Appropriate Action; Consents; Filings (a) Parent and the Company shall (and shall cause their affiliates to) use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) consummate the Transactions and cause the conditions set forth in Article VI to be satisfied, (ii) promptly obtain all actions or nonactions, consents, clearances, Permits (including Environmental Permits), waivers, approvals, authorizations and Orders from Governmental Entities necessary or advisable in connection with the consummation of the Transactions, (iii) as promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement, make all registrations, notifications and filings with any Governmental Entity necessary or advisable in connection with the consummation of the Transactions, including filings required under Antitrust Laws, and promptly make any further submissions that are necessary or advisable, (iv) seek to resolve any objection or assertion by any Governmental Entity challenging this Agreement or the Transactions and (v) execute and deliver any additional instruments necessary or advisable to consummate the Transactions. Parent, the Company and their respective affiliates shall not be required to make any concessions under this Section 5.07 that are not conditioned upon the Closing. Parent and the Company shall each be responsible for the payment of one-half of the filing fees applicable to the Transactions pursuant to any Antitrust Law.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall Parent or its affiliates be required to (and the Company shall not, and shall cause its affiliates not to, without Parent’s prior written consent) offer, propose, negotiate, agree to, consent to or effect (i) any operational restrictions or limitations, (ii) any sale, license, disposition or holding separate of assets or businesses or (iii) any other remedy, condition, commitment or undertaking of any kind, in each case, in order to obtain actions or nonactions, consents, clearances, Permits, waivers, approvals, authorizations or Orders of Governmental Entities or to avoid the entry of, or to effect the dissolution of or vacate or lift, any Orders that would prevent or delay the consummation of the Transactions.
(c) Each party hereto shall: (i) give the other parties prompt notice of the making or commencement of any request, inquiry, investigation, or Proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity with respect to the Transactions; (ii) keep the other parties informed as to the status of any such request, inquiry, investigation, or Proceeding; and (iii) promptly inform the other parties of any communication to or from any Governmental Entity regarding the Transactions. Each party hereto will consult and cooperate with the other parties, and will consider in good faith the views of the other parties, in connection with any filing, analysis, appearance, presentation, memorandum, brief, argument, or opinion made or submitted to any Governmental Entity in connection with the Transactions. In addition, except as may be prohibited by any Governmental Entity or by any Law, in connection with any such request, inquiry, investigation, action or Proceeding, each party hereto will permit authorized representatives of the other parties to be present at each meeting or conference relating to such request, inquiry, investigation, action or Proceeding and to have access to and be consulted in connection with, and to the extent practicable, provided the opportunity to review in advance, any document or opinion made or submitted to any Governmental Entity in connection with such request, inquiry, investigation or Proceeding. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.07, no party hereto shall be in violation of this Agreement by virtue of providing information that is competitively sensitive to one another on an “outside counsel only” basis.
Further Action; Consents; Filings Upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, each of the parties hereto shall use all reasonable efforts to
(i) take, or cause to be taken, all appropriate action, and do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Law or otherwise to consummate and make effective the Mergers, (ii) obtain from Governmental Entities any consents, licenses, permits, waivers, approvals, authorizations or orders required to be obtained or made by Bergen, IVAX, BBI or the Surviving Corporations or any of their subsidiaries in connection with the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the Mergers and (iii) make all necessary filings, and thereafter make any other required or appropriate submissions, with respect to this Agreement and the Mergers required under (A) the rules and regulations of AMEX or the NYSE, (B) the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and any other applicable federal or state securities Laws, (C) the HSR Act, (D) the New Jersey Industrial Site Recovery Act and (E) any other applicable Law. The parties hereto shall cooperate and consult with each other in connection with the making of all such filings, including by providing copies of all such documents to the nonfiling parties and their advisors prior to filing, and none of the parties shall file any such document if any of the other parties shall have reasonably objected to the filing of such document. No party shall consent to any voluntary extension of any statutory deadline or waiting period or to any voluntary delay of the consummation of the Mergers at the behest of any Governmental Entity without the consent and agreement of the other parties hereto, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
Conflicts; Consents and Approvals (a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and the performance and consummation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will not:
(i) violate, or result in a breach of any provision of, the Company Certificate of Incorporation or the Company By-Laws;
(ii) violate, or conflict with, or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default (or an event that, with the giving of notice, the passage of time or otherwise, would constitute a default) under, or entitle any Person (with the giving of notice, the passage of time or otherwise) to terminate, accelerate, modify or call a default under, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, contract, undertaking, agreement, lease or other instrument or obligation to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party; or
