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 set forth in Article VI, as applicable to each of them. Each of Parent and the Company, 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 the consummation of the Merger and other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (b) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company and Parent agree to use their respective reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and other transactions contemplated by this Agreement including, without limitation, using their respective reasonable best efforts: (i) to obtain prior to the Closing Date all licenses, certificates, permits, consents, approvals, authorizations, qualifications and orders of Governmental Authorities and parties to contracts with the Company or its Subsidiaries as are necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) to effect all necessary registrations and filings required by any Governmental Authority (in connection with which Parent and the Company shall cooperate with each other in connection with the making of all such registrations and filings, including, without limitation, providing copies of all such documents to the non-filing Party and its advisors prior to the time of such filing and, if requested, will accept all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested in connection therewith); (iii) to furnish to each other such information and assistance as reasonably may be requested in connection with the foregoing (including, in the case of the Company, assisting with the preparation and delivery to Parent of an estimated balance sheet (including fixed assets and inventory) of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the Closing Date); and (iv) to lift, rescind or mitigate the effects of any injunction, restraining order or other ruling by a Governmental Authority adversely affecting the ability of any Party to consummate the Merger or other transactions contemplated hereby and to prevent, with respect to any threatened or such injunction, restraining order or other such ruling, the issuance or entry thereof.
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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 of Parent and the CompanyParty, 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.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company and Parent agree to use their respective reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and other transactions contemplated by this Agreement including, without limitation, using their respective reasonable best efforts: (i) to obtain prior to the Closing Date all licenses, certificates, permits, consents, approvals, authorizations, qualifications and orders of Governmental Authorities and parties to agreements and contracts with the Company or its Subsidiaries as are necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) to effect all necessary registrations and filings required by any Governmental Authority (in connection with which Parent and the Company shall cooperate with each other in connection with the making of all such registrations and filings, including, without limitation, providing copies of all such documents to the non-filing Party party and its advisors prior to the time of such filing and, if requested, will accept all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested in connection therewith); (iii) to furnish to each other such information and assistance as reasonably may be requested in connection with the foregoing (including, in the case of the Company, assisting with the preparation and delivery to Parent of an estimated balance sheet (including fixed assets and inventory) of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the Closing Date)foregoing; and (iv) to lift, rescind or mitigate the effects of any injunction, restraining order or other ruling by a Governmental Authority adversely affecting the ability of any Party to consummate the Merger or other transactions contemplated hereby and to prevent, with respect to any threatened or such injunction, restraining order or other such ruling, the issuance or entry thereof.
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Reasonable Efforts; Further Assurances. (a) Parent and the Company Each party shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to satisfy or cause to be satisfied all of the conditions precedent that are set forth in Article VI6, as applicable to each of them. Each of Parent and the Companyparty, at the reasonable request of the any 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 AgreementCombination-Related Transactions.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company and Parent agree to each party shall use their its respective commercially reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and other transactions contemplated by this Agreement Combination-Related Transactions including, without limitation, using their respective commercially reasonable best efforts: (i) to obtain prior to the Closing Date all licenses, certificates, permits, consents, approvals, authorizations, qualifications and orders of Governmental Authorities and parties to contracts with the Company or its Subsidiaries as are necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) to effect all necessary registrations and filings required by any Governmental Authority (in connection with which Parent and the Company each party shall cooperate with each other party in connection with the making of all such registrations and filings, including, without limitation, providing copies copies, as reasonably necessary and to the extent permitted by law, of all such documents to the non-filing Party party and its advisors prior to the time of such filing and, if requested, will accept all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested in connection therewith); (iii) to furnish to each other party such information and assistance as reasonably may be requested in connection with the foregoing (including, in the case of the Company, assisting with the preparation and delivery to Parent of an estimated balance sheet (including fixed assets and inventory) of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the Closing Date)foregoing; and (iv) to lift, rescind or mitigate the effects of any injunction, restraining order or other ruling by a Governmental Authority adversely affecting the ability of any Party party to consummate the Merger or other transactions contemplated hereby Combination-Related Transactions and to prevent, with respect to any such threatened or such injunction, restraining order or other such ruling, the issuance or entry thereof.
