Common use of Reasonable Efforts; Notification Clause in Contracts

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and the Company shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction Agreements.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Millstream Acquisition Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Millstream Acquisition Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (RGGPLS Holding, Inc.)

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Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall agrees to use all commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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 Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including using commercially reasonable efforts to accomplish the following: (i) the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause the conditions precedent set forth in Article VI to be satisfied, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents consents, approvals, orders and approvals authorizations from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations registrations, declarations and filings (including registrations, declarations and filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver fromavoid any suit, or to avoid an action claim, action, investigation or proceeding by, by any Governmental Entity, (iiiii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iiiiv) the defending of any lawsuits suits, claims, actions, investigations or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactionstransactions contemplated hereby, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (ivv) the execution and or delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of of, this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent Company and the Company shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no its Board of Directors shall, if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or the Merger, this Agreement Agreement, the Company Voting Agreements or any other Transaction Agreement of the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreementthereby, take all action necessary use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Merger Merger, this Agreement, the Company Voting Agreements and the other Transactions transactions contemplated hereby and thereby may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Merger, this Agreement, the Company Voting Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require Parent or Company or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof to agree to any divestiture by itself or any of its affiliates of shares of capital stock or of any business, assets or property, or the imposition of any material limitation on the ability of any of them to conduct their business or to own or exercise control of such assets, properties and stock. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect inaccurate, or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it of Company to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement, in each case, such that the conditions set forth in Section 6.3(a) or 6.3(b) would not be satisfied; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement. (c) Parent shall give prompt notice to Company of any representation or warranty made by it or Merger Sub contained in this Agreement becoming untrue or inaccurate, or any failure of Parent or Merger Sub to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under this Agreement, in each case, such that the conditions set forth in Section 6.2(a) or 6.2(b) would not be satisfied; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the Transaction Agreementsconditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Webvan Group Inc), Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Eagle Wireless International Inc), Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Homegrocer Com Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties Parties shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other TransactionsAncillary Agreements, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement of the Ancillary Agreements or the consummation of the Merger transactions contemplated by this Agreement or other Transactionsthe Ancillary Agreements, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed reversed, and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of of, this Agreement and the Transaction Ancillary Agreements. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent the Company, Newco and the Company their respective Boards of Directors shall (i) take all action requested by Sprint or Sprint L.P. reasonably necessary to ensure so that no state takeover statute of the States of California or Delaware or similar statute or regulation in such states is or becomes applicable to this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements or any Transaction or transaction contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement the Ancillary Agreements and (ii) if any state takeover statute of the States of California or Delaware or similar statute or regulation in such states becomes applicable to this Agreement, any Transaction Ancillary Agreement or any transaction contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Ancillary Agreement, take all action necessary reasonably requested by Sprint or Sprint L.P. and within the Company's or Newco's power to ensure that permit the Merger transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transactions may Ancillary Agreements to be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Ancillary Agreements and otherwise take such actions as are reasonably requested by Sprint or Sprint L.P. and within the Company's or Newco's power to minimize the effect of such statute or regulation on the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Company shall not be prohibited from taking any action permitted by Section 4.07. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub Each Party shall give prompt notice to the Companyother parties, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in this Agreement or any Transaction Ancillary Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect respect, subject to such qualification, or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it of that Party to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under this Agreement or any Transaction AgreementAncillary Agreement (including the Knowledge of Sprint of any circumstance or condition that could reasonably be expected to render Sprint to be unable to satisfy the condition set forth in Section 2.03(e)); provided, however, that no such -------- ------- notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties Parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties Parties under this Agreement or the Transaction Ancillary Agreements.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Investment Agreement (Earthlink Network Inc), Investment Agreement (Azeez Sidney), Investment Agreement (Sprint Corp)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed reversed, and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements; provided, however, that none of Time Warner, Sony or any of their respective affiliates shall be required to consent (or offer to consent) to (i) any prohibition or limitation on the ownership or operation by Time Warner or Sony or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates of any material portion of the business or assets of Holdco, CDnow, any Columbia House Entity, Time Warner or Sony or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, (ii) the disposal of or holding separate of any material portion of the business or assets of Holdco, CDnow, any Columbia House Entity, Time Warner or Sony or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, (iii) any limitations on the ability of Holdco, Time Warner, Time Warner Canada, Sony or Sony Canada, or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, to acquire or hold, or exercise full rights of ownership of, any equity interests in Holdco, CDnow, any Columbia House Entity or any of their respective subsidiaries, including limitations on the ability of Time Warner, Time Warner Canada, Sony or Sony Canada, or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, to vote Holdco Common Stock or instruct the voting trustee as to voting the Voting Preferred Share on all matters properly presented to the stockholders of Holdco, or limitations on the ability of Holdco to vote CDnow Common Stock on all matters properly presented to the shareholders of CDnow, or (iv) any prohibition on Time Warner or Sony or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates effectively controlling in any material respect the business or operations of Holdco, CDnow, any Columbia House Entity and their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent CDnow and the Company CDnow Board shall (i) take all action corporate actions necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to the Merger, any Transaction or other Transaction, this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to the Merger, any Transaction or other Transaction, this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all corporate action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by the Transaction Agreements and otherwise to minimize the effect of such statute or regulation on this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements. (b) The Company CDnow shall give prompt notice to ParentTime Warner and Sony, and Parent Time Warner or Sub Sony, as applicable, shall give prompt notice to the CompanyCDnow, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries contained in any Transaction Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction Agreements.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Time Warner Inc/), Merger Agreement (Cdnow Inc/Pa), Merger Agreement (Time Warner Inc/)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, except to the extent otherwise required by United States regulatory considerations and otherwise provided in this Section 5.5, each of the parties shall agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger Merger, and the other Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and the Company shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements.or (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to ParentEVI, and Parent or Sub EVI shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, representations or warranties or covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties hereunder. (i) Each of the parties hereto shall file a premerger notification and report form under the HSR Act with respect to the Merger as promptly as reasonably possible following execution and delivery of this Agreement. Each of the parties agrees to use reasonable efforts to promptly respond to any request for additional information pursuant to Section (e)(1) of the HSR Act. (ii) Except as otherwise required by United States regulatory considerations, the Company will furnish to EVI copies of all correspondence, filings or communications (or memoranda setting forth the substance thereof (collectively, "Company HSR Documents")) between the Company, or any of its respective representatives, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, or members of the staff of such agency or authority, on the other hand, with respect to this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsMerger; provided, however, that (x) with respect to documents and other materials filed by or on behalf of the Company with the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, or any state attorneys general that are available for review by EVI, copies will not be required to be provided to EVI and (y) with respect to any Company HSR Documents (1) that contain any information which, in the reasonable judgment of Collxxx, Xxxxxxx, Rill & Scotx, xxould not be furnished to EVI because of antitrust considerations or (2) relating to a request for additional information (iii) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed so as to require EVI or the Company, or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, to sell, license, dispose of, or hold separate, or to operate in any specified manner, any material assets or businesses of EVI, the Company or the Surviving Corporation (or to require EVI, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates to agree to any of the foregoing). The obligations of each party under Section 5.5(a) to use reasonable efforts with respect to antitrust matters shall be limited to compliance with the reporting provisions of the HSR Act and with its obligations under this Section 5.5(c).

