Section 3.2 Authorization. This Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Purchaser. When executed and delivered by the Purchaser and countersigned by the Company, this Agreement shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser (acting on behalf of the funds and accounts it manages) enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as such may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles.
Section 3.3 Governmental Authorization. As of the date hereof, no permit, authorization, consent or approval of or by, or any notification of or filing with, any person (governmental or private) is required to be obtained or made by it in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement, the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or the issuance, sale or delivery to it by the Company of the Shares, other than under the United States Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, which was notified to the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice on April 18, 2022, and a filing on a Form Schedule 13G (or 13G-A), if applicable.
Section 3.4 Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not violate any statute, order, rule or regulation of any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the Purchaser or any of its properties.
Section 3.5 Purchase for Own Account. The Purchaser is acquiring the Shares for its own account (acting on behalf of the funds and accounts it manages) and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution or offering of the Shares in violation of the Securities Act, and the Purchaser has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the Shares. The Purchaser does not presently have any contract, agreement, undertaking, arrangement, obligation or commitment with any person to sell, transfer or grant participations to such person or to any third person, with respect to any of the Shares. The Purchaser acknowledges that in making its investment decision to acquire the Shares, it has relied, as to information about the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition, only on publicly available information as filed with the SEC through the date hereof and has not relied on any other written or oral statements made by representatives of the Company or its Affiliates or any other person.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
Section 4.1 Limitations on Transfer.
(a) The Purchaser shall not, without the prior written consent of a majority of the disinterested members of the board of directors of the Company, (i) sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, alienate, pledge, hypothecate, create a security interest in or lien on, place in trust or in any other way encumber or otherwise dispose of any of their Shares or any interest therein or (ii) engage in any hedging or other transaction or arrangement (including, without limitation, any short sale or the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward, swap or any other derivative transaction or instrument, however described or defined) which is designed to or which reasonably would be expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition (whether by the Purchaser or someone other than the Purchaser), or transfer of any of the economic
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