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Samples: Business Combination Agreement (Asiainfo Holdings Inc)
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 set forth in Article VI, as applicable to each of them. Each of Parent and the Company, 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 the consummation of the Merger and other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions hereofof this Agreement and applicable law, the Company Seller and Parent agree to Buyer shall act in good faith and use their respective commercially reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action actions, and to do, or cause to be done, done and cooperate with each other in order to do all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner Transactions as soon as practicable, including the Merger preparation and other transactions contemplated by this Agreement includingfiling of all forms, without limitation, using their respective reasonable best efforts: (i) registrations and notices required to be filed to consummate the Transactions and the taking of such actions as are necessary to obtain prior to the Closing Date all licenses, certificates, permits, consents, any requisite approvals, authorizations, qualifications consents, orders, licenses, permits, qualifications, exemptions or waivers by any third party or Governmental Entity. Seller shall be primarily responsible for, and orders of Buyer shall cooperate with Seller in obtaining the consents set forth on Schedule 7.3(c). In addition, no party hereto shall take any action after the date hereof that would reasonably be expected to materially delay the obtaining of, or result in not obtaining any permission, approval or consent from any Governmental Authorities and parties Entity or other Person required to contracts with be obtained prior to Closing. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall require Seller, the Company or its Subsidiaries as are Xxxxxxx X.X. to pay any consideration to any other Person from whom any such approval, authorization, consent, order, license, permit, qualification, exemption or waiver is requested.
(b) Prior to the Closing, each party shall promptly consult with the other party hereto with respect to, provide any necessary for information with respect to, and provide the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; other parties (iior their respective counsel) to effect with copies of, all necessary registrations and filings required made by such party with any Governmental Authority (Entity or any other information supplied by such party to a Governmental Entity in connection with which Parent this Agreement and the Company Transactions. Each party hereto shall cooperate with each promptly inform the other in connection with the making party of all any communications received by such registrations and filings, including, without limitation, providing copies of all such documents to the non-filing Party and its advisors prior to the time of such filing and, if requested, will accept all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested in connection therewith); (iii) to furnish to each other such information and assistance as reasonably may be requested in connection with the foregoing (including, in the case party from any Governmental Entity regarding any of the Company, assisting with the preparation and delivery to Parent of an estimated balance sheet (including fixed assets and inventory) of the Company and its Subsidiaries on Transactions. If any party hereto or Affiliate thereof receives a consolidated basis as of the Closing Date); and (iv) to lift, rescind request for information or mitigate the effects of documentary material from any injunction, restraining order or other ruling by a such Governmental Authority adversely affecting the ability of any Party to consummate the Merger or other transactions contemplated hereby and to prevent, Entity with respect to any threatened of the Transactions, then such party shall endeavor in good faith to make, or cause to be made, as soon as reasonably practicable and after consultation with the other parties, an appropriate response in compliance with such injunction, restraining order or other such ruling, the issuance or entry thereofrequest.
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Samples: Stock Purchase Agreement (Edwards Lifesciences Corp)
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 set forth in Article VI, as applicable to each of them. Each of Parent and the Company, 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 the consummation of the Merger and other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions hereofof this Agreement, the Company and Parent agree to each Party shall use their respective its commercially reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary or desirable under applicable Laws, and cooperate as reasonably requested by the other Parties, to consummate and implement expeditiously each of the Transactions. The Parties shall execute and deliver such other documents, certificates, agreements and other writings and take such other actions as may be necessary or reasonably desirable in order to consummate or implement expeditiously each of the Transactions.
(b) In furtherance and not in limitation of Section 7.08(a), to the extent required under any Laws that are designed to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade (“Antitrust Laws”), each Party agrees to make any required filing or application under Antitrust Laws, as applicable, at such Party’s sole cost and expense other than as specifically set forth herein, with respect to the Transactions as promptly as practicable, to supply as promptly as reasonably practicable any additional information and documentary material that may be reasonably requested pursuant to Antitrust Laws and to take all other actions reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effectivecause the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under Antitrust Laws as soon as practicable, including by requesting early termination of the waiting period provided for under the Antitrust Laws. Each Party shall, in connection with its efforts to obtain all requisite approvals and authorizations for the most expeditious manner practicableTransactions under any Antitrust Law, the Merger and other transactions contemplated by this Agreement including, without limitation, using their respective use its commercially reasonable best effortsefforts to: (i) cooperate in all respects with each other Parties or their Affiliates in connection with any filing or submission and in connection with any investigation or other inquiry, including any proceeding initiated by a private Person; (ii) keep the other Parties reasonably informed of any communication received by such Party or its Representatives from, or given by such Party or its Representatives to, any Governmental Authority and of any communication received or given in connection with any proceeding by a private Person, in each case regarding any of the Transactions; (iii) permit a Representative of the other Parties and their respective outside counsel to review any communication given by it to, and consult with each other in advance of any meeting or conference with, any Governmental Authority or, in connection with any proceeding by a private Person, with any other Person, and to the extent permitted by such Governmental Authority or other Person, give a Representative or Representatives of the other Parties the opportunity to attend and participate in such meetings and conferences; (iv) in the event a Party’s Representative is prohibited from participating in or attending any meetings or conferences, the other Parties shall keep such Party promptly and reasonably apprised with respect thereto; and (v) use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate in the filing of any memoranda, white papers, filings, correspondence or other written communications explaining or defending the Transactions, articulating any regulatory or competitive argument, and/or responding to requests or objections made by any Governmental Authority.