(iii) violate any Applicable Laws relating to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets; except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, as set forth in the Company SEC Documents filed prior to the date hereof or for any of the foregoing that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(b) The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement does not, and the performance and consummation of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will not, require the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to obtain any approval of any Person or approval of, observe any waiting period imposed by, or make any filing with or notification to or seek any approval or authorization from any Governmental Authority other than (i) actions, if any, required by the HSR Act, except for actions required by the HSR Act taken prior to the date hereof, (ii) the Company Stockholders Approval, if required, (iii) registrations or other actions required under United States federal and state securities laws as are contemplated by this Agreement and (iii) consents or approvals of any Governmental Authority the failure of which to obtain would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
All Consents All authorizations, consents, orders or approvals of or registrations or declarations with any Governmental Authority required to be obtained, effected or given to it, if any, in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party and the performance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document by the Depositor, in each case, have been duly obtained, effected or given and are in full force and effect, except for those which the failure to obtain would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
No Conflicts; Consents and Approvals The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Loan Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance of the Revolving Note, will not: (i) constitute a violation of or conflict with the any Credit Parties’ respective articles of incorporation (including any certificates of designation, is applicable), bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of organization or similar governing or organizational documents; (ii) constitute a violation of, or a default or breach under (either immediately, upon notice, upon lapse of time, or both), or conflicts with, or gives to any other Person any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any provision of any contract or agreement to which any Credit Party is a party or by which any of its or their assets or properties may be bound; (iii) constitute a violation of, or a default or breach under (either immediately, upon notice, upon lapse of time, or both), or conflicts with, any order, writ, injunction, decree, or any other judgment of any nature whatsoever; (iv) constitute a violation of, or conflict with, any law, rule, ordinance or other regulation (including foreign and United States federal and state securities laws); or (v) result in the loss or adverse modification of, or the imposition of any fine, penalty or other Lien, claim or encumbrance with respect to, any Permit granted or issued to, or otherwise held by or for the use of, any Credit Party or any of its assets. The Credit Parties are not in violation of any Credit Parties’ respective articles of incorporation (including any certificates of designation, is applicable), bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of organization or similar governing or organizational documents, as applicable, and the Credit Parties are not in default or breach (and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both could put any Credit Party in default or breach) under, and the Credit Parties have not taken any action or failed to take any action that would give to any other Person any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any contract or agreement to which any Credit Party is a party or by which any property or assets of any Credit Party are bound or affected. No business of any Credit Party is being conducted, and shall not be conducted, in violation of any law, rule, ordinance or other regulation. Except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement, the Credit Parties are not required to obtain any consent or approval of, from, or with any Governmental Authority, or any other Person, in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or the Loan Documents in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All consents and approvals which any Credit Party is required to obtain pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the Effective Date.
Filings, Consents and Approvals The Company is not required to obtain any consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any filing or registration with, any court or other federal, state, local or other governmental authority or other Person in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, other than: (i) the filings required pursuant to Section 4.4 of this Agreement, (ii) the filing with the Commission of the Prospectus Supplement, (iii) application(s) to each applicable Trading Market for the listing of the Shares and Warrant Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby and (iv) such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws (collectively, the “Required Approvals”).
Governmental Consents and Filings No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, qualification, designation, declaration or filing with, any federal, state or local governmental authority is required on the part of the Purchaser in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Consents and Filings (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and except with respect to approval by the Bankruptcy Court, each of the parties will use their respective commercially reasonable efforts (i) to take promptly, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do promptly, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) as promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement, to obtain all Governmental Authorizations (including Environmental Authorizations) from, and make all filings with, all Governmental Authorities (including any other national antitrust authorities with mandatory pre-merger filing requirements that are deemed by the Seller and the Purchaser, after consulting with one another, to be applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (each “Governmental Antitrust Authority”)), and to obtain all other consents, waivers, approvals and other authorizations from, all other third parties, that are necessary or advisable in connection with the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) The Seller and the Purchaser agree to file with the applicable Governmental Antitrust Authority, as soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, any filings or similar information submissions required under applicable antitrust or other competition Laws of jurisdictions outside of the United States of America, including the Federal Republic of Germany. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Purchaser will be solely responsible for all filing fees due under the HSR Act and any non-US applicable Laws in connection with the filings described above and neither the Seller nor any of its Affiliates will have any Liability with respect to the payment of such filing fees.