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Weatherford Enterra Inc), Merger Agreement (Evi Inc), Merger Agreement (Evi Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all reasonable actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and the other Transactionstransactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactionstransactions contemplated hereby, including including, when reasonable, seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated hereby and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and Agreement; provided, however, that the Transaction Agreementsobligations set forth in this sentence shall not be deemed to have been breached as a result of actions by the Company expressly permitted under Section 5.02 or 8.01. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent the Company and the Company shall Board shall, at the request of Parent: (i) take all action within its power reasonably requested by Parent as necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement the transactions contemplated hereby, and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreementthe transactions contemplated hereby, take all action within its power reasonably requested by Parent as necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions transactions contemplated hereby may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the transactions contemplated hereby. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require any party to waive any substantial rights or agree to any substantial limitation on its operations or to dispose of any significant asset or collection of assets. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsAgreement.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Renaissance Worldwide Inc), Merger Agreement (Renaissance Worldwide Inc), Merger Agreement (Aquent Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the -------------------------------- conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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 Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including using reasonable efforts to accomplish the following: (i) the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause the conditions precedent set forth in Article VII to be satisfied, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents consents, approvals, orders and approvals authorizations from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations registrations, declarations and filings (including registrations, declarations and filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver fromavoid any suit, or to avoid an action claim, action, investigation or proceeding by, by any Governmental Entity, (iiiii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third partiesparties required as a result of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, (iiiiv) the defending of any lawsuits suits, claims, actions, investigations or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactionstransactions contemplated hereby, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (ivv) the execution and or delivery of any additional instruments reasonably necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of of, this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. In connection with and without limiting the foregoingAgreement. (a) Indirect Parent, Second Intermediary Parent, First Intermediary Parent, Parent and the Company shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) Purchaser upon becoming aware that any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming has become untrue or inaccurate in inaccurate, or of any respect failure of Indirect Parent, Second Intermediary Parent, First Intermediary Parent, Company or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it Parent to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement, in each case, such that the conditions set forth in Section 7.3(a) or 7.3(b) would not be satisfied; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, -------- ------- warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement. (b) Purchaser shall give prompt notice to Company upon becoming aware that any representation or warranty made by it or Merger Sub contained in this Agreement has become untrue or inaccurate, or of any failure of Purchaser or Merger Sub to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under this Agreement, in each case, such that the conditions set forth in Section 7.2(a) or 7.2(b) would not be satisfied; provided, however, that no such notification -------- ------- shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsAgreement.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Xenogen Corp), Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Xenogen Corp), Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Xenogen Corp)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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 Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including using reasonable efforts to accomplish the following: (i) the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause the conditions precedent set forth in Article VI to be satisfied, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents consents, approvals, orders and approvals authorizations from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations registrations, declarations and filings (including registrations, declarations and filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver fromavoid any suit, or to avoid an action claim, action, investigation or proceeding by, by any Governmental Entity, (iiiii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iiiiv) the defending of any lawsuits suits, claims, actions, investigations or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactionstransactions contemplated hereby, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (ivv) the execution and or delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of of, this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent the Company and the Company shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no Board shall, if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or the Merger, this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take use all action necessary reasonable efforts to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Merger, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require Parent or the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof to agree to any divestiture by itself or any of its affiliates of shares of capital stock or of any material business, assets or property, or the imposition of any material limitation on the ability of any of them to conduct their businesses or to own or exercise control of such assets, properties and stock. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect inaccurate, or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) failure of the failure by it Company to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; , in each case, such that the conditions set forth in Section 6.3(a) or 6.3(b) would not be satisfied, provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement. (c) Parent shall give prompt notice to the Company of any representation or warranty made by it or Merger Sub contained in this Agreement becoming untrue or inaccurate, or any failure of Parent or Merger Sub to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under this Agreement, in each case, such that the conditions set forth in Section 6.2(a) or 6.2(b) would not be satisfied, provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the Transaction Agreementsconditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Healtheon Corp), Merger Agreement (Mede America Corp /), Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Healtheon Corp)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger Offer and the Merger, and the other Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of any of the Merger or other Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed reversed, and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of of, this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and the Company and its Board of Directors shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to the Offer, the Merger, this Agreement, the Stockholder Agreement or any Transaction or of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction the Stockholder Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or the Offer, the Merger, this Agreement, the Stockholder Agreement or any other Transaction transaction contemplated by this Agreement or the Stockholder Agreement, take all action reasonably necessary to ensure that the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Offer, the Merger, this Agreement, the Stockholder Agreement and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Stockholder Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require Parent to dispose of or hold separate any asset or collection of assets. (b) The Each of the Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent shall keep the other apprised of the status of matters relating to completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including promptly furnishing the other with copies of notices or Sub other communications received by Parent or the Company, as the case may be, or their respective Subsidiaries, from any third party and/or any Governmental Entity alleging that the consent of such third party or Governmental Entity is or may be required with respect to the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each of the Company and Parent shall give prompt notice to the Company, other of (i) the occurrence or non-occurrence of any fact or event which would be reasonably likely (x) to cause any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming be untrue or inaccurate in at any respect time from the date hereof to the Effective Time or (y) to cause any such representation covenant, condition or warranty that is agreement under this Agreement not so qualified becoming untrue to be complied with or inaccurate in any material respect or satisfied and (ii) any failure of the failure by it Company, Parent or Sub, as the case may be, to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction Agreementhereunder; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements agreement of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsAgreement.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Ewok Acquisition Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Endogen Inc), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Endogen Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties Parties shall use all its commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties 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 TransactionsTransactions to be performed or consummated by such Party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger Transactions to be performed or other Transactionsconsummated by such Party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger Transactions to be performed or other Transactions consummated by such Party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent the Company and the Company Board shall (ix) take all reasonable action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (iiy) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all reasonable action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Merger and the other Transactions. Subject to applicable Laws relating to the exchange of information, Parent and the Company shall have the right to review in advance and, to the extent practicable, each will consult with the other Party on, all of the information relating to itself and its subsidiaries that appear in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any Governmental Entity in connection with the Merger and the Transactions. (b) Parent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with its Representatives in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to obtain, prior to the mailing of the Company Proxy Statement, all waivers and consents required from Parent’s lenders to consummate the Transactions, including, without limitation, to provide Parent with sufficient funds to deliver the Cash Consideration and other cash payments due hereunder and to permit the existence of the Liens of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries contemplated herein. (c) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties Parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties Parties under this Agreement Agreement. (d) Nothing in Section 6.04(a) shall require Parent to dispose of any of its assets or to limit its freedom of action with respect to any of its businesses, or to consent to any disposition of the Transaction AgreementsCompany’s assets or limits on the Company’s freedom of action with respect to any of its businesses, or to commit or agree to any of the foregoing, and nothing in Section 6.04(a) shall authorize the Company to commit or agree to any of the foregoing, to obtain any consents, approvals, permits or authorizations or to remove any impediments to the Merger relating solely to the Antitrust Laws or to avoid the entry of, or to effect the dissolution of, any injunction, temporary restraining order or other order in any suit or proceeding relating solely to Antitrust Laws.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co), Merger Agreement (Jorgensen Earle M Co /De/), Merger Agreement (Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms --------------------------------- and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction the Company Stockholder Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent the Company and the Company Board shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction the Company Stockholder Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction the Company Stockholder Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by the Transaction Agreements and otherwise to minimize the effect of such statute or regulation on the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions. Nothing in this Agreement and shall be deemed to require any party to waive any substantial rights or agree to any substantial limitation on its operations or to take any action that would result in any of the Transaction Agreements.consequences referred to in paragraph (a) of Exhibit A. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction Agreement; provided, -------- however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, ------- covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the any Transaction AgreementsAgreement.