(c) Prior to the Closing, each Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain prior to the Closing Date all licenses, certificates, permits, consents, approvals, authorizations, qualifications and orders any consents of Governmental Authorities and parties to contracts with the Company or its Subsidiaries other third Persons as are may be necessary for the consummation by such Party or its Affiliates of the transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) to effect all necessary registrations Transactions or required as a result of the execution or performance of, or consummation of the Transactions by such Party or its Affiliates, and filings required by any Governmental Authority (the other Parties shall provide reasonable cooperation in connection with which Parent and the Company shall cooperate with each other in connection with the making of all such registrations and filings, including, without limitation, providing copies of all such documents to the non-filing Party and its advisors prior to the time of such filing and, if requested, will accept all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested in connection therewith); (iii) to furnish to each other such information and assistance as reasonably may be requested in connection with the foregoing (including, in the case of the Company, assisting with the preparation and delivery to Parent of an estimated balance sheet (including fixed assets and inventory) of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the Closing Date); and (iv) to lift, rescind or mitigate the effects of any injunction, restraining order or other ruling by a Governmental Authority adversely affecting the ability of any Party to consummate the Merger or other transactions contemplated hereby and to prevent, with respect to any threatened or such injunction, restraining order or other such ruling, the issuance or entry thereofefforts.
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Reasonable Efforts; Further Assurances. (a) Parent Upon the terms and the Company shall use their reasonable best efforts subject to satisfy or cause to be satisfied all of the conditions precedent set forth in Article VIthis Agreement, as applicable to including Section 5.6(b), each of them. Each of Parent and the Company, at the parties hereto will use all commercially 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 the consummation of the Merger and other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company and Parent agree to use their respective reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws to consummate and make effective, in effective the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and other transactions contemplated by this Agreement as expeditiously as practicable and to ensure that the conditions set forth in Article VI are satisfied, insofar as such matters are within the control of any of them, including, without limitationbut not limited to, using their respective reasonable best efforts: obtaining all material consents, clearances, waivers, licenses, registrations, permits, approvals, orders and authorizations as are necessary or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to comply with the terms and conditions of all such material consents, clearances, waivers, licenses, registrations, permits, approvals, orders and authorizations, including (i) to obtain prior making the requisite filings pursuant to the Closing Date HSR Act, (ii) making all licenses, certificates, permits, consents, approvals, authorizations, qualifications necessary notifications required by and orders of Governmental Authorities and parties to contracts filing all necessary applications with the FCC seeking the consent of the FCC to the transfer or assignment of the Permits and Communications Licenses issued by the FCC to the Company or and each of its Subsidiaries as are necessary for in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; by this Agreement (iithe “FCC Consents”) to effect and (iii) making all necessary registrations and filings notifications required by any Governmental Authority (in connection and filing all necessary applications with which Parent the State PUCs seeking the consent of the applicable State PUC to the transfer or assignment of the Permits and Communications Licenses issued or granted by such State PUC to the Company shall cooperate with each other or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the making of all such registrations and filings, including, without limitation, providing copies of all such documents to the non-filing Party and its advisors prior to the time of such filing and, if requested, will accept all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested in connection therewith); (iii) to furnish to each other such information and assistance as reasonably may be requested in connection with the foregoing (including, in the case consummation of the Company, assisting with transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the preparation and delivery to Parent of an estimated balance sheet (including fixed assets and inventory) of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the Closing Date“State PUC Consents”); and (iv) making all necessary notifications required by and filing all necessary applications with each Municipal Franchising Authority seeking the consent of the Municipal Franchising Authority to liftthe transfer or assignment of the Permits and Communications Licenses issued by the Municipal Franchising Authority to the Company and each of its Subsidiaries in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Municipal Franchising Authority Consents”). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, rescind and subject to Section 5.2, the Company, on the one hand, and Parent and Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall each furnish to the other such necessary information and reasonable assistance as the other party may reasonably request in connection with the foregoing. The Company shall defend any lawsuits or mitigate other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or the effects consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including promptly seeking to have any injunction, stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other ruling Governmental Entity vacated or reversed.
