Section 2. Subject in all respects to Section 3 of this Article IX, no Non-Employee Director (together with any Designating Holder(s) employing a Non-Employee Director, collectively, “Identified Persons,” and each, an “Identified Person”) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have any duty to refrain from directly or indirectly (1) engaging in the same or similar business activities or lines of business in which the Corporation or any of its Affiliates now engages or proposes to engage or (2) otherwise competing with the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no Identified Person shall be liable to the Corporation or its Holders or to any Affiliate of the Corporation for breach of any fiduciary or other duty solely by reason of the fact that such Identified Person engages in any such activities.
Section 3. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy in, or right to be offered an opportunity to participate in, any matter, transaction or interest that is presented to, or acquired, created or developed by, or which otherwise comes into the possession of an Identified Person, unless such matter, transaction or interest (A) could reasonably benefit the Corporation and/or its Subsidiaries based upon (i) the business plan of the Corporation in effect at the time such opportunity is presented to, or acquired, created or developed by, or otherwise comes into the possession of, such Identified Person and (ii) the business lines in which the Corporation is operating at such time and (B) is presented to, or acquired, created or developed by, or otherwise comes into the possession of, a Non-Employee Director expressly, solely and directly in such person’s official capacity as a director of the Corporation while such Identified Person is performing services in such capacity; provided, that, other than any Designating Holder that is also an Identified Person, no Holders shall be restricted from pursuing any corporate opportunities of any nature, unless any such Holder is also a director of the Corporation.
Section 4. Any alteration, amendment, addition to or repeal of this Article IX, adoption of any provision of this Certificate inconsistent with this Article IX, or, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, any modification of law, shall be prospective only and shall not reduce, eliminate or adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such alteration, amendment, addition to, repeal, adoption or modification with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such alteration, amendment, addition to, repeal, adoption or modification.
ARTICLE X
AMENDMENT OF THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BY-LAWS
Section 1. The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the DGCL, and all rights, preferences and privileges herein conferred upon Holders, directors or any other persons herein are granted by and pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation in its current form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article X. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of any particular class or series of stock required by law or by this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the affirmative vote of the Requisite Majority shall be required to alter, amend or repeal any provision contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation; provided, that, in addition to and without limiting the foregoing, (A) no amendment to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation may disproportionately and adversely affect a holder of a class of capital stock of the Corporation relative to other holders of such class of capital stock of the Corporation without such holder’s prior written consent, (B) any amendment to Article V regarding a Designating Holder’s right to nominate one (1) or more Representative Directors shall require the prior written consent of the applicable Designating Holder and (C) any amendment to Section 3 of Article V shall require the prior written consent of each of Nut Tree, Anchorage, Arini and Diameter.
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