Restriction on Sale of Securities During a period of 180 days from the date of the Prospectus (including an 18 day extension as described below, the “Lock-Up Period”), the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, (A) offer, pledge, issue, sell, contract to sell, purchase, contract to purchase, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of the Company’s Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for the Company’s Common Stock, (B) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of shares of Common Stock or (C) file any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any shares of the Company’s Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of the Company’s Common Stock, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (A), (B) or (C) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (1) the Securities to be sold hereunder, (2) any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof and described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, provided that the recipient of any such shares has (if so required by the provisions hereof) entered into a lock-up agreement substantially in the form contemplated by Section 6(i) hereof, (3) any options or warrants to purchase Common Stock granted pursuant to employee benefit plans of the Company described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, provided that such options or warrants are not exercisable during the Lock-Up Period, (4) the issuance of Common Stock or warrants to purchase Common Stock in connection with mergers or acquisitions of securities, businesses, property or other assets, joint ventures, strategic alliances, equipment leasing arrangements or debt financing or (5) any registration statement of Form S-8 relating to Common Stock under employee benefit plans. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs, or (ii) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results or becomes aware that material news or a material event will occur during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, the restrictions imposed by this section shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of such material news or material event, as applicable, unless the Representative waives, in writing, such extension.
