Excluded Securities The rights of first offer established by this Section 3 shall have no application to any of the following Equity Securities: (i) up to 100,441,177 shares of Common Stock, and/or options, warrants or other Common Stock purchase rights and the Common Stock issued pursuant to such options, warrants or other rights (as adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations, splits, recapitalizations and the like), issued to employees, officers, directors or strategic partners of, or consultants, advisors, lenders, vendors or lessors to, the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the Company's stock incentive plans or pursuant to other similar arrangements that are approved by the Board of Directors (including the representatives of the Investors); (ii) [Intentionally Omitted]; (iii) any shares of Common Stock issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend or recapitalization by the Company; (iv) any Equity Securities that are issued by the Company to the holders of the Company's Common Stock and warrants on a pro rata basis pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities Act; (v) any Equity Securities issued pursuant to any rights or agreements outstanding as of the date of this Agreement, or options or warrants outstanding as of the date of this Agreement as set forth in the Schedule of Exceptions to the Purchase Agreement (including Equity Securities issued by the Company pursuant to Nortel Note Exchange Agreement, SDS Note Exchange Agreement, the Series H Share Exchange Agreement, and the Series J Share Exchange Agreement); (vi) Common Stock and warrants (and Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants) issued by the Company pursuant to the Common Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of October 30, 2002, by and between the Company and the entities listed on Exhibit A thereto; or (vii) any Equity Securities issued pursuant to the transactions described in Section 2.5.B(iii)(d) of the Credit Agreement if the proceeds from such issuance are used to prepay the Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and permanently reduce the Commitments (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in accordance with Section 2.5.C. of the Credit Agreement.
Excluded Collateral Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this ss.2, such grant of security interest shall not extend to, and the term "Collateral" shall not include, any chattel paper and general intangibles which are now or hereafter held by the Company as licensee, lessee or otherwise, to the extent that (i) such chattel paper and general intangibles are not assignable or capable of being encumbered as a matter of law or under the terms of the license, lease or other agreement applicable thereto (but solely to the extent that any such restriction shall be enforceable under applicable law), without the consent of the licensor or lessor thereof or other applicable party thereto and (ii) such consent has not been obtained; provided, however, that the foregoing grant of security interest shall extend to, and the term "Collateral" shall include, (1) any and all proceeds of such chattel paper and general intangibles to the extent that the assignment or encumbering of such proceeds is not so restricted and (2) upon any such licensor, lessor or other applicable party consent with respect to any such otherwise excluded chattel paper or general intangibles being obtained, thereafter such chattel paper or general intangibles as well as any and all proceeds thereof that might have theretofore have been excluded from such grant of a security interest and the term "Collateral."
Permitted Acts Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to limit the ability of the Placement Agent, its officers, directors, employees, agents, associated persons and any individual or entity “controlling,” controlled by,” or “under common control” with the Placement Agent (as those terms are defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) to conduct its business including without limitation the ability to pursue, investigate, analyze, invest in, or engage in investment banking, financial advisory or any other business relationship with any individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.
Prohibition of Short Sales and Hedging Transactions The Investor agrees that beginning on the date of this Agreement and ending on the date of termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 11, the Investor and its agents, representatives and affiliates shall not in any manner whatsoever enter into or effect, directly or indirectly, any (i) “short sale” (as such term is defined in Rule 200 of Regulation SHO of the Exchange Act) of the Common Stock or (ii) hedging transaction, which establishes a net short position with respect to the Common Stock.
Permitted Activities of Holdings Holdings shall not: (a) incur any third party Indebtedness for borrowed money other than Guarantees of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary, which Indebtedness or other obligations are otherwise permitted or not prohibited hereunder; (b) create or suffer to exist any Lien on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it other than (i) the Liens created under the Collateral Documents and, subject to the Closing Date Intercreditor Agreement, the collateral documents relating to any Second Lien Term Loans, in each case, to which it is a party, (ii) any other Lien created in connection with the Transactions, (iii) Liens on the Collateral that are secured on a pari passu or junior basis with the Secured Obligations, so long as such Liens secure Guarantees permitted under clause (a)(ii) above and the underlying Indebtedness subject to such Guarantee is permitted to be secured on the same basis pursuant to Section 6.02 and (iv) Liens of the type permitted under Section 6.02 (other than in respect of debt for borrowed money); or (c) consolidate or amalgamate with, or merge with or into, or convey, sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of its assets to, any Person; provided that, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom and subject to Sections 6.11(a) and (b), (A) Holdings may consolidate or amalgamate with, or merge with or into, any other Person (other than the Borrower and any of its subsidiaries) so long as (i) Holdings is the continuing or surviving Person or (ii) if the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger is not Holdings (w) the successor Person (such successor Person, “Successor Holdings”) expressly assumes all obligations of Holdings under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which Holdings is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto and/or thereto in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (x) Successor Holdings shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the US, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (y) the Administrative Agent shall have a security interest in the Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Collateral Documents that is perfected to at least the same extent as in effect immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or amalgamation and all actions reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to maintain such perfected status have been or will promptly be taken (subject to the terms of the applicable Loan Documents), and (z) the Borrower delivers a certificate of a Responsible Officer with respect to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in clause (w) of this clause (A)(ii) and (B) Holdings may otherwise convey, sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any other Person organized or existing under the laws of the US, any state thereof or the District of Columbia (other than the Borrower and any of its subsidiaries) so long as (x) no Change of Control results therefrom, (y) the Person acquiring such assets expressly assumes all of the obligations of Holdings under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which Holdings is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto and/or thereto in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (z) the Borrower delivers a certificate of a Responsible Officer with respect to the satisfaction of the conditions under clause (y) set forth in this clause (B); provided, further, that (1) if the conditions set forth in the preceding proviso are satisfied, Successor Holdings will succeed to, and be substituted for, Holdings under this Agreement and (2) it is understood and agreed that Holdings may convert into another form of entity organized or existing under the laws of the US, any state thereof or the District of Columbia so long as such conversion does not adversely affect the value of the Guarantees under the Loan Guaranty or the Collateral.