(c) The Seller and the Purchaser will promptly notify the other of any communication it or any of its Affiliates receives from any Governmental Antitrust Authority relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and will permit the other party to review in advance any proposed communication by such party to any Governmental Antitrust Authority. Neither party will agree to participate in any meeting with any Governmental Antitrust Authority in respect of any filings, investigation or other inquiry unless it consults with the other party in advance and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Antitrust Authority, gives the other party the opportunity to attend and participate at such meeting. The Seller and the Purchaser will coordinate and cooperate fully with each other in exchanging such information and providing such assistance as the other party may reasonably request in connection with the foregoing and in seeking early termination of any applicable waiting periods including under the HSR Act. The Seller and the Purchaser will provide each other with copies of all correspondence, filings or communications between them or any of their representatives, on the one hand, and any Governmental Antitrust Authority or members of its staff, on the other hand, with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
No Violations; Consents and Approvals (i) Except for filings, permits, authorizations, Consents and approvals as may be required under, and other applicable requirements of, applicable Antitrust laws, neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by Parent or Merger Sub nor the consummation by them of the transactions contemplated hereby nor compliance by them with any of the provisions hereof will directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of time or both): (i) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of (A) any provision of the Organizational Documents of Parent or Merger Sub, or (B) any resolution adopted by the board of directors or the stockholders of Parent or Merger Sub; (ii) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation of, or give any Governmental Body or other Person the right to exercise any remedy or obtain any relief under, any Legal Requirement or any order, injunction, writ or decree to which Parent or Merger Sub, or any of the respective assets owned or used by each of them, may be subject, or (iii) require a Consent from any Person; except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences that would not prevent or impair the ability of Parent or Merger Sub from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby in any material respect, or otherwise prevent Parent or Merger Sub from exercising their respective rights under this Agreement in any material respect.
(ii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub does not, and the performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, require any Consent of, or filing with or notification to, any Governmental Body, except (i) for the pre-merger notification requirements of applicable Antitrust laws, and (ii) where failure to obtain such Consents, or to make such filings or notifications, would not prevent or impair the ability of Parent or Merger Sub from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby in any material respect, or otherwise prevent Parent or Merger Sub from exercising their respective rights under this Agreement in any material respect.
No Conflict; Consents and Approvals (a) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party by each of Parent and Merger Sub and the consummation by each of Parent and Merger Sub of the Acquiror Transactions, do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate the Organizational Documents of Parent or Merger Sub, (ii) assuming that all consents, approvals and authorizations contemplated by clauses (i) through (vi) of subsection (b) below have been obtained and all filings described in such clauses have been made, conflict with or violate any Law applicable to Parent or Merger Sub or by which any of their respective properties are bound, (iii) result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default), or result in the loss of a benefit under, result in the creation or imposition of any Lien or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation, amendment or acceleration of, any material contract to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party or by which Parent or Merger Sub or any of their respective properties are bound, or (iv) conflict with any Debt Financing Condition, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, loss, right or other occurrence that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party by each of Parent and Merger Sub, and the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the Acquiror Transactions, does not and will not require Parent or Merger Sub to obtain any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, action by, or to make any filing with or notification to, any Governmental Entity, except for (i) such filings as may be required under applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and under state securities, takeover and “blue sky” Laws, (ii) the filings required under the HSR Act, (iii) such filings and other action as are necessary to obtain all required Gaming Approvals, (iv) such filings as necessary to comply with the applicable requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market, (v) the filing with the Delaware Secretary of State of the Certificate of Merger as required by the DGCL, and (vi) any such consent, approval, authorization, permit, action, filing or notification the failure of which to make or obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.
(c) To the Knowledge of Parent, there is no dispute or conflict arising from its status as an Acquiror that would reasonably be expected to have an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub has entered into any agreement with Gamma that would reasonably be expected to have an Acquiror Material Adverse Effect or that is inconsistent with the purposes and intent of the parties to consummate the Transactions.
