Common use of Defense of Litigation Clause in Contracts

Defense of Litigation. The Company shall control, and the Company shall give Parent the opportunity to participate in the defense of any litigation brought by stockholders of the Company against the Company and/or its directors relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company shall not settle or offer to settle any claim, action, suit, charge, investigation or proceeding against the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors or officers by any stockholder of the Company arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement without the prior written consent of Parent. The Company shall not cooperate with any Person that may seek to restrain, enjoin, prohibit or otherwise oppose the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the Company shall cooperate with Parent and Merger Subsidiary in resisting any such effort to restrain, enjoin, prohibit or otherwise oppose such transactions.

Defense of Litigation. The Company shall control, and the Company shall give Parent the opportunity to participate in the defense of any litigation brought by stockholders of the Company against the Company and/or its directors relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company shall not settle or offer to settle any claim, action, suit, charge, investigation or proceeding against the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors or officers by any stockholder of the Company arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement without the prior written consent of Parent. The Except as provided in Section 5.3, the Company shall not cooperate with any Person that may seek to restrain, enjoin, prohibit or otherwise oppose the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the Company shall cooperate with Parent and Merger Subsidiary in resisting any such effort to restrain, enjoin, prohibit or otherwise oppose such transactions.