Common use of Negotiation Between Chief Executive Officers Clause in Contracts

Negotiation Between Chief Executive Officers. (a) If a Dispute Notice is delivered prior to the Closing, within 10 Business Days after delivery of the Response provided for in Section 16.02, the Chief Executive Officer (in the case of Ashland and USX) and/or the President (in the case of Marathon and the Company) of each party to such Dispute shall meet or communicate by telephone at a mutually acceptable time and place, and thereafter as often as they reasonably deem necessary, and shall negotiate in good faith to attempt to resolve the Dispute that is the subject of such Dispute Notice. If such Dispute has not been resolved within 20 Business Days after the delivery of the Response as provided for in Section 16.02, then each party shall be permitted to take such actions at law or in equity as it is otherwise permitted to take or as may be available under Applicable Law.

Negotiation Between Chief Executive Officers. (a) If a Dispute Notice is delivered prior to the Closing, within 10 Business Days after delivery of the Response provided for in Section 16.02, the Chief Executive Officer (in the case of Ashland and USX) and/or the President (in the case of Marathon and the Company) of 111 each party to such Dispute shall meet or communicate by telephone at a mutually acceptable time and place, and thereafter as often as they reasonably deem necessary, and shall negotiate in good faith to attempt to resolve the Dispute that is the subject of such Dispute Notice. If such Dispute has not been resolved within 20 Business Days after the delivery of the Response as provided for in Section 16.02, then each party shall be permitted to take such actions at law or in equity as it is otherwise permitted to take or as may be available under Applicable Law.

Negotiation Between Chief Executive Officers. (a) If --------------------------------------------- a Dispute Notice is delivered prior to the Closing, within 10 Business Days after delivery of the Response provided for in Section 16.02, the Chief Executive Officer (in the case of Ashland and USX) and/or the President (in the case of Marathon and the Company) of 111 each party to such Dispute shall meet or communicate by telephone at a mutually acceptable time and place, and thereafter as often as they reasonably deem necessary, and shall negotiate in good faith to attempt to resolve the Dispute that is the subject of such Dispute Notice. If such Dispute has not been resolved within 20 Business Days after the delivery of the Response as provided for in Section 16.02, then each party shall be permitted to take such actions at law or in equity as it is otherwise permitted to take or as may be available under Applicable Law.