Absence of Certain Changes or Events Except for liabilities incurred in connection with this Agreement, the Option Agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and except as permitted by Section 4.1(a), since April 27, 1996, RSI and its subsidiaries have conducted their business only in the ordinary course consistent with past practice or as disclosed in any RSI SEC Document filed since such date and prior to the date hereof, and there has not been (i) any material adverse change (as defined in Section 8.3) in RSI, (ii) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) with respect to any of RSI's capital stock, (iii) any split, combination or reclassification of any of RSI's capital stock or any issuance or the authorization of any issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of RSI's capital stock, except for issuances of RSI Common Stock upon exercise or conversion of RSI Employee Stock Options, in each case awarded prior to the date hereof in accordance with their present terms or issued pursuant to Section 4.1(a), (iv)(A) any granting by RSI or any of its subsidiaries to any current or former director, executive officer or other key employee of RSI or its subsidiaries of any increase in compensation, bonus or other benefits, except for normal increases as a result of promotions, normal increases of base pay in the ordinary course of business or as was required under any employment agreements in effect as of April 27, 1996 or disclosed in Section 3.1(i) of the RSI Disclosure Schedule, (B) any granting by RSI or any of its subsidiaries to any such current or former director, executive officer or key employee of any increase in severance or termination pay, or (C) any entry by RSI or any of its subsidiaries into, or any amendment of, any employment, deferred compensation, consulting, severance, termination or indemnification agreement with any such current or former director, executive officer or key employee, (v) except insofar as may have been disclosed in RSI SEC Documents filed and publicly available prior to the date of this Agreement (as amended to the date hereof, the "RSI Filed SEC Documents") or required by a change in GAAP, any change in accounting methods, principles or practices by RSI materially affecting its assets, liabilities or business, (vi) except insofar as may have been disclosed in the RSI Filed SEC Documents, any tax election that individually or in the aggregate would have a material adverse effect on RSI or any of its tax attributes or any settlement or compromise of any material income tax liability, or (vii) any action taken by RSI or any of the RSI subsidiaries during the period from April 28, 1996 through the date of this Agreement that, if taken during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Effective Time, would constitute a breach of Section 4.1(a).
