Further Action; Reasonable Best Efforts (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each of the parties hereto and their respective Representatives shall (i) make promptly its respective filings, and thereafter make any other required submissions, with each relevant Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over enforcement of any applicable antitrust or competition Laws with respect to the Transactions, and coordinate and cooperate fully with the other parties in exchanging such information and providing such assistance as the other parties may reasonably request in connection therewith (including (A) obtaining consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) from the other parties promptly before making any substantive communication (whether verbal or written) with any Governmental Authority in connection with such filings or submissions, (B) permitting the other parties to review in advance, and consulting with the other parties on, any proposed filing, submission or communication (whether verbal or written) by such party to any Governmental Authority, and (C) giving the other parties the opportunity to attend and participate at any meeting with any Governmental Authority in respect of any filing, investigation or other inquiry); and (ii) cooperate with the other parties hereto and use its reasonable best efforts, and cause its Subsidiaries to use their respective reasonable best efforts, to take, or cause to be taken, all appropriate action, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws or otherwise to consummate and make effective the Transactions, including using reasonable best efforts to employ such resources as are necessary to (x) obtain and/or maintain all approvals, consents, registrations, permits, authorizations and other confirmations required to be obtained from any third party and (y) obtain the Requisite Regulatory Approvals and taking any and all steps necessary to avoid or eliminate each and every impediment under any antitrust or competition Law that may be asserted by any Governmental Authority so as to enable the parties hereto to expeditiously consummate the Transactions, including committing to and effecting, by consent decree, hold separate orders, or otherwise, the restructuring, reorganization, sale, divestiture or disposition of such of its assets, properties or businesses; provided, that no party hereto shall be required to take any such action if such action would result in or may be reasonably likely to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Reasonable Best Efforts; Further Assurances (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each party hereto shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other party or parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, and by the Related Agreements. The Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) as promptly as practicable, obtain all Approvals (including those referred to in Sections 2.6(a) and 2.6(b) and Sections 2.6(a) and 2.6(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule), and the Company and Parent shall make all filings under applicable Law required in connection with the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and Parent and the consummation by them of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the Merger (in connection with which Parent and the Company will cooperate with each other in connection with the making of all such filings, including providing copies of all such documents to the non-filing party and its advisors prior to filings and, if requested, will accept all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested in connection therewith); (ii) furnish all information required for any application or other filing to be made pursuant to the DGCL or any other Law or any applicable Regulations of any Governmental Authority (including all information required to be included in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Registration Statement) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Related Agreements; and (iii) lift, rescind or mitigate the effects of any injunction or other Order adversely affecting the ability of any party hereto to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to prevent, with respect to any threatened or such injunction or other Order, the issuance or entry thereof, provided, however, that neither Parent nor any of its Affiliates shall be under any obligation to (x) make proposals, execute or carry out agreements or submit to Orders providing for the sale or other disposition or holding separate (through the establishment of a trust or otherwise) of any assets or categories of assets of Parent, any of its Affiliates, including its Subsidiaries, the Company or the holding separate of the Company Common Stock or imposing or seeking to impose any limitation on the ability of Parent or any of its Affiliates, including its Subsidiaries, to conduct their business or own such assets or to acquire, hold or exercise full rights of ownership of Company Common Stock, or (y) otherwise take any step to avoid or eliminate any impediment which may be asserted under any Law governing competition, monopolies or restrictive trade practices which, in the reasonable judgment of Parent, might result in a limitation of the benefit expected to be derived by Parent as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby or might adversely affect the Company or Parent or any of Parent's Affiliates, including its Subsidiaries. Neither party hereto will take any action which could reasonably be expected to result in any of the representations or warranties made by such party pursuant to Articles II or III, as the case may be, becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect.
Reasonable Best Efforts (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties agrees to use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions that are necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including using reasonable best efforts to accomplish the following: (i) obtain all required consents, approvals or waivers from, or participation in other discussions or negotiations with, third parties, including as required under any Material Contract, (ii) obtain all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents, approvals, orders and authorizations from Governmental Entities, make all necessary registrations, declarations and filings and take all steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid any Action by, any Governmental Entity, (iii) vigorously resist and contest any Action, including administrative or judicial Action, and seek to have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any decree, judgment, injunction or other order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that is in effect and that could restrict, prevent or prohibit consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, by vigorously pursuing all avenues of administrative and judicial appeal, and (iv) execute and deliver any additional instruments necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and fully to carry out the purposes of this Agreement; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall commit to the payment of any material fee, penalty or other consideration or make any other material concession, waiver or amendment under any Contract in connection with obtaining any consent without the prior written consent of Parent. Each of the parties hereto shall furnish to each other party such necessary information and reasonable assistance as such other party may reasonably request in connection with the foregoing. Subject to applicable Law relating to the exchange of information, Parent and the Company shall have the right to review in advance, and to the extent practicable each shall consult with the other in connection with, all of the information relating to Parent or the Company, as the case may be, and any of their respective Subsidiaries, that appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in connection with the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In exercising the foregoing rights, each of Parent and the Company shall act reasonably and as promptly as practicable. Subject to applicable Law and the instructions of any Governmental Entity, the Company and Parent shall keep each other reasonably apprised of the status of matters relating to the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby, including promptly furnishing the other with copies of notices or other written communications received by the Company or Parent, as the case may be, or any of their respective Subsidiaries, from any Governmental Entity and/or third party with respect to such transactions, and, to the extent practicable under the circumstances, shall provide the other party and its counsel with the opportunity to participate in any meeting with any Governmental Entity in respect of any filing, investigation or other inquiry in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
Necessary Further Actions If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub, then the directors and officers of the Company and Merger Sub as of immediately prior to the Effective Time will take all such lawful and necessary action.
Reasonable Efforts; Further Assurances (a) Parent and the Company shall use their reasonable best efforts to satisfy or cause to be satisfied all of the conditions precedent that are set forth in Article VI, as applicable to each of them. Each Party, at the reasonable request of the other, shall execute and deliver such other instruments and do and perform such other acts and things as may be necessary or desirable for effecting completely the consummation of the Merger and other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