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Atlantic Richfield Co /De), Merger Agreement (Union Texas Petroleum Holdings Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, during the Pre-Closing Period, each of Parent, Merger Sub and the parties shall Company agrees to use all its commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, actions and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to fulfill all conditions applicable to such party pursuant to this Agreement and to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and the other Transactionstransactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including (i) the obtaining taking of all commercially reasonable acts necessary to cause the conditions set forth in Article VI to be satisfied, (ii) obtaining all necessary, proper or advisable actions or nonactionsnon-actions, waivers, consents consents, qualifications and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations necessary, proper or advisable registrations, filings and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) notices and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval approval, waiver or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, exemption from any Governmental EntityEntity (including, (ii) without limitation, under the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, HSR Act); (iii) obtaining all necessary, proper or advisable consents, qualifications, approvals, waivers or exemptions from the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation non-governmental Third Parties set forth on Schedule 5.3(a) of the Merger or other Transactions, including seeking Company Disclosure Letter and with respect to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and the Material Contracts set forth on such Schedule; (iv) making all necessary filings with the execution U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and delivery the U.S. Copyright Office (A) to update record owner title information for all U.S. registered Company Intellectual Property to be in either the name of the Company or one of its existing Subsidiaries, as appropriate, and (B) to release the security interests held by Xxxxx Fargo Foothill, Inc. in certain U.S. trademark registrations and certain copyright registrations and by Comerica Bank in certain copyright registrations, where such registrations are owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries and constitute part of the Company Intellectual Property; and (v) executing and delivering any additional documents or instruments necessary necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and of, the Transaction Agreements. In connection with and without Documents. (b) Without limiting the foregoing, (i) each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to make promptly (and in any event no later than the date that is ten (10) Business Days following the date hereof) any required submissions under the HSR Act and any other Antitrust Laws which the Company or Parent reasonably determines should be made, in each case with respect to the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall cooperate with one another (iA) take all action necessary in promptly determining whether any filings are required to ensure that no be or should be made or consents, approvals, permits or authorizations are required to be or should be obtained under any other federal, state takeover statute or similar statute foreign Law or regulation is or becomes applicable whether any consents, approvals or waivers are required to any Transaction be or should be obtained from other parties to loan agreements or other contracts or instruments material to the Company’s business in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (B) in promptly making any such filings, furnishing information required in connection therewith and seeking to obtain timely any such consents, permits, authorizations, approvals or waivers. Each of the Company and Parent shall (1) give the other party prompt notice of the commencement or threat of commencement of any suit, claim, action, investigation or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity with respect to the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (2) keep the other party informed as to the status of any such suit, claim, action, investigation, proceeding or threat, (3) promptly inform the other party of any material communication concerning the HSR Act or other Antitrust Laws to or from any Governmental Entity regarding the Merger and (4) furnish to the other party such information and assistance as the other may reasonably request in connection with any filing or other act undertaken in compliance with the HSR Act and any other Antitrust Laws. Except as may be prohibited by any Governmental Entity, the Company and Parent will consult and cooperate with one another, and will consider in good faith the views of one another, in connection with any analysis, appearance, presentation, memorandum, brief, argument, opinion or proposal made or submitted in connection with any suit, claim, action, investigation or proceeding under or relating to the HSR Act or any other Transaction Antitrust Law. Each of the Company and Parent will permit authorized Representatives of the other party to be present at each meeting or conference relating to any such legal proceeding and to have access to and be consulted in connection with any document, opinion or proposal made or submitted to any Governmental Entity in connection with any such legal proceeding. (c) Each of the Company, on the one hand, and Parent and Merger Sub, on the other, shall promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days) notify the other party in writing if it believes that such party has breached any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement and that would, individually or in the aggregate, likely result in a failure of a condition set forth in Section 6.2 or Section 6.3 if continuing on the Closing Date. (iid) if If any state takeover statute Antitakeover Laws are or similar statute or regulation becomes may become applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement the Merger or any of the other Transaction transactions contemplated by this Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Merger Company and Parent and the Company’s and Parent’s respective Board of Directors shall promptly grant such approvals and use commercially reasonable efforts to take such other Transactions lawful actions as are necessary so that such transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and or the Transaction Agreements. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to ParentMerger, as the case may be, and Parent otherwise take such other commercially reasonable and lawful actions to eliminate or Sub shall give prompt notice to minimize the Companyeffects of such statute, of (i) and any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any regulations promulgated thereunder, on such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction Agreementstransactions.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Sonicwall Inc), Merger Agreement (Sonicwall Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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 TransactionsTransactions to be performed or consummated by such party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including (i) in the case of Parent, the obtaining of all necessary approvals under any applicable Gaming Laws required in connection with this Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (iiiii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iiiiv) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger Transactions to be performed or other Transactionsconsummated by such party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (ivv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger Transactions to be performed or other Transactions consummated by such party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent the Company and the Company Board shall (ix) take all reasonable action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (iiy) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all reasonable action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Merger and the other Transactions. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement Agreement. (c) Nothing in Section 6.03(a) shall require Parent to dispose of any of its assets or to limit its freedom of action with respect to any of its businesses, or to consent to any disposition of the Transaction AgreementsCompany's assets or limits on the Company's freedom of action with respect to any of its businesses, or to commit or agree to any of the foregoing, and nothing in Section 6.03(a) shall authorize the Company to commit or agree to any of the foregoing, to obtain any consents, approvals, permits or authorizations or to remove any impediments to the Merger relating solely to the HSR Act or other antitrust, competition or premerger notification, trade regulation law, regulation or order ("Antitrust Laws") or to avoid the entry of, or to effect the dissolution of, any injunction, temporary restraining order or other order in any suit or proceeding relating solely to Antitrust Laws.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Boyd Gaming Corp), Merger Agreement (Boyd Gaming Corp)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties hereto shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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, including including, without limitation, (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed reversed, and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and the Company shall (iA) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (iiB) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Companyother, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction Agreement; , provided, however, that no such notification pursuant to this Section 6.04(b) shall affect not limit or otherwise effect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions remedies available hereunder to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction Agreementsparty receiving such notice.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Sand Hill It Security Acquisition Corp), Merger Agreement (Sand Hill It Security Acquisition Corp)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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 Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, transactions contemplated by this Agreement including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed reversed, and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of, this Agreement; provided, however, that a party shall not be obligated to take any action pursuant to the foregoing if the taking of this Agreement and such action or the Transaction Agreementsobtaining of any waiver, consent, approval or exemption is reasonably likely to result in the imposition of a condition or restriction of the type referred to in clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) of Section 6.01(g). In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and Parent, the Company and their respective Boards of Directors shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure so that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or the Merger, this Agreement or any other Transaction transaction contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or the Merger, this Agreement or any other Transaction transaction contemplated by this Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure so that the Merger and the other Transactions transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it or contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction Agreementthis Agreement ; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsAgreement.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corp), Merger Agreement (Homestake Mining Co /De/)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms --------------------------------- and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of IHS and the parties Founders shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties one another in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effectiveconsummate, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other TransactionsAncillary Agreements, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding nonaction by, or to obtain a waiver, consent or approval from, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consentswaivers, consents and approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits suits, actions or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement of the Ancillary Agreements or the consummation of the Merger transactions contemplated hereby or other Transactionsthereby, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed reversed, and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger transactions contemplated by this Agreement or other Transactions and the Ancillary Agreement or to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction Ancillary Agreements. In connection with with, and without limiting limiting, the foregoing, Parent the Founders shall cause ICI and the Company shall Board of Directors of ICI to (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement the Ancillary Agreements and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or transaction contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreementthe Ancillary Agreements, take all action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions such transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on upon the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Ancillary Agreements. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub IHS shall give prompt notice to the CompanyFounders, and the Founders shall, or shall cause ICI to, give prompt notice to IHS, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it IHS or such Founder, as applicable, contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified Ancillary Agreement becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it IHS or such Founder, as applicable, to comply with with, or satisfy in any material respect respect, any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it IHS or such Founder, as applicable, under this Agreement or any Transaction Agreementof the Ancillary Agreements; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties IHS or such Founder, as applicable, or the conditions to the obligations of the parties IHS or such Founder, as applicable, under this Agreement or any of the Transaction Ancillary Agreements.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Formation Agreement (International Computex Inc), Formation Agreement (Galvin Michael Jeffrey)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactionsobligations of such party hereunder, including including: (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, ; (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, ; (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactionsthis Agreement, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed reversed; and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions this Agreement and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and the Company shall shall: (ix) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement Agreement; and (iiy) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Merger Offer and the other Transactions Merger may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Offer and the Merger. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require any party to waive any substantial rights or agree to any substantial limitation on its operations. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub Purchaser shall give prompt notice to the Company, of of: (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect respect; or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsAgreement.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (D&b Acquisition Sub Inc), Merger Agreement (Dave & Busters Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (ai) Upon Each of Parent and the terms Company shall act in good faith and reasonably cooperate with the other party in connection with resolving any investigation or other inquiry of any such agency or other Governmental Authority under any Antitrust Laws with respect to any such filing or any such transaction. To the extent not prohibited by Applicable Laws, each party to this Agreement shall use all reasonable efforts to furnish to each other all information required for any application or other filing to be made pursuant to any Applicable Laws in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each party to this Agreement shall give the other parties to this Agreement reasonable prior notice of any communication with, and any proposed understanding, undertaking, or agreement with, any Governmental Authority regarding any such filings or any such transaction. None of the parties to this Agreement shall independently participate in any meeting, or engage in any substantive conversation, with any Governmental Authority in respect of any such filings, investigation, or other inquiry without giving the other parties to this Agreement prior notice of the meeting and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Authority, the opportunity to attend and/or participate. The parties to this Agreement will consult and cooperate with one another, in connection with any analyses, appearances, presentations, memoranda, briefs, arguments, opinions and proposals made or submitted by or on behalf of any party to this Agreement in connection with proceedings under or relating to the HSR Act or other Antitrust Laws. The parties acknowledge that the applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act have expired or been terminated. (ii) Subject to Section 6.1(a)(iv) of this Agreement, each of Parent and the Company shall use all reasonable efforts to resolve such objections, if any, as may be asserted by any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, under the HSR Act, the Xxxxxxx Act, as amended, the Xxxxxxx Act, as amended, the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, and any other United States federal or state or foreign statues, rules, regulations, orders, decrees, administrative or judicial doctrines or other laws that are designed to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade (collectively, "ANTITRUST LAWS"). In connection therewith and subject to Section 6.1(a)(iv) of this Agreement, if any Action is instituted (or threatened to be instituted) challenging any transactions contemplated by this Agreement as inconsistent with or violative of any Antitrust Law, each of Parent and the conditions set forth Company shall cooperate and use all reasonable efforts vigorously to contest and resist such Action, and to have vacated, lifted, reversed, or overturned any Order whether temporary, preliminary or permanent, that is in effect and that prohibits, prevents, delays or restricts consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including by vigorously pursuing all available avenues of administrative and judicial appeal and all available legislative action, unless Parent determines that litigation is not in its best interests. Subject to Section 6.1(a)(iv) of this Agreement, each of Parent and the Company shall use all reasonable efforts to take such action as may be required to cause the expiration of the notice periods under applicable Antitrust Laws with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as promptly as possible after the execution of this Agreement. (iii) Subject to Section 6.1(a)(iv) of this Agreement, each of the parties shall to this Agreement agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties to this Agreement in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and the other Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (iA) the obtaining of all other necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents consents, licenses, permits, authorizations, orders and approvals from Governmental Entities Authorities and the making of all other necessary registrations and filings (including other filings with Governmental EntitiesAuthorities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity), (iiB) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) parties related to or required in connection with the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging Offer and the Merger that are necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement required to prevent a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or the consummation Company from occurring prior to or after the Effective Time, (C) the preparation of the Merger or other Transactions, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and Proxy/Information Statement (ivif required) (D) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments reasonably necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of, this Agreement, and (E) the providing of all such information concerning such party, its Subsidiaries, its Affiliates and its Subsidiaries' and Affiliates' officers, directors, employees and partners as may be reasonably requested in connection with any of the matters set forth in this paragraph (iii). (iv) At the request of Parent, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall agree to hold separate (including by trust or otherwise) or to divest any of their respective businesses, Subsidiaries or assets, or to take or agree to take any action with respect to, or agree to any limitation on, any of their respective businesses, Subsidiaries or assets, provided that any such action is conditioned upon the consummation of the Offer and the Merger. The Company agrees and acknowledges that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.1(a), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, without Parent's prior written consent, agree to hold separate (including by trust or otherwise) or to divest any of their respective businesses, Subsidiaries or assets, or to take or agree to take any action with respect to, or agree to any limitation on, any of their respective businesses, Subsidiaries or assets. Anything to the contrary in this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. In connection with and without limiting the foregoingnotwithstanding, Parent and its Subsidiaries shall not be required to hold separate (including by trust or otherwise) or to divest any of the respective businesses, Subsidiaries or assets of Parent and any of its Subsidiaries and/or the Company shall (i) and any of its Subsidiaries, or to take all or agree to take any action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute with respect to, or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable agree to any Transaction or limitation on, any of their respective businesses in order to satisfy any of their respective obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties including under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsSection 6.1.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Omnicare Inc), Merger Agreement (Omnicare Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon Each of Buyer and the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties Company shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and reasonably cooperate with the other parties party in doingconnection with resolving any investigation or other inquiry of any such agency or other Governmental Authority under any Antitrust Laws (as defined below) with respect to any such filing or any such transaction. To the extent not prohibited by Applicable Laws, each party to this Agreement shall use reasonable efforts to furnish to each other all things necessary, proper information required for any application or advisable other filing to consummate and make effective, be made pursuant to any Applicable Laws in connection with the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each party to this Agreement shall give the other Transactionsparties to this Agreement reasonable prior notice of any communication with, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactionsand any proposed understanding, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver fromundertaking, or to avoid an action or proceeding byagreement with, any Governmental EntityAuthority regarding any such filings or any such transaction. None of the parties to this Agreement shall independently participate in any meeting, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consentsor engage in any substantive conversation, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending with any Governmental Authority in respect of any lawsuits such filings, investigation, or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging inquiry without giving the other parties to this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation prior notice of the Merger meeting and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Authority, the opportunity to attend and/or participate. The parties to this Agreement will consult and reasonably cooperate with one another, in connection with any analyses, appearances, presentations, memoranda, briefs, arguments, opinions and proposals made or submitted by or on behalf of any party to this Agreement in connection with proceedings under or relating to the HSR Act or other Transactions, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAntitrust Laws. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and the Company shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure The parties acknowledge that the Merger and applicable waiting periods under the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsHSR Act have expired or been terminated. (b) The Each of Buyer and the Company shall give prompt notice use reasonable efforts to Parentresolve such objections, if any, as may be asserted by any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, under the HSR Act, the Xxxxxxx Act, as amended, the Xxxxxxx Act, as amended, the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, and Parent any other United States federal or Sub state or foreign statues, rules, regulations, orders, decrees, administrative or judicial doctrines or other laws that are designed to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade (collectively, “Antitrust Laws”). In connection therewith, if any Action is instituted (or threatened to be instituted) challenging any transactions contemplated by this Agreement as inconsistent with or violative of any Antitrust Law, each of Buyer and the Company shall give prompt notice reasonably cooperate and use reasonable efforts to the Companycontest and resist such Action, of (i) and to have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any representation Order whether temporary, preliminary or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction Agreement permanent, that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue in effect and that prohibits, prevents, delays or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements restricts consummation of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsAgreement, including by pursuing all available administrative and judicial appeals and all available legislative action.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Omnicare Inc), Merger Agreement (Omnicare Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of Parent and the parties shall Company agrees to use all its commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, actions and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to fulfill all conditions applicable to such party pursuant to this Agreement and to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and the other Transactionstransactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary necessary, proper or advisable actions or nonactionsnon-actions, waivers, consents consents, qualifications and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations necessary, proper or advisable registrations, filings and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) notices and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval approval, waiver or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, exemption from any Governmental EntityEntity (including, without limitation, under the HSR Act); (ii) the obtaining of all necessary necessary, proper or advisable consents, approvals qualifications, approvals, waivers or waivers exemptions from third parties, non-governmental Third Parties; and (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional documents or instruments necessary necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and of, the Transaction Agreements. In connection with and without Documents. (b) Without limiting the foregoing, (i) each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to make promptly any required submissions under the HSR Act which the Company or Parent determines should be made, in each case, with respect to the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall cooperate with one another (iA) take all action necessary in promptly determining whether any filings are required to ensure that no be or should be made or consents, approvals, permits or authorizations are required to be or should be obtained under any other federal, state takeover statute or similar statute foreign Law or regulation is or becomes applicable whether any consents, approvals or waivers are required to any Transaction be or this Agreement or any should be obtained from other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable parties to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that Company Material Contracts in connection with the Merger and consummation of the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements(B) in promptly making any such filings, furnishing information required in connection therewith and seeking to obtain timely any such consents, permits, authorizations, approvals or waivers. (bc) The Each party hereto shall promptly inform the other parties hereto of any communication from any Governmental Entity regarding any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. If the Company or Parent receives a request for additional information or documentary material from any Governmental Entity with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, then it shall use reasonable efforts to make, or cause to be made, as soon as reasonably practical and after consultation with the other party, an appropriate response in compliance with such request, and, if permitted by applicable Law and by any applicable Governmental Entity, provide the other party’s counsel with advance notice and opportunity to attend and participate in any meeting with any Governmental Entity in respect of any filing made thereto in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Neither Parent nor the Company shall give prompt notice commit to Parentor agree with any Governmental Entity to stay, and toll or extend any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act or other applicable Laws, without the prior written consent of the other parties (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall require or be construed to require Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice any of its Affiliates, in order to obtain the Companyconsent or successful termination of any review of any Governmental Entity regarding the Merger, of to (i) sell or hold separate, or agree to sell or hold separate, before or after the Effective Time, any representation assets, businesses or warranty made by it contained any interests in any Transaction Agreement that is qualified as assets or businesses, or Parent or any of its Affiliates or of the Interim Surviving Corporation or the Final Surviving Corporation (or to materiality becoming untrue consent to any sale, or inaccurate agreement, by Parent or by the Interim Surviving Corporation or the Final Surviving Entity of any assets or businesses, or any interests in any respect assets or businesses), or any such representation change in or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue restriction on the operation by Parent of any assets or inaccurate in businesses (including any material respect assets or businesses of the Interim Surviving Corporation or the Final Surviving Entity), (ii) enter into any contract or be bound by any obligation that Parent may deem in its sole discretion to have an adverse effect on the failure by it benefits to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements Parent of the parties or the conditions to the obligations Merger, (iii) modify any of the parties under terms of this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsMerger, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or (iv) initiate or participate in any legal proceeding with respect to such matters.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Trubion Pharmaceuticals, Inc), Merger Agreement (Emergent BioSolutions Inc.)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall Purchaser, Purchaser Acquisition Entity, Purchaser Acquisition LP, AMLI and AMLI LP agrees to use all its commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, actions and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to fulfill all conditions applicable to such party pursuant to this Agreement and to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger Mergers and the other Transactionstransactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary necessary, proper or advisable actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and other third parties and the making of all necessary registrations necessary, proper or advisable registrations, filings and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) notices and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval approval, waiver or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, exemption from any Governmental Entity, ; (ii) the obtaining of all necessary necessary, proper or advisable consents, approvals approvals, waivers or waivers exemptions from non-governmental third parties, ; and (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional documents or instruments necessary necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of the Transaction Documents. If, at any time after the Merger Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purpose of this Agreement, the proper officers, directors or partners, of Purchaser, Purchaser Acquisition Entity, Purchaser Acquisition LP, AMLI and AMLI LP shall take all such necessary action. From the date of this Agreement through the Merger Effective Time, AMLI shall timely file, or cause to be filed, with the SEC all AMLI SEC Documents required to be so filed. AMLI shall consult with Purchaser and provide Purchaser a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on all filings made by AMLI with any Governmental Entity in connection with this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. In connection with and without limiting transactions contemplated hereby, prior to the foregoing, Parent and the Company shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Agreementsmaking of such filings. (b) The Company Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.3, the Purchaser shall not be required to dispose of or hold separate, or to restrict its ownership of, any business or assets of AMLI or any AMLI Subsidiary, or of the Purchaser or any Purchaser Subsidiary, or agree to take any such action, if any such action or agreement, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, properties, condition (financial or otherwise), assets or Liabilities (i) of AMLI and the AMLI Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (ii) of the Purchaser and the Purchaser Subsidiaries taken as a whole. (c) AMLI and AMLI LP shall give prompt notice to ParentPurchaser, and Parent or Sub Purchaser, Purchaser Acquisition Entity and Purchaser Acquisition LP shall give prompt notice to the CompanyAMLI and AMLI LP, of if (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming becomes untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming becomes untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it fails to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsAgreement.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Morgan Stanley), Merger Agreement (Amli Residential Properties Trust)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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 TransactionsTransactions to be performed or consummated by such party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including (i) in the case of Parent, the obtaining of all necessary approvals under any applicable Gaming Laws required in connection with this Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (iiiii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iiiiv) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger Transactions to be performed or other Transactionsconsummated by such party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (ivv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger Transactions to be performed or other Transactions consummated by such party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent the Company and the Company Board shall (ix) take all reasonable action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (iiy) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all reasonable action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Merger and the other Transactions. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement Agreement. (c) Nothing in Section 6.03(a) shall require Parent to dispose of any of its assets or to limit its freedom of action with respect to any of its businesses, or to consent to any disposition of the Transaction AgreementsCompany’s assets or limits on the Company’s freedom of action with respect to any of its businesses, or to commit or agree to any of the foregoing, and nothing in Section 6.03(a) shall authorize the Company to commit or agree to any of the foregoing, to obtain any consents, approvals, permits or authorizations or to remove any impediments to the Merger relating solely to the HSR Act or other antitrust, competition or premerger notification, trade regulation law, regulation or order (“Antitrust Laws”) or to avoid the entry of, or to effect the dissolution of, any injunction, temporary restraining order or other order in any suit or proceeding relating solely to Antitrust Laws.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Coast Hotels & Casinos Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger Offer and the Merger, and the other Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third this parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of any of the Merger or other Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of of, this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and the Company and its Board of Directors shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to the Offer, the Merger, this Agreement, the Stockholder Agreement or any Transaction or of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction the Stockholder Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or the Offer, the Merger, this Agreement, the Stockholder Agreement or any other Transaction transaction contemplated by this Agreement or the Stockholder Agreement, at Parent's sole cost take all action reasonably necessary to ensure that the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms 42 37 contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Offer, the Merger, this Agreement, the Stockholder Agreement and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Stockholder Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require Parent to dispose of any significant asset or collection of assets. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is it qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied compiled with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements agreement of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsAgreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Johnson & Johnson)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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 Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Option Agreement, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, by any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction the Option Agreement or the consummation of the Merger transactions contemplated hereby or other Transactionsthereby, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate consum mate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of of, this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsOption Agreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and the Company shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no and its Board of Directors shall, if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or the Merger, this Agreement, the Option Agreement, the Stockholder Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Option Agreement or any other Transaction the Stockholder Agreement, take use all action necessary reasonable efforts to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Option Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsOption Agreement and otherwise to minimize the effect of such statute or regulation on the Merger, this Agreement, the Option Agreement, the Stockholder Agreement and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Option Agreement or the Stockholder Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require Parent to dispose of any significant asset or collection of assets. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality or the Option Agreement becoming untrue or inaccurate such that the condition set forth in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is Section 6.02(a) would not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction Agreementsatisfied; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsOption Agreement. (c) Parent shall give prompt notice to the Company of (i) any representation or warranty made by it or Sub contained in this Agreement or the Option Agreement becoming untrue or inaccurate such that the condition set forth in Section 6.03(a) would not be satisfied; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Option Agreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Johnson & Johnson)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, Agreement each of the parties shall agrees to use all its commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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, including using reasonable efforts to accomplish the following: (i) the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause the conditions precedent set forth in Article VI to be satisfied, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents consents, approvals, orders and approvals authorizations from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations registrations, declarations and filings (including registrations, declarations and filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver fromavoid any suit, or to avoid an action claim, action, investigation or proceeding by, by any Governmental Entity, (iiiii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third partiesparties required as a result of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, (iiiiv) the defending of any lawsuits suits, claims, actions, investigations or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactionstransactions contemplated hereby, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed reversed, and (ivv) the execution and or delivery of any additional instruments reasonably necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions Transactions, and to fully carry out the purposes of of, this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and the Company shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) its Board shall, if any state takeover statute or similar statute Legal Requirement is or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction the Transactions or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such Legal Requirement on the Transactions and this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require Parent or any subsidiary or affiliate of Parent (x) to agree to any divestiture by itself or the Company or any of their respective affiliates of shares of capital stock or of any business, assets or property, or the imposition of any limitation on the ability of any of them to conduct their business or to own or exercise control of such assets, properties and stock (any such actions, an “Action of Divestiture”), or (y) to utilize commercially reasonable efforts, or otherwise, in responding to formal requests for additional information or documentary material pursuant to 16 C.F.R. 830.20 under the HSR Act, or any other Antitrust Law, for a period of time exceeding sixty (60) days from the receipt of any such initial request. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) upon becoming aware that any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming has become untrue or inaccurate in inaccurate, or of any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) failure of the failure by it Company to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under this Agreement, in each case, such that the conditions set forth in Article VI hereof would not be satisfied, (ii) upon becoming aware that any Transaction Agreementrepresentation or warranty made by it in Section 2.7 hereof has become untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) upon receipt by it of any notice or other communication from any person alleging that the consent of such person is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Transactions, (iv) upon becoming aware of any pending or threatened investigation or inquiry by any Governmental Entity questioning the accuracy of any of the Company’s financial statements or their conformity with the published rules and regulations of the SEC or with GAAP or the historical stock-based compensation practices of the Company, and (v) upon receipt by it of any comments from the SEC or its staff on any Company SEC Report or of any request by the SEC or its staff for amendments or supplements to any Company SEC Report or for any information in connection with any Company SEC Report or in connection with any of the matters referred to in clause (iv) of this sentence, and shall supply Parent with copies of all correspondence between the Company or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or its staff, on the other hand, with respect to the Company SEC Reports; provided, however, that no such notification by the Company pursuant to this Section 5.7 shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsAgreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Electronic Clearing House Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, except to the extent otherwise provided in this Section 6.5, each of the parties shall Parties agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties Parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger Merger, and the other Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactionsnon-actions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactionstransactions contemplated hereby, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments (including any required supplemental indentures) necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and the Company and its Board of Directors shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and the Merger, (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreementthe Merger, take all action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Merger and (iii) cooperate with Parent in the arrangements for refinancing any indebtedness of, or obtaining any necessary new financing for, the Company, it being understood that the failure to obtain any such financing or refinancing shall not be a basis for terminating this Agreement. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, representations or warranties or covenants or agreements of the parties Parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsParties hereunder.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Numed Home Health Care Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon Stockholder, the terms Company, Merger Sub and subject to Parent each shall, from the conditions set forth in this Agreementdate hereof, each of until the parties shall use all reasonable efforts to takeClosing Date, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be done all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on its part under this Agreement and applicable Laws to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, effective the Merger and the other Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as practicable, including (i) the obtaining of fulfilling all conditions to this Agreement, (ii) preparing and filing as promptly as practicable all documentation to effect all necessary actions notices, reports and other filings and to obtain as promptly as practicable all consents, registrations, approvals, permits and authorizations necessary or nonactions, waivers, consents advisable to be obtained from any Governmental Entity in order to consummate the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of taking all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver fromavoid any suit, or to avoid an action claim, action, investigation or proceeding by, of any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits suits, claims, actions, investigations or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactionstransactions contemplated hereby, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed reversed, and (iv) the execution and or delivery of any additional instruments reasonably necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of of, this Agreement Agreement. Between the date hereof and the Transaction Agreements. In Closing Date, Stockholder shall provide, and shall cause the Company and its representatives (including legal and accounting advisors) to provide, cooperation in connection with any reasonable requests made by Parent’s lenders, including, without limitation, executing and without limiting the foregoing, delivering documents as may be reasonably requested by Parent and otherwise reasonably facilitating the pledging of collateral (provided that no such executed and delivered documents or pledge or security documents shall be effective until the Closing). As soon as practicable following the date hereof, the Company shall (i) take use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all action necessary Required Consents and the Consents set forth on Schedule 6.5 and Parent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure obtain any consents, waivers and approvals under any of its or its Subsidiaries’ agreements, contracts, license or leases required to be obtained in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, provided that in no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement event shall the Company or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if Subsidiary be required to incur any state takeover statute material cost or similar statute obligation, or regulation becomes applicable suffer the loss of any right in connection therewith. If the parties are unable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreementobtain the Consents set forth on Schedule 6.5, take all action necessary to ensure that then the Merger and parties shall alter the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on structure of the terms transactions contemplated by this Agreement and in a manner that eliminates the Transaction Agreements. