Non-Assignment of Assumed Contracts; Wrong Pockets; Objections to Assignment; Identification of Assumed Contracts. (a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement to assign any Assumed Contract which, after giving effect to the provisions of Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code and the Sale Order, is not assignable or transferable without the consent of any Person, other than Sellers, any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates or Buyer, to the extent that such consent shall not have been given prior to the Closing; provided, however, that (i) Sellers shall use, whether before or after the Closing, their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary consents (each, a “Necessary Consent”) to the assignment and transfer thereof, it being understood that, to the extent the foregoing shall require any action by Sellers that would, or would continue to, have an adverse effect on the business of Buyer or any of its Affiliates after the Closing, such action shall require the prior written consent of Buyer, and (ii) in the event that any Assumed Contract is deemed not to be assigned pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 2.4(a), Sellers shall (A) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such Necessary Consents as promptly as practicable after the Closing and (B) cooperate in good faith in any lawful and commercially reasonable arrangement reasonably proposed by Buyer, including subcontracting, licensing or sublicensing to Buyer any or all of any Seller’s rights and obligations with respect to any such Assumed Contract, under which Buyer shall obtain (without infringing upon the legal rights of such third party or violating any Law) the economic rights and benefits under such Assumed Contract with respect to which such Necessary Consent has not been obtained. Upon satisfying any requisite consent requirement applicable to such Assumed Contract after the Closing, such Assumed Contract shall promptly be transferred and assigned to Buyer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such transfer and assignment shall be without any additional payment by Buyer. These commercially reasonable efforts shall not require any material payment or other material consideration from Sellers or the Buyer (other than the Cure Costs), and any such consent shall contain terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Parties, and nothing in this Section 2.4(a) or otherwise shall prevent any Seller that is a Debtor from terminating, dissolving, liquidating, or winding up. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “material” in the prior sentence means material in the context of the relevant Assumed Contract. (b) Subject to Section 2.4(a), if after the Closing (i) Buyer or any of its Affiliates holds any Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities, (ii) any Seller or any of their Affiliates holds any Acquired Assets or Assumed Liabilities, or (iii) Seller receives payment from a customer of Buyer on account of services provided by Buyer after the Closing, Buyer or the applicable Seller, will promptly transfer (or cause to be transferred) such assets or assume (or cause to be assumed) such Liabilities to or from (as the case may be) the other party. Prior to any such transfer, the party receiving or possessing any such asset will hold it in trust for such other party. Until transferred, such funds shall be held in a separate account, to the extent feasible, and not comingled with other assets or funds. (c) If the assumption and assignment of any Assumed Contract is objected to by any Person, including any Contract counterparty, then Buyer and the applicable Seller shall cooperate and use commercially reasonable efforts to seek to resolve such objection, including potentially the defense of any such assumption and assignment in the Bankruptcy Court.
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Non-Assignment of Assumed Contracts; Wrong Pockets; Objections to Assignment; Identification of Assumed Contracts. (a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement to assign any Assumed Contract which, after giving effect to the provisions of Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code and the Sale Order, is not assignable or transferable without the consent of any Person, other than the Sellers, any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates or Buyer, to the extent that such consent shall not have been given prior to the Closing; provided, however, that (i) the Sellers shall use, whether before or after the Closing, their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary consents (each, a “Necessary Consent”) to the assignment and transfer thereof, it being understood that, to the extent the foregoing shall require any action by the Sellers that would, or would continue to, have an adverse effect on the business of Buyer or any of its Affiliates after the Closing, such action shall require the prior written consent of Buyer, and (ii) in the event that any Assumed Contract is deemed not to be assigned pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 2.4(a), the Sellers shall (A) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such Necessary Consents as promptly as practicable after the Closing and (B) cooperate in good faith in any lawful and commercially reasonable arrangement reasonably proposed by Buyer, including subcontracting, licensing or sublicensing to Buyer any or all of any Seller’s rights and obligations with respect to any such Assumed Contract, under which Buyer shall obtain (without infringing upon the legal rights of such third party or violating any Law) the economic rights and benefits under such Assumed Contract with respect to which such Necessary Consent has not been obtained. Upon satisfying any requisite consent requirement applicable to such Assumed Contract after the Closing, such Assumed Contract shall promptly be transferred and assigned to Buyer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such transfer and assignment shall be without any additional payment by Buyer. These commercially reasonable efforts shall not require any material payment or other material consideration from the Sellers or the Buyer (other than the Cure Costs), and any such consent shall contain terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Parties, and nothing in this Section 2.4(a) or otherwise shall prevent any Seller that is a Debtor from terminating, dissolving, liquidating, or winding up. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “material” in the prior sentence means material in the context of the relevant Assumed Contract.
