Existence and Conduct of Business. (a) Each Credit Party (i) will preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and (ii), except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, will preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect the legal existence of its Significant Subsidiaries; provided that the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.03(a) shall not be deemed to prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution expressly permitted under Section 6.02. (b) Except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Significant Subsidiaries to, (i) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business and (ii) assure that it does not enter into any business which is material to the Credit Group taken as a whole, other than the business in which the Credit Group is engaged on the Effective Date and businesses related to or complimentary to such existing businesses.
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Samples: Asset Sale Facility Agreement (Merck & Co Inc), Bridge Loan Agreement (Merck & Co Inc), Incremental Credit Agreement (Merck & Co Inc)
Existence and Conduct of Business. (a) Each Credit Party The Borrower (i) will preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and (ii), except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, will preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect the legal existence of its Significant Subsidiaries; provided that the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.03(a) shall not be deemed to prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution expressly permitted under Section 6.02.
(b) Except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Credit Party the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Significant Subsidiaries to, (i) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business and (ii) assure that it does not enter into any business which is material to the Credit Group taken as a whole, other than the business in which the Credit Group is engaged on the Effective Date and businesses related to or complimentary to such existing businesses.
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