Conduct of the Business Each of the Company and Parent covenants and agrees that:
Business of the Company The purpose of the Company is to carry on any lawful business, purpose or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed in accordance with Section 18-106 of the Act.
Capitalization of the Company and its Subsidiaries (a) As of the date hereof and as of the Tender Offer Purchase Time, the authorized stock of the Company consists of 45,000,000 Shares, of which, as of September 30, 1998, 8,235,806 Shares were issued and outstanding, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.01 per share, no shares of which are outstanding. All of the outstanding Shares have been validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. As of October 31, 1998, approximately 356,500 Shares were reserved for issuance and issuable upon or otherwise deliverable in connection with the exercise of outstanding Company Stock Options issued pursuant to the Company Option Plan referred to in Section 2.14(a). Between September 30, 1998 and the date hereof, no shares of the Company's stock have been issued other than pursuant to Company Stock Options, and between October 31, 1998 and the date hereof no stock options have been granted. Except as set forth above and in Sections 3.2(a) and 3.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, as of the date hereof, there are issued, reserved for issuance, or outstanding (i) no shares of stock or other voting securities of the Company, (ii) no securities of the Company or its subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for shares of stock or voting securities of the Company, (iii) no options or other rights to acquire from the Company or its subsidiaries and, except as described in the Company SEC Reports (as defined below), no obligations of the Company or its subsidiaries to issue any stock, voting securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for stock or voting securities of the Company, (iv) no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness or obligations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries entitling the holders thereof to have the right to vote (or which are convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, securities entitling the holders thereof to have the right to vote) with the stockholders of the Company or any of its subsidiaries on any matter, and (v) no equity equivalent interests in the ownership or earnings of the Company or its subsidiaries or other similar rights (collectively "Company Securities"). As of the date hereof, other than the provisions of Section 2.1, there are no outstanding obligations of the Company or its subsidiaries (absolute, contingent or otherwise) to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Company Securities. There are no Shares outstanding subject to rights of first refusal of the Company, nor are there any pre-emptive rights with respect to any Shares. Other than this Agreement, there are no stockholder agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound relating to the voting or registration of any shares of stock of the Company.