(b) Subject to Section 2.4(a), if after the Closing (i) Buyer or any of its Affiliates holds any Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities, Liabilities or (ii) any Seller or any of their Affiliates holds any Acquired Assets or Assumed Liabilities, or (iii) Seller receives payment from a customer of Buyer on account of services provided by Buyer after the Closing, Buyer or the applicable Seller, will promptly transfer (or cause to be transferred) such assets or assume (or cause to be assumed) such Liabilities to or from (as the case may be) the other party. Prior to any such transfer, the party receiving or possessing any such asset will hold it in trust for such other party. Until transferred, such funds shall be held in a separate account, to the extent feasible, and not comingled with other assets or funds.
(c) If the assumption and assignment of any Assumed Contract is objected to by any Person, including any Contract counterparty, then Buyer and the applicable Seller shall cooperate and use commercially reasonable efforts to seek to resolve such objection, including potentially the defense of any such assumption and assignment in the Bankruptcy Court.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Adams Resources & Energy, Inc.), Asset Purchase Agreement
Non-Assignment of Assumed Contracts; Wrong Pockets; Objections to Assignment; Identification of Assumed Contracts. (a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement to assign any Assumed Contract which, after giving effect to the provisions of Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code and the Sale Order, is not assignable or transferable without the consent of any Person, other than the Sellers, any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates or Buyer, to the extent that such consent shall not have been given prior to the Closing; provided, however, that (i) the Sellers shall use, whether before or after the Closing, their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary consents (each, a “Necessary Consent”) to the assignment and transfer thereof, it being understood that, to the extent the foregoing shall require any action by the Sellers that wouldwould reasonably, or would reasonably continue to, have an adverse effect on the business of Buyer or any of its Affiliates after the Closing, such action shall require the prior written consent of Buyer, and (ii) in the event that any Assumed Contract is deemed not to be assigned pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 2.4(a), the Sellers shall (A) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such Necessary Consents as promptly as practicable after the Closing and (B) cooperate in good faith in any lawful and commercially reasonable arrangement reasonably proposed by Buyer, including subcontracting, licensing or sublicensing to Buyer any or all of any Seller’s rights and obligations with respect to any such Assumed Contract, under which Buyer shall obtain (without infringing upon the legal rights of such third party or violating any Law) the economic rights and benefits under such Assumed Contract with respect to which such Necessary Consent has not been obtained. Upon satisfying any requisite consent requirement applicable to such Assumed Contract after the Closing, such Assumed Contract shall promptly be transferred and assigned to Buyer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such transfer and assignment shall be without any additional payment by Buyer. These commercially reasonable efforts shall not require any material payment or other material consideration from the Sellers or the Buyer (other than the Cure Costs), and any such consent shall contain terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Parties, and nothing in this Section 2.4(a) or otherwise shall prevent any Seller that is a Debtor from terminating, dissolving, liquidating, or winding up. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “material” in the prior sentence means material in the context of the relevant Assumed Contract.