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice need to Parentobtain such Consents, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice which structure would be equivalent to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made Stockholder in all material respects. Parent shall be responsible for all costs incurred by it contained in any Transaction Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or in connection with the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction Agreementsstructure change.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Advent Software Inc /De/)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties hereto shall use all its reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement Document or the consummation of the Merger or other Contemplated Transactions, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Contemplated Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and the Company shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsDocuments. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to ParentMerger Subsidiary, and Parent or Sub Merger Subsidiary shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction Agreement that is qualified as to materiality Document becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is the Stockholder Prerequisite set forth in clause (c) of Schedule D of the Tender Agreement would not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect be satisfied, or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition covenant or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction AgreementDocument such that the Stockholder Prerequisite set forth in clause (d) of Schedule D of the Tender Agreement would not be satisfied; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement the Transaction Documents, and provided further, that the Tender Offer Prospectus relating to the Offer shall have fully disclosed the risk of such condition failing to be satisfied. (c) Nothing in Section 6.03 or otherwise in the Transaction Documents shall require Merger Subsidiary or Parent to dispose of any of its assets or to limit its freedom of action with respect to any of its businesses, or to consent to any disposition of the Company’s assets or limits on the Company’s freedom of action with respect to any of its businesses, or to commit or agree to any of the foregoing, and nothing in Section 6.03 or otherwise in the Transaction Documents shall authorize the Company to commit or agree to any of the foregoing, to obtain any consents, approvals, permits or authorizations or to remove any impediments to the Offer or the Transaction AgreementsMerger relating to any mandatory pre-merger notification and approval requirements under antitrust, competition or pre-merger notification law, regulation or order (“Antitrust Laws”) or to avoid the entry of, or to effect the dissolution of, any injunction, temporary restraining order or other order in any suit or proceeding relating to Antitrust Laws.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Exar Corp)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger Offer and the Merger, and the other Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third this parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of any of the Merger or other Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of of, this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and the Company and its Board of Directors shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to the Offer, the Merger, this Agreement, the Stockholder Agreement or any Transaction or of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction the Stockholder Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or the Offer, the Merger, this Agreement, the Stockholder Agreement or any other Transaction transaction contemplated by this Agreement or the Stockholder Agreement, at Parent's sole cost take all action reasonably necessary to ensure that the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Offer, the Merger, this Agreement, the Stockholder Agreement and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Stockholder Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require Parent to dispose of any significant asset or collection of assets. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is it qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied compiled with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements agreement of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsAgreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Chase Venture Capital Associates L P)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (ai) Upon Each of Parent and the terms Company shall act in good faith and reasonably cooperate with the other party in connection with resolving any investigation or other inquiry of any such agency or other Governmental Authority under any Antitrust Laws with respect to any such filing or any such transaction. To the extent not prohibited by Applicable Laws, each party to this Agreement shall use all reasonable efforts to furnish to each other all information required for any application or other filing to be made pursuant to any Applicable Laws in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each party to this Agreement shall give the other parties to this Agreement reasonable prior notice of any communication with, and any proposed understanding, undertaking, or agreement with, any Governmental Authority regarding any such filings or any such transaction. None of the parties to this Agreement shall independently participate in any meeting, or engage in any substantive conversation, with any Governmental Authority in respect of any such filings, investigation, or other inquiry without giving the other parties to this Agreement prior notice of the meeting and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Authority, the opportunity to attend and/or participate. The parties to this Agreement will consult and cooperate with one another, in connection with any analyses, appearances, presentations, memoranda, briefs, arguments, opinions and proposals made or submitted by or on behalf of any party to this Agreement in connection with proceedings under or relating to the HSR Act or other Antitrust Laws. The parties acknowledge that the applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act have expired or been terminated. (ii) Subject to Section 6.1(a)(iv) of this Agreement, each of Parent and the Company shall use all reasonable efforts to resolve such objections, if any, as may be asserted by any Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, under the HSR Act, the Xxxxxxx Act, as amended, the Xxxxxxx Act, as amended, the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, and any other United States federal or state or foreign statues, rules, regulations, orders, decrees, administrative or judicial doctrines or other laws that are designed to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade (collectively, "ANTITRUST LAWS"). In connection therewith and subject to Section 6.1(a)(iv) of this Agreement, if any Action is instituted (or threatened to be instituted) challenging any transactions contemplated by this Agreement as inconsistent with or violative of any Antitrust Law, each of Parent and the conditions set forth Company shall cooperate and use all reasonable efforts vigorously to contest and resist such Action, and to have vacated, lifted, reversed, or overturned any Order whether temporary, preliminary or permanent, that is in effect and that prohibits, prevents, delays or restricts consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including by vigorously pursuing all available avenues of administrative and judicial appeal and all available legislative action, unless Parent determines that litigation is not in its best interests. Subject to Section 6.1(a)(iv) of this Agreement, each of Parent and the Company shall use all reasonable efforts to take such action as may be required to cause the expiration of the notice periods under applicable Antitrust Laws with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as promptly as possible after the execution of this Agreement. (iii) Subject to Section 6.1(a)(iv) of this Agreement, each of the parties shall to this Agreement agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties to this Agreement in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and the other Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (iA) the obtaining of all other necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents consents, licenses, permits, authorizations, orders and approvals from Governmental Entities Authorities and the making of all other necessary registrations and filings (including other filings with Governmental EntitiesAuthorities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity), (iiB) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) parties related to or required in connection with the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging Offer and the Merger that are necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement required to prevent a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or the consummation Company from occurring prior to or after the Effective Time, (C) the preparation of the Merger or other TransactionsProxy/Information Statement (if required), including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (ivD) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments reasonably necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of, this Agreement, and (E) the providing of all such information concerning such party, its Subsidiaries, its Affiliates and its Subsidiaries' and Affiliates' officers, directors, employees and partners as may be reasonably requested in connection with any of the matters set forth in this paragraph (iii). (iv) At the request of Parent, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall agree to hold separate (including by trust or otherwise) or to divest any of their respective businesses, Subsidiaries or assets, or to take or agree to take any action with respect to, or agree to any limitation on, any of their respective businesses, Subsidiaries or assets, provided that any such action is conditioned upon the consummation of the Offer and the Merger. The Company agrees and acknowledges that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.1(a), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, without Parent's prior written consent, agree to hold separate (including by trust or otherwise) or to divest any of their respective businesses, Subsidiaries or assets, or to take or agree to take any action with respect to, or agree to any limitation on, any of their respective businesses, Subsidiaries or assets. Anything to the contrary in this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. In connection with and without limiting the foregoingnotwithstanding, Parent and its Subsidiaries shall not be required to hold separate (including by trust or otherwise) or to divest any of the respective businesses, Subsidiaries or assets of Parent and any of its Subsidiaries and/or the Company shall (i) and any of its Subsidiaries, or to take all or agree to take any action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute with respect to, or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable agree to any Transaction or limitation on, any of their respective businesses in order to satisfy any of their respective obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties including under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsSection 6.1.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (NCS Healthcare Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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 Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, by any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactionstransactions contemplated hereby, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of of, this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and the Company shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no and its Board of Directors shall, if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or the Merger, this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take use all action necessary reasonable efforts to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms term contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Merger, this Agreement and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require Parent to dispose of any significant asset or collection of assets. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub Each party shall give prompt notice to the Company, other of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsAgreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Digitalthink Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all reasonable actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, including including, when reasonable, seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Transaction Agreementsobligations set forth in this sentence shall not be deemed to have been breached as a result of actions by the Company expressly permitted under Section 5.02(b). In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent the Company and the Company Board shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require any party to waive any substantial rights or agree to any substantial limitation on its operations or to dispose of any significant asset or collection of assets. As promptly as practicable after the consummation of the Offer, the Company shall use all reasonable efforts to notify Parent of any actions or nonactions of, waivers, consents and approvals from, and registrations and filings with, Governmental Entities, and any consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, that would be required in connection with the consummation of the Merger in the event that Parent elects pursuant to Section 1.03 to merge the Company with and into Sub instead of merging Sub into the Company. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsAgreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Alcon Holdings Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall agrees to use all commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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 Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactionsnon-actions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities Authorities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental EntitiesAuthorities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental EntityAuthority, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of any of the Merger or other Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity Authority vacated or reversed reversed, and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of of, this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and the Company and its Board shall (ix) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any of other Transaction transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (iiy) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or transaction contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action reasonably necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require the Company or the Purchasers to dispose of or hold separate any asset or collection of assets. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, Purchasers of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it or any Subsidiary to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it or any Subsidiary under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreement of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement. (c) Each Purchaser shall give prompt notice to the Company of (i) any representation or warranty that is not so qualified made by such Purchaser contained in this Agreement becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsAgreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Seattle Genetics Inc /Wa)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all reasonable actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, including including, when reasonable, seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Transaction Agreementsobligations set forth in this sentence shall not be deemed to have been breached as a result of actions by the Company expressly permitted under Section 5.02(b). In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent the Company and the Company Board shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreements. (b) The effect of such statute or regulation on the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require any party to waive any substantial rights or agree to any substantial limitation on its operations or to dispose of any significant asset or collection of assets. As promptly as practicable after the consummation of the Offer, the Company shall give prompt notice use all reasonable efforts to Parentnotify Parent of any actions or nonactions of, waivers, consents and approvals from, and Parent registrations and filings with, Governmental Entities, and any consents, approvals or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction Agreement; provided, howeverwaivers from third parties, that no such notification shall affect would be required in connection with the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements consummation of the parties or Merger in the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction Agreements.event that Parent elects pursuant to