(b) In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each of the parties hereto will use all commercially reasonable efforts to (i) make or cause to be made the applications or filings required to be made by a Governmental Parent or the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries under or with respect to the HSR Act or with respect to the FCC Consents, PUC Consents, and Municipal Franchising Authority adversely affecting Consents, and to pay any fees due of it in connection with such applications or filings, within 20 Business Days after the ability date hereof, and (ii) comply as expeditiously as practicable with any request under or with respect to the HSR Act or with respect to the FCC Consents and PUC Consents for additional information, documents or other materials received from the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, the FCC or any Party to consummate State PUC in connection with such applications or filings or the Merger or and the other transactions contemplated hereby by this Agreement. Each party hereto shall keep the other reasonably informed of communications from any Governmental Entity regarding any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 5.6, Parent shall be under no obligation to make any divestiture of any asset or agree to any type of behavioral relief that a Governmental Entity may request if such divestiture or behavioral relief would reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on the benefits expected to preventbe derived from the Merger, or Parent, or if such divestitures or behavioral relief would adversely affect the ability to obtain the Financing.
(c) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, maintain the validity of all Material Communications Licenses and all other material Communications Licenses and comply in all material respects with all requirements of the Communications Licenses and the Laws and the rules and regulations of the FCC and State PUCs. The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use reasonable commercial efforts to (a) refrain from taking any action which may jeopardize the validity of any of the Communications Licenses or result in the revocation, surrender or any adverse modification of, forfeiture of, or failure to renew under regular terms, any of the Communications Licenses, (b) prosecute with due diligence any pending applications with respect to the Communications Licenses, including any threatened renewals thereof, and (c) with respect to Communications Licenses, make all filings and reports and pay all fees necessary or reasonably appropriate for the continued operation of the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as and when such injunctionapprovals, restraining order consents, permits, licenses, filings, or reports or other such rulingauthorizations are necessary or appropriate.
(d) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, the issuance Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries, and their respective officers, employees, agents, consultants and other representatives to reasonably cooperate with Parent to develop and implement a business integration plan (including with respect to network integration, customer relationship management and personnel deployment).
(e) Subject to Section 5.6(b), in case at any time after the Effective Time any further action is necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, each of the parties to this Agreement shall take or entry thereofcause to be taken all such necessary action, including the execution and delivery of such further instruments and documents, as may be reasonably requested by any party hereto for such purposes or otherwise to complete or perfect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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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 set forth in Article VIVII, as applicable to each of them. Each of Parent and the CompanyParty, at the reasonable request of the otheranother Party, 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.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company and Parent Parties agree to use their respective reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and other transactions contemplated by this Agreement including, without limitation, using their respective reasonable best efforts: (i) to obtain prior to the Closing Date all licenses, certificates, permits, consents, approvals, authorizations, qualifications and orders of Governmental Authorities and parties to contracts with the Company or its Subsidiaries as are necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) to effect all necessary registrations and filings required by any Governmental Authority (in connection with which Parent and the Company shall cooperate with each other in connection with the making of all such registrations and filings, including, without limitation, providing copies of all such documents to the non-filing Party party and its advisors prior to the time of such filing and, if requested, will accept all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested in connection therewith); (iii) to furnish to each other such information and assistance as reasonably may be requested in connection with the foregoing (including, in the case of the Company, assisting with the preparation and delivery to Parent of an estimated balance sheet (including fixed assets and inventory) of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the Closing Date)foregoing; and (iv) to lift, rescind or mitigate the effects of any injunction, restraining order or other ruling by a Governmental Authority adversely affecting the ability of any Party to consummate the Merger or other transactions contemplated hereby and to prevent, with respect to any threatened or such injunction, restraining order or other such ruling, the issuance or entry thereof.
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