. Except as set forth in Section 8.2 of the APNT Disclosure Schedule or as otherwise agreed to among the Parties, from the date hereof until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement or the Closing Date, APNT agrees to, and to cause its Subsidiaries (except to the extent expressly contemplated by this Agreement or as consented to in writing by Nano), to (i) carry on its business in the ordinary course within the financial parameters set forth in the operating budget that has been mutually approved by APNT and Nano (the “APNT Operating Budget”), to pay debts and other amounts as set forth in the APNT Operating Budget and to use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its present business organizations within the financial parameters set forth in the APNT Operating Budget and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to keep available the services of its current officers, directors and employees and to preserve its relationships with others having business dealings with it. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, during the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement or the Closing Date, except as listed on Section 8.2 of the APNT Disclosure Schedule or as otherwise expressly permitted by or provided for in this Agreement, the APNT Parties shall not do, allow, cause or permit any of the following actions to occur without the prior written consent of Nano, which consent shall not be unreasonably delayed or withheld:
