Margin Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement, including the restrictions on Transfer set forth in Section 1.2 hereof, shall restrict or apply to Transfers of Shares (a) pursuant to any existing or hereafter granted pledge to one or more lenders under the Margin Agreement or any of the Security Agreements (in each case, as defined below), or a collateral agent on behalf thereof, including, without limitation, in connection with any amendment to the Margin Agreement (whether to increase the aggregate amount of borrowings thereunder or otherwise), or (b) pursuant to a foreclosure or exercise of remedies (or transfer in lieu of foreclosure) by any such lender or any collateral agent, in each case, acting on its behalf, including, without limitation, any Transfers of Shares by such lender or collateral agent. For the avoidance of doubt, any exercise of any lender’s rights and/or remedies under the Margin Agreement or any of the Security Agreements and any Transfer of Shares following any exercise of such remedies shall not be limited or restricted by any provision of this Agreement and no transferee of any Shares in connection therewith shall be required to be bound by this Agreement in any respect. As used herein, “Margin Agreement” means that certain margin loan agreement entered into by certain Stockholders and described in Amendment No. 1, filed on April 4, 2022, to the Schedule 13D originally filed by certain Stockholders on March 4, 2022, relating to the Shares described therein, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and “Security Agreements” means the accompanying pledge, security and other collateral agreements to the Margin Agreement, including any pledge and Security Agreements entered into after the date hereof.
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Samples: Voting and Support Agreement (Cisco Systems, Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Splunk Inc), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
