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Absence of Changes or Events Since the date of the respective Balance Sheets, there has not been any Material Adverse Effect or any development or change in circumstances that is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.9 or as otherwise contemplated or permitted by this Agreement, since the date of the respective Balance Sheets, the business of each of the Companies and their respective Subsidiaries has been conducted in the ordinary course and in substantially the same manner as previously conducted, and neither of the Companies nor any of their respective Subsidiaries has (i) declared or paid any dividend or made any other distribution to its respective shareholders whether or not upon or in respect of any shares of their respective capital stock, (ii) redeemed or otherwise acquired any shares of their respective capital stock or issued any capital stock or any option, warrant or right relating thereto or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of their respective capital stock, (iii) adopted or materially amended any Benefit Plan (as defined in Section 2.16), except as required by law, or entered into or amended any employment, severance or consulting agreement, contract or similar arrangement, (iv) granted to any their respective directors, officers or employees any increase in compensation or benefits, except for increases for any such director, officer or employee in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or as may be required under existing agreements, (v) incurred or assumed any liability, obligation or indebtedness for borrowed money or guaranteed any such liability, obligation or indebtedness, (vi) permitted, allowed or suffered any of their respective assets to become subject to any mortgage, security interest, lien or other similar restriction of any nature whatsoever, (vii) cancelled any indebtedness or waived any claims or rights of substantial value, except for customer trade adjustments in the ordinary course of business that for either Company do not exceed $25,000 individually or $100,000 in the aggregate, (viii) entered into, or modified, amended, terminated, or permitted the lapse of, any real property lease or other material agreement relating to real property, or (ix) incurred any indebtedness that is senior to the Notes in terms of rights of payment.
Absence of Certain Changes, Events and Conditions Except as set forth in Section 4.9 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since the Interim Financial Statements Date, the Company has conducted its business in the Ordinary Course of Business, and there has not been, with respect to the Company, any: (a) Company Material Adverse Effect; (b) issuance, sale or other disposition of, or creation of any Encumbrance on, any Equity of the Company, or grant of any options, warrants or other rights to purchase or obtain (including upon conversion, exchange or exercise) any Equity of the Company; (c) redemption, purchase or acquisition of any Equity of the Company; (d) change in any method of accounting or accounting practice of the Company, except as required by GAAP; (e) change in the Company’s cash management practices and policies, practices and procedures with respect to collection of accounts receivable, establishment of reserves for uncollectible accounts, accrual of accounts receivable, inventory control, prepayment of expenses, payment of trade accounts payable, accrual of other expenses, deferral of revenue and acceptance of customer deposits; (f) entry into any Contract that would constitute a Material Contract; (g) incurrence, assumption or Guarantee of any Indebtedness for borrowed money; (h) transfer, assignment, sale or other disposition of any of the assets shown or reflected in the Balance Sheet or cancellation of any Indebtedness or entitlements; (i) damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance) to its property (including Real Property); (j) any capital investment in, or any loan to, any other Person; (k) acceleration, termination, material modification to or cancellation of any Material Contract (including, but not limited to, any Material Contract) to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound; (l) other than Permitted Encumbrances, imposition of any Encumbrance upon the Company’s properties (including Real Property) or assets, tangible or intangible; (i) grant or contemplated grant of any bonuses, whether monetary or otherwise, or increase in any wages, salary, severance, pension or other compensation or benefits in respect of its employees, directors, officers, consultants or independent contractors, other than as provided for in the ordinary course of business or in any written agreements or required by applicable Law, (ii) change in the terms of employment for any employee or any termination of any employees, or (iii) action to accelerate the vesting or payment of any compensation or benefit for any employee, director, manager, officer, consultant or independent contractor; (n) adoption, modification or termination of any: (i) employment, severance, retention or other agreement with a key employee, (ii) Benefit Plan or (iii) collective bargaining or other agreement with a Union, in each case whether written or oral; (o) any loan to (or forgiveness of any loan to), or entry into any other transaction with, any of its shareholders, directors, managers, officers and employees; (p) entry into a new line of business or abandonment or discontinuance of existing lines of business; (q) adoption of any plan of merger, consolidation, reorganization, liquidation or dissolution or filing of a petition in bankruptcy under any provision of federal or state bankruptcy Law or consent to the filing of any bankruptcy petition against it under any similar Law; (r) purchase, lease or other acquisition of the right to own, use or lease any property or assets for an amount in excess of $100,000, individually (in the case of a lease, per annum) or $150,000 in the aggregate (in the case of a lease, for the entire term of the lease, not including any option term), except for purchases of inventory or supplies in the Ordinary Course of Business; (s) acquisition by merger or consolidation with, or by purchase of a substantial portion of the assets, stock or other Equity of, or by any other manner, any business or any Person or any division thereof; (t) making, changing or revoking any election relating to Taxes, changes to an annual accounting period or adoption of or changes to any accounting method relating to Taxes, filing of any amended Tax Return, entering into any closing agreement, settlement of any Tax claim or assessment relating to the Company, surrendering of any right to claim a refund or consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment relating to the Company; (u) amendment of the Organizational Documents of the Company; (v) transfer or assignment of or grant of any license or sublicense under or with respect to the Company Intellectual Property or Company IP Agreements; (w) abandonment or lapse of or failure to maintain in full force and effect any Intellectual Property Registration, or loss of confidentiality or value of any material Trade Secrets included in the Company Intellectual Property by failure to take or maintain reasonable secrecy measures to protect the same; or (x) any Contract to do any of the foregoing, or any action or omission that would result in any of the foregoing.