Common use of Antitrust Notification; FTC or DOJ Investigation Clause in Contracts

Antitrust Notification; FTC or DOJ Investigation. (a) Each of Marathon, USX and Ashland shall as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than 30 days following the relevant Exercise Date, file with the FTC and the DOJ the notification and report form, if any, required for the transactions contemplated hereby and any supplemental information requested in connection therewith pursuant to the HSR Act. Any such notification and report form and supplemental information shall be in substantial compliance with the requirements of the HSR Act. Each of Marathon, USX and Ashland shall furnish to the other such necessary information and reasonable assistance as the other may request in connection with its preparation of any filing or submission which is necessary under the HSR Act. Each of Marathon, USX and Ashland shall keep each other apprised of the status of any communications with, and any inquiries or requests for additional information from, the FTC and the DOJ and shall comply promptly with any such inquiry or request. (b) In the event that Marathon, USX and Ashland are not required to file with the FTC and the DOJ any notification and report form pursuant to the HSR Act, but the FTC or the DOJ nevertheless commences an investigation with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, each of Marathon, USX and Ashland shall comply promptly with any inquiry or request made by the DOJ or the FTC in connection with such investigation. (c) In the event that Marathon, USX and Ashland file notification and report forms with the FTC and the DOJ pursuant to Section 11.02(a) or the FTC or the DOJ commences an investigation with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, then, in addition to the obligations of Marathon, USX and Ashland set forth in Section 11.02(a) and 11.02(b), as applicable, Marathon, USX and Ashland agree as follows: (i) In the case of Marathon’s exercise of its Marathon Call Right, each of Marathon and USX shall take all such actions as are necessary to obtain any clearance required under the HSR Act or from the FTC or DOJ in connection with any such investigation, as applicable, for the purchase and sale of Ashland’s Membership Interests and the Ashland LOOP/LOCAP Interest pursuant to this Agreement, including divesting or holding separate any assets or commencing or defending litigation; provided, however, that neither Marathon nor USX shall be required to take any action proposed by the FTC or the DOJ that would or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, liabilities, results of operations, cash flows, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. (ii) In the case of (A) Ashland’s exercise of its Ashland Put Right or (B) Marathon’s exercise of its Special Termination Right, each of Marathon and USX shall take all such actions as are necessary to obtain any clearance required under the HSR Act or from the FTC or DOJ in connection with any such investigation, as applicable, for the purchase and sale of Ashland’s Membership Interests and the Ashland LOOP/LOCAP Interest pursuant to this Agreement, including divesting or holding separate any assets or commencing or defending litigation; provided, however, that neither Marathon nor USX shall be required to take any action proposed by the FTC or the DOJ that would or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, liabilities, results of operations, cash flows, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of (A) the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (B) Marathon and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (C) USX and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. (iii) In the case of Ashland’s exercise of its Special Termination Right, Ashland shall take all such actions as are necessary to obtain any clearance required under the HSR Act or from the FTC or DOJ in connection with any such investigation, as applicable, for the purchase and sale of Marathon’s Membership Interests pursuant to this Agreement, including divesting or holding separate any assets or commencing or defending litigation; provided, however, that Ashland shall not be required to take any action proposed by the FTC or the DOJ that would or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, liabilities, results of operations, cash flows, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of (A) the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (B) Ashland and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Antitrust Notification; FTC or DOJ Investigation. (a) Each of Marathon, USX and Ashland shall as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than 30 days following the relevant Exercise Date, file with the FTC and the DOJ the notification and report form, if any, required for the transactions contemplated hereby and any supplemental information requested in connection therewith pursuant to the HSR Act. Any such notification and report form and supplemental information shall be in substantial compliance with the requirements of the HSR Act. Each of Marathon, USX and Ashland shall furnish to the other such necessary information and reasonable assistance as the other may request in connection with its preparation of any filing or submission which is necessary under the HSR Act. Each of Marathon, USX and Ashland shall keep each other apprised of the status of any communications with, and any inquiries or requests for additional information from, the FTC and the DOJ and shall comply promptly with any such inquiry or request. (b) In the event that Marathon, USX and Ashland are not required to file with the FTC and the DOJ any notification and report form pursuant to the HSR Act, but the FTC or the DOJ nevertheless commences an investigation with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, each of Marathon, USX and Ashland shall comply promptly with any inquiry or request made by the DOJ or the FTC in connection with such investigation. (c) In the event that Marathon, USX and Ashland file notification and report forms with the FTC and the DOJ pursuant to Section 11.02(a) or the FTC or the DOJ commences an investigation with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, then, in addition to the obligations of Marathon, USX and Ashland set forth in Section 11.02(a) and 11.02(b), as applicable, Marathon, USX and Ashland agree as follows: (i) In the case of Marathon’s 's exercise of its Marathon Call Right, each of Marathon and USX shall take all such actions as are necessary to obtain any clearance required under the HSR Act or from the FTC or DOJ in connection with any such investigation, as applicable, for the purchase and sale of Ashland’s 's Membership Interests and the Ashland LOOP/LOCAP Interest pursuant