Antimanipulation. (a) During the period commencing 180 calendar days prior to the Maturity Date and ending on the date that is 30 trading days prior to the Maturity Date (the "Limited Sale Period"), in addition to any restrictions on sales arising under the federal securities laws or other applicable laws, the Investor shall not, and shall not permit any of its subsidiaries or controlled affiliates to, sell (including any constructive sale by means of a hedging, derivative or similar transaction) shares of Class A Common Stock (i) on any trading day (x) on which the opening bid with respect to the Class A Common Stock is lower than the closing price on the preceding trading day by 2% or more or $0.50 or more, whichever is more restrictive or (y) in an amount greater than the sum of (I) 3.75% of the trading volume of the Class A Common Stock on the preceding trading day and (II) 3.75% of the trading volume of the Class A Common Stock during the first half of the trading day on the date of sale or (ii) during the last hour of trading on any trading day. In addition, all sales of Class A Common Stock by the Investor and its subsidiaries and controlled affiliates during the Limited Sale Period (i) shall comply with the volume limitations required by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), (ii) shall be effected by means of "brokers' transactions" (as such term is used in Rule 144 under the Securities Act), (iii) shall not constitute the opening transaction in the security on any trading day and (iv) shall not be at a price that is less than the prevailing market price (the lowest current independent published bid). (b) During the period commencing 30 trading days prior to the Maturity Date and ending on the Maturity Date (the "Restricted Period"), (i) the Investor shall not, and shall not permit any of its subsidiaries or controlled affiliates to, sell (including any constructive sale by means of a hedging, derivative or similar transaction), in open market transactions, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, any Class A Common Stock and (ii) the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its subsidiaries or controlled affiliates to, repurchase or redeem (or publicly announce an intention or plan to repurchase or redeem), or otherwise acquire, in open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, any Class A Common Stock or Class C common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Surviving Corporation (the "Class C Common Stock"), or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for, Class A Common Stock or Class C Common Stock, other than privately negotiated repurchases or redemptions of Class C Common Stock. (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.03, the Investor and its affiliates shall be permitted to sell Class A Common Stock (i) during the Restricted Period or (ii) in an amount greater than that permitted during the Limited Sale Period, in each case if the Investor gives the Company at least 3 business days prior notice of its intention to do so. Upon the first to occur of any sales that are the subject of such notice or any such sales for which notice is not provided in violation of this Section 2.03(c), all of the CVRs then outstanding and this Agreement shall thereupon automatically terminate and become null and void without any further action on the part of any party hereto, and the holders thereof and the parties hereto shall have no further rights with respect thereto or hereto.
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Sources: Contingent Value Rights Agreement (Echostar Communications Corp), Investment Agreement (Echostar Communications Corp), Contingent Value Rights Agreement (Echostar Communications Corp)