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Summit Autonomous Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties hereto shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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 TransactionsTransaction, including including, without limitation, (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities any Government Authority and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental EntitiesGovernment Authorities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental EntityGovernment Authority, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consentsconsents including, without limitation, the Required Consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits Lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other TransactionsTransaction, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity Government Authority vacated or reversed reversed, and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions Transaction and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent Parent, the Shareholder and the Company shall (iA) take all commercially reasonable action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (iiB) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all commercially reasonable action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions Transaction may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parentand the Shareholder on the one hand, and Parent or Sub on the other hand shall give prompt notice to the Companyother, of (i) its or his Knowledge of any representation or warranty made by it or him contained in this Agreement or any Transaction Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such (without regard to whether the representation or warranty that subsequently becomes or is not so qualified capable of becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect true and accurate) or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction Agreement; Agreement (without regard to whether such failure to comply or satisfy is cured or capable of being cured), provided, however, that no that, except as otherwise set forth in Section 9.07, such notification pursuant to this Section 6.06(b) shall affect not limit or otherwise effect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions remedies available hereunder to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction Agreementsparty receiving such notice.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (TAC Acquisition Corp.)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all its reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent the Company and the Company Board shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by the Transaction Agreements. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, if an HSR Filing is required by Law, each of Parent and the Company shall, as promptly as practicable after the date hereof (but in any event not later than the time the Offer shall have been commenced) file with the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) a Notification and Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act (the “HSR Filing”), and at the same time as making such HSR Filing shall request that the DOJ and the FTC grant “early termination” of the waiting period related to such HSR Filing and this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsTransactions. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction Agreements. (c) Nothing in Section 6.03(a) shall require Parent to dispose of any of its assets or to limit its freedom of action with respect to any of its businesses, or to consent to any disposition of any material portion of the Company’s assets or limits on the Company’s freedom of action with respect to any of its businesses, or to commit or agree to any of the foregoing, and nothing in Section 6.03(a) shall authorize the Company to commit or agree to any of the foregoing, to obtain any consents, approvals, permits or authorizations or to remove any impediments to the Offer or the Merger relating to the HSR Act, Foreign Antitrust Laws or other antitrust, competition or premerger notification, or trade regulation law, regulation or order (“Antitrust Laws”) or to avoid the entry of, or to effect the dissolution of, any injunction, temporary restraining order or other order in any suit or proceeding relating to Antitrust Laws. Parent, after consultation with the Company, shall be entitled to control all contact and negotiations with any Governmental Entity concerning Antitrust Law matters relevant to the Offer and the Merger. Parent, after consultation with the Company, shall also be responsible for determining all aspects of strategy associated with obtaining any approvals, consents or waivers necessary to consummate the Offer and the Merger as required under any Antitrust Law. The Company agrees not to participate in any meeting(s) with any Governmental Entity in respect of any submission, notification or investigation under any Antitrust Law unless the Company consults with Parent in advance and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity, gives Parent or Parent’s counsel a reasonable opportunity to attend and participate at such meeting(s).

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Hi/Fn Inc)

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Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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 Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, transactions contemplated by this Agreement including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed reversed, and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of, this Agreement; provided, however, that a party shall not be obligated to take any action pursuant to the foregoing if the taking of this Agreement and such action or the Transaction Agreementsobtaining of any waiver, consent, approval or exemption is reasonably likely to result in the imposition of a condition or restriction of the type referred to in clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) of Section 6.01(g). In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and Parent, the Company and their respective Boards of Directors shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure so that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or the Merger, this Agreement or any other Transaction transaction contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or the Merger, this Agreement or any other Transaction transaction contemplated by this Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure so that the Merger and the other Transactions transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it or contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate inac- curate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsAgreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Newmont Mining Corp)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall agrees to use all commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be takentaken (including through its officers and directors and other appropriate personnel), all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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 Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (ia) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval Permits or waiver waivers from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (iib) the obtaining seeking of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iiic) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of any of the Merger or other Transactionstransactions contemplated herein, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (ivd) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of of, this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. Agreement. (b) In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and the Company and its Board shall (including through its officers and directors and other appropriate personnel) (i) take all reasonable action necessary to ensure that no U.S. state takeover takeover, business combination, control share, fair price or fair value statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement the Merger or any of the other Transaction Agreement and transactions contemplated hereby, other than Section 203 of the DGCL or (ii) if any U.S. state takeover takeover, business combination, control share, fair price or fair value statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement the Merger or any other Transaction Agreementtransaction contemplated hereby, take all reasonable action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions transactions contemplated hereby may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the effect of such statute or regulation on the Merger and the Transaction Agreementsother transactions contemplated hereby, except if doing so would result in a material adverse effect to the Company. (bc) The Company shall give prompt notice to ParentCompany, Capital Communications, Parent and Parent or Merger Sub shall give prompt notice keep the other reasonably apprised of the status of matters relating to completion of the transactions contemplated hereby, including promptly furnishing the other with copies of notices or other communications received by the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction Agreement that is qualified Capital Communications, Parent and Merger Sub, as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect the case may be, or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in of their respective Subsidiaries, from any material third party and/or any Governmental Entity with respect or (ii) to the failure transactions contemplated by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, provided that no such notification this Section 6.3(c) shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions not be applicable to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction Agreementsany Acquisition Proposal which shall be subject to Section 5.3 hereof.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Clark Dick Productions Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactionsobligations of such party hereunder, including including: (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, ; (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, ; (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactionsthis Agreement, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed reversed; and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions this Agreement and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and the Company shall shall: (ix) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement Agreement; and (iiy) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Merger Offer and the other Transactions Merger may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreements.effect of such statute or regulation on the Offer and the Merger. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require any party to waive any substantial rights or agree to any substantial limitation on its operations or to take any action that would result in any of the consequences referred to in paragraph (a) of Exhibit A. --------- (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Merger Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of of: (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect respect; or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsAgreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Sind Acquisition Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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 Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including using reasonable efforts to accomplish the following: (i) the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause the conditions precedent set forth in Article VI to be satisfied, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents consents, approvals, orders and approvals authorizations from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations registrations, declarations and filings (including registrations, declarations and filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver fromavoid any suit, or to avoid an action claim, action, investigation or proceeding by, by any Governmental Entity, (iiiii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iiiiv) the defending of any lawsuits suits, claims, actions, investigations or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactionstransactions contemplated hereby, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (ivv) the execution and or delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and the Company shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements.additional (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect inaccurate, or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it of Company to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, howeverin each case, such that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement set forth in Section 6.3(a) or the Transaction Agreements.6.3