to this Agreement, including divesting or holding separate any assets or commencing or defending litigation; provided, however, that neither Marathon nor USX shall be required to take any action proposed by the FTC or the DOJ that would or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, liabilities, results of operations, cash flows, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. (ii) In the case of (A) Ashland’s 's exercise of its Ashland Put Right or (B) Marathon’s 's exercise of its Special Termination Right, each of Marathon and USX shall take all such actions as are necessary to obtain any clearance required under the HSR Act or from the FTC or DOJ in connection with any such investigation, as applicable, for the purchase and sale of Ashland’s 's Membership Interests and the Ashland LOOP/LOCAP Interest pursuant to this Agreement, including divesting or holding separate any assets or commencing or defending litigation; provided, however, that neither Marathon nor USX shall be required to take any action proposed by the FTC or the DOJ that would or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, liabilities, results of operations, cash flows, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of (A) the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (B) Marathon and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (C) USX and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. (iii) In the case of Ashland’s 's exercise of its Special Termination Right, Ashland shall take all such actions as are necessary to obtain any clearance required under the HSR Act or from the FTC or DOJ in connection with any such investigation, as applicable, for the purchase and sale of Marathon’s 's Membership Interests pursuant to this Agreement, including divesting or holding separate any assets or commencing or defending litigation; provided, however, that Ashland shall not be required to take any action proposed by the FTC or the DOJ that would or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, liabilities, results of operations, cash flows, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of (A) the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (B) Ashland and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Antitrust Notification; FTC or DOJ Investigation. (a) Each of Marathon, USX and Ashland shall as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than 30 days following the relevant Exercise Date, file with the FTC and the DOJ the notification and report form, if any, required for the transactions contemplated hereby and any supplemental information requested in connection therewith pursuant to the HSR Act. Any such notification and report form and supplemental information shall be in substantial compliance with the requirements of the HSR Act. Each of Marathon, USX and Ashland shall furnish to the other such necessary information and reasonable assistance as the other may request in connection with its preparation of any filing or submission which is necessary under the HSR Act. Each of Marathon, USX and Ashland shall keep each other apprised of the status of any communications with, and any inquiries or requests for additional information from, the FTC and the DOJ and shall comply promptly with any such inquiry or request. (b) In the event that Marathon, USX and Ashland are not required to file with the FTC and the DOJ any notification and report form pursuant to the HSR Act, but the FTC or the DOJ nevertheless commences an investigation with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, each of Marathon, USX and Ashland shall comply promptly with any inquiry or request made by the DOJ or the FTC in connection with such investigation. (c) In the event that Marathon, USX and Ashland file notification and report forms with the FTC and the DOJ pursuant to Section 11.02(a) or the FTC or the DOJ commences an investigation with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, then, in addition to the obligations of Marathon, USX and Ashland set forth in Section 11.02(a) and 11.02(b), as applicable, Marathon, USX and Ashland agree as follows: (i) In the case of Marathon’s 's exercise of its Marathon Call Right, each of Marathon and USX shall take all such actions as are necessary to obtain any clearance required under the HSR Act or from the FTC or DOJ in connection with any such investigation, as applicable, for the purchase and sale of Ashland’s 's Membership Interests and the Ashland LOOP/LOCAP Interest pursuant to this Agreement, including divesting or holding separate any assets or commencing or defending litigation; provided, however, that -------- ------- neither Marathon nor USX shall be required to take any action proposed by the FTC or the DOJ that would or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, liabilities, results of operations, cash flows, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. (ii) In the case of (A) Ashland’s 's exercise of its Ashland Put Right or (B) Marathon’s 's exercise of its Special Termination Right, each of Marathon and USX shall take all such actions as are necessary to obtain any clearance required under the HSR Act or from the FTC or DOJ in connection with any such investigation, as applicable, for the purchase and sale of Ashland’s 's Membership Interests and the Ashland LOOP/LOCAP Interest pursuant to this Agreement, including divesting or holding separate any assets or commencing or defending litigation; provided, -------- however, that neither Marathon nor USX shall be required to take any action ------- proposed by the FTC or the DOJ that would or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, liabilities, results of operations, cash flows, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of (A) the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (B) Marathon and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (C) USX and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. (iii) In the case of Ashland’s 's exercise of its Special Termination Right, Ashland shall take all such actions as are necessary to obtain any clearance required under the HSR Act or from the FTC or DOJ in connection with any such investigation, as applicable, for the purchase and sale of Marathon’s 's Membership Interests pursuant to this Agreement, including divesting or holding separate any assets or commencing or defending litigation; provided, however, that Ashland shall not be required to take -------- ------- any action proposed by the FTC or the DOJ that would or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, liabilities, results of operations, cash flows, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of (A) the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (B) Ashland and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.