Covenants of Stockholders. 5.1 No Disposition or Encumbrance of Shares; No Acquisition of Shares. ----------------------------------------------------------------- (a) Each Stockholder severally (and not jointly) covenants and agrees that, except as contemplated by this Agreement, no Stockholder shall, and no Stockholder shall offer or agree to, sell, transfer, tender, assign, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of, or create any security interest, lien, claim, pledge, option, right of first refusal, agreement, limitation on such Stockholder's voting rights, charge or other encumbrance of any nature whatsoever with respect to the Shares now legally and/or beneficially owned by, or that may hereafter be acquired by, such Stockholder. (b) Each Stockholder hereby severally (and not jointly) covenants and agrees that it shall not, and shall not offer to agree to, acquire any additional shares of Common Stock, or options, warrants or other rights to acquire shares of Common Stock, without the prior written consent of Purchaser.
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Samples: Stock Option and Tender Agreement (Commerce Clearing House Inc), Stock Option and Tender Agreement (CCH Inc), Stock Option and Tender Agreement (Thorne Oakleigh B Et Al)