(b) Subject to Section 2.4(a), if after the Closing (i) Buyer or any of its Affiliates holds any Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities, Liabilities or (ii) any Seller or any of their Affiliates holds any Acquired Assets or Assumed Liabilities, or (iii) Seller receives payment from a customer of Buyer on account of services provided by Buyer after the Closing, Buyer or the applicable Seller, will promptly transfer (or cause to be transferred) such assets or assume (or cause to be assumed) such Liabilities to or from (as the case may be) the other party. Prior to any such transfer, the party receiving or possessing any such asset will hold it in trust for such other party. Until transferred, such funds shall be held in a separate account, to the extent feasible, and not comingled with other assets or funds.
(c) If the assumption and assignment of any Assumed Contract is objected to by any Person, including any Contract counterparty, then Buyer and the applicable Seller shall cooperate and use commercially reasonable efforts to seek to resolve such objection, including potentially the defense of any such assumption and assignment in the Bankruptcy Court.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement
Non-Assignment of Assumed Contracts; Wrong Pockets; Objections to Assignment; Identification of Assumed Contracts. (a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement to assign any Assumed Contract which, after giving effect to the provisions of Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code and the Sale Order, is not assignable or transferable without the consent of any Person, other than the Sellers, any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates or Buyer, to the extent that such consent shall not have been given prior to the Closing; provided, however, that (i) the Sellers shall use, whether before or after the Closing, their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary consents (each, a “Necessary Consent”) to the assignment and transfer thereof, it being understood that, to the extent the foregoing shall require any action by the Sellers that would, or would continue to, have an adverse effect on the business of Buyer or any of its Affiliates after the Closing, such action shall require the prior written consent of Buyer, and (ii) in the event that any Assumed Contract is deemed not to be assigned pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 2.4(a), the Sellers shall (A) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such Necessary Consents as promptly as practicable after the Closing and (B) cooperate in good faith in any lawful and commercially reasonable arrangement reasonably proposed by Buyer, including subcontracting, licensing or sublicensing to Buyer any or all of any Seller’s rights and obligations with respect to any such Assumed Contract, under which Buyer shall obtain (without infringing upon the legal rights of such third party or violating any Law) the economic rights and benefits under such Assumed Contract with respect to which such Necessary Consent has not been obtained. Upon satisfying any requisite consent requirement applicable to such Assumed Contract after the Closing, such Assumed Contract shall promptly be transferred and assigned to Buyer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such transfer and assignment shall be without any additional payment by Buyer. These commercially reasonable efforts shall not require any material payment or other material consideration from the Sellers or the Buyer (other than the Cure CostsCosts that are the responsibility of Buyer, as applicable, pursuant to Section 7.10), and any such consent shall contain terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Parties, and nothing in this Section 2.4(a) or otherwise shall prevent any Seller that is a Debtor from terminating, dissolving, liquidating, winding up or winding upentering into bankruptcy. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “material” in the prior sentence means material in the context of the relevant Assumed Contract.
(b) Subject to Section 2.4(a), if after the Closing (i) Buyer or any of its Affiliates holds any Excluded Assets Liabilities or Excluded Liabilities, (ii) any Seller or any of their Affiliates holds any Acquired Assets or Assumed Liabilities, or (iii) Seller receives payment from a customer of Buyer on account of services provided by Buyer after the Closing, Buyer or the applicable Seller, will promptly transfer (or cause to be transferred) such assets or assume (or cause to be assumed) such Liabilities to or from (as the case may be) the other party. Prior to any such transfer, the party receiving or possessing any such asset will hold it in trust for such other party. Until transferred, such funds shall be held in a separate account, to the extent feasible, and not comingled with other assets or funds.
(c) If the assumption and assignment of any Assumed Contract is objected to by any Person, including any Contract counterparty, then Buyer and the applicable Seller shall cooperate and use commercially reasonable efforts to seek to resolve such objection, including potentially the defense of any such assumption and assignment in the Bankruptcy Court.
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement