Parent Material Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement, the Parent Plans or as set forth in the Parent SEC Documents or in the Parent Disclosure Schedule, as of the date hereof, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any contract constituting a “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the SEC) or (i) any contract creating or relating to any material partnership, joint venture, alliance, or joint development agreement; (ii) any contract (other than a license agreement for Intellectual Property, to the extent that it relates to the rights granted with respect to such Intellectual Property) containing covenants binding upon Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that materially restrict the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (or that, following the consummation of the Merger could materially restrict the ability of the Surviving Company or its affiliates) to compete in any business that is material to Parent and its affiliates, taken as a whole, as of the date of this Agreement, or that restricts the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (or that, following the consummation of the Merger, would restrict the ability of the Surviving Company or its affiliates) to compete with any person or in any geographic area; or (iii) any contract constituting a collective bargaining agreement (all contracts of the type described in this Section 4.20 being referred to herein as “Parent Material Contracts”). (b) Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary of Parent is in breach of or default under the terms of any Parent Material Contract where such breach or default has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Parent. To the knowledge of Parent, no other party to any Parent Material Contract is in breach of or default under the terms of any Parent Material Contract where such breach or default has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Parent. Each Parent Material Contract is a valid and binding obligation of Parent or the Subsidiary of Parent which is party thereto and, to the knowledge of Parent, of each other party thereto, and is in full force and effect, except that (i) such enforcement may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws, now or hereafter in effect, relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) equitable remedies of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefore may be brought.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Invitrogen Corp), Merger Agreement (Applera Corp), Merger Agreement (Invitrogen Corp)