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Spyglass Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all its reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals Consents or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement to which it is a party or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreements to which it is a party; provided, however, that neither the Company nor Parent or Sub shall be required to consent to any action described in Section 7.02(c). In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent the Company and the Company Board shall (i) take all action necessary use their reasonable best efforts to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement to which the Company is a party and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction AgreementAgreement to which the Company is a party, take all action necessary use their reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement the Transaction Agreements to which the Company is a party. To the extent permitted by applicable Law relating to the exchange of information, the Company and Parent and their respective counsel shall have the right to review in advance, and to the extent practicable each shall consult the other on, any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any Governmental Entity in connection with the Merger and the Transaction Agreementsother Transactions. The Company and Parent 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 Merger or the other Transactions. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement Agreement. (c) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to assist and cooperate with Parent and Sub in connection with their efforts to obtain any financing utilized by Parent or Sub in connection with the Transaction Agreementsconsummation of the Transactions, including providing, in accordance with the terms of Section 6.02, reasonably required information relating to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries to the financial institution or institutions providing such financing and executing and delivering, and causing such Company Subsidiaries to execute and deliver, customary certificates or other documents and instruments relating to guarantees, the pledge of collateral and other matters ancillary to such financing as may be reasonably requested by Parent in connection with such financing; provided, however, that no obligation of the Company or any Company Subsidiary under any such certificate, document or instrument shall be effective until the Effective Time and none of the Company or any Company Subsidiary shall be required to pay any commitment or other similar fee or incur any other liability in connection with such financing prior to the Effective Time.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Jameson Inns Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, except to the extent otherwise required by applicable law and otherwise provided in this Section 5.3, each of the parties shall agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger Merger, and the other Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, and (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments (including any required supplemental indentures) necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and each of the Company and Parent shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or the Merger, the Offer, this Agreement or any and the other Transaction Agreement and transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or the Merger, the Offer, this Agreement or any and the other Transaction transactions contemplated by this Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Merger Merger, the Offer and the other Transactions transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Merger, the Offer, this Agreement and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, representations or warranties or covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties hereunder. (i) Each of the parties hereto shall file a premerger notification and report form under the HSR Act (and any other applicable foreign antitrust law or regulation) with respect to the Merger as promptly as reasonably possible following execution and delivery of this Agreement. Each of the parties agrees to use reasonable efforts to promptly respond to any request for additional information that may be received from any Governmental Entity in connection with the HSR filing or any filings under applicable foreign antitrust laws and regulations. (ii) The Company will furnish to Parent and Sub copies of all correspondence, filings or communications (or memoranda setting forth the substance thereof (collectively, "Company HSR Documents")) between the Company, or any of its respective representatives, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, or members of the staff of such agency or authority, on the other hand, with respect to this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsMerger; provided, however, that (x) with respect to documents and other materials filed by or on behalf of the Company with the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, or any state attorneys general that are available for review by Parent and Sub, copies will not be required to be provided to Parent and Sub and (y) with respect to any Company HSR Documents (1) that contain any information which, in the reasonable judgment of Fulbright & Xxxxxxxx L.L.P., should not be furnished to Parent or Sub because of antitrust considerations or (2) relating to a request for additional information pursuant to Section (e)(1) of the HSR Act, the obligation of the Company to furnish any such Company HSR Documents to Parent and Sub shall be satisfied by the delivery of such Company HSR Documents on a confidential basis to Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx pursuant to a confidentiality agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent. Except as otherwise required by United States regulatory considerations, Parent and Sub will furnish to the Company copies of all correspondence, filings or communications (or memoranda setting forth the substance thereof (collectively, "Parent HSR Documents")) between Parent, Sub or any of their respective representatives, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, or member of the staff of such agency or authority, on the other hand, with respect to this Agreement or the Merger; provided, however, that (x) with respect to documents and other materials filed by or on behalf of Parent or Sub with the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, or any state attorneys general that are available for review by the Company, copies will not be required to be provided to the Company, and (y) with respect to any Parent HSR Documents (1) that contain information which, in the reasonable judgment of Xxxxx Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx, should not be furnished to the Company because of antitrust considerations or (2) relating to a request for additional information pursuant to Section (e)(1) of the HSR Act, the obligation of Parent and Sub to furnish any such Parent HSR Documents to the Company shall be satisfied by the delivery of such Parent HSR Documents on a confidential basis to Fulbright & Xxxxxxxx L.L.P. pursuant to a confidentiality agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company. (iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed so as to require Parent, Sub or the Company, or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, to sell, license, dispose of, or hold separate, or to operate in any specified manner, any assets or businesses of Parent, Sub, the Company or the Surviving Corporation or to defend any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or to seek and to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed (or to require Parent, Sub, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates to agree to any of the foregoing). The obligations of each party under Section 5.3(a) to use reasonable efforts with respect to antitrust matters shall be limited to compliance with the reporting provisions of the HSR Act and with its obligations under this Section 5.3(c).

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Emersub Lxxiv Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties hereto shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all reasonable actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Offer, the Merger and the other Recapitalization Transactions, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Recapitalization Transactions, including including, when reasonable, seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Recapitalization Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent the Company and the Company Board shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or Transaction, this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement the Tender Agreements and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreementthe Tender Agreements, take all action necessary to ensure that the Offer, the Merger and the other Recapitalization Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Offer, the Merger and the other Recapitalization Transactions. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require any party to waive any substantial rights or agree to any substantial limitation on its operations or to dispose of any significant asset or collection of assets. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsAgreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Kagt Holdings Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, except to the extent otherwise provided in this Section 5.5, each of the parties shall agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger Merger, and the other Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactionstransactions contemplated hereby, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments (including any required supplemental indentures) necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and the Company and its Board of Directors shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and the Merger, (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreementthe Merger, take all action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Merger and (iii) cooperate with Parent and Sub in the arrangements for refinancing any indebtedness of, or obtaining any necessary new financing for, the Company and the Surviving Corporation, it being understood that the failure to obtain any such financing or refinancing shall not be a basis for terminating this Agreement. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, representations or warranties or covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties hereunder. (i) The Company and Parent shall file a premerger notification and report form under the HSR Act with respect to the Merger as promptly as reasonably possible following execution and delivery of this Agreement. Each of the parties agrees to use reasonable efforts to promptly respond to any request for additional information pursuant to Section (e)(1) of the HSR Act. The cost of such filings shall be borne by Parent. (ii) The Company will furnish to Parent and Sub copies of all correspondence, filings or communications (or memoranda setting forth the substance thereof) between the Company, or any of its respective representatives, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, or members of the staff of such agency or authority, on the other hand, with respect to this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsMerger; Parent and Sub will furnish to the A-22 28 Company copies of all correspondence, filings or communications (or memoranda setting forth the substance thereof) between Parent, Sub or any of their respective representatives, on the one hand, and any governmental agency or authority, on the other hand, with respect to this Agreement or the Merger.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Tesoro Petroleum Corp /New/)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent the Company and the Company Board shall (i) take all action necessary and within its power to ensure that no state prevent a takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes from becoming applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary and within its power to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect respect, in each case such as would cause the condition set forth in Section 7.02(a) not to be satisfied or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement, in each case such as would cause the condition set forth in Section 7.02(b) not to be satisfied; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement Agreement. (c) Nothing in Section 6.03(a) shall require Parent to dispose of any of its assets or to limit its freedom of action with respect to any of its businesses, or to consent to any disposition of the Company’s assets or limits on the Company’s freedom of action with respect to any of its businesses, or to commit or agree to any of the foregoing, and nothing in Section 6.03(a) shall authorize the Company to commit or agree to any of the foregoing, to obtain any consents, approvals, permits or authorizations or to remove any impediments to the Merger relating to the HSR Act or other antitrust, competition, premerger notification or trade regulation law, regulation or order of any applicable jurisdiction (“Antitrust Laws”, which for the avoidance of doubt shall not include any Defense Review Laws) or to avoid the entry of, or to effect the dissolution of, any injunction, temporary restraining order or other order in any suit or proceeding relating to Antitrust Laws, other than dispositions, limitations, consents, commitments or other actions in furtherance of the consummation of the Merger that, individually or in the aggregate, (i) have not had and are not reasonably expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect or a Company Material Adverse Effect or (ii) involve the disposition of, an agreement to hold separate (including by establishing a trust or otherwise), or other restrictions, limitations, consents or commitments with respect to, a portion of the flat panel display business of Parent or the Transaction AgreementsCompany that is not material to Parent and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in the case of actions that relate to Parent’s flat panel display business or to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in the case of actions that relate to the Company’s flat panel display business. (d) To the extent necessary to obtain clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) (whether in the form of written advice from CFIUS that the Merger is not subject to its review, a determination by CFIUS not to undertake an investigation of the Merger, a recommendation by CFIUS, after investigation, that the President take no action with respect to the Merger, a determination by CFIUS, after investigation, that no action by the President with respect to the Merger is warranted, or a determination by the President to take no action with respect to the Merger), or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity under any of (i) the Exon-Xxxxxx Amendment to the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, and related regulations (“Exon-Xxxxxx”); (ii) the regulations and/or other requirements of the National Industrial Security Program and/or the U.S. Department of Defense Security Service; or (iii) the Arms Export Control Act and International Traffic in Arms Regulations of the U.S. Department of State (collectively, “Defense Review Laws”), Parent shall take or commit to take some or all of the following actions: (A) (x) sell or arrange for sale of Salvador within a reasonable amount of time following the consummation of the Merger; (y) maintain and operate Salvador as a separate, ongoing business as a supplier of high-performance digital cameras, which will include maintaining the books, records, classified information and other controlled information regarding Salvador’s sales and customer information separate, distinct and apart from Parent and the Surviving Corporation’s other operations, including under a proxy arrangement or voting trust (other than to the extent that such information is necessary for Parent or the Surviving Corporation to comply with applicable Law); (z) ensure that restrictions satisfactory to the applicable Governmental Entities are placed on all classified or other controlled information held by Salvador in order to prevent such information from being communicated or delivered to Parent; or (B) take any other action that is not reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on Salvador, excluding from this clause (B) any action with respect to any business or asset of Parent or the Company other than Salvador. For the avoidance of doubt, in determining whether any action taken under clause (B) is reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on Salvador, the actions described in clauses (A)(x), (A)(y) and (A)(z) will be disregarded. (e) In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, (i) the Company and Parent shall submit a joint voluntary notice within 15 days following the date of this Agreement and thereafter any requested supplemental information (collectively, the “Joint Filing”) to CFIUS pursuant to 31 C.F.R. Part 800 with regard to the Merger, (ii) Parent shall take responsibility for preparation and submission of the Joint Filing, (iii) the Company hereby agrees to provide to Parent all requisite information and otherwise to assist Parent in a timely fashion in order for Parent to complete preparation and submission of the Joint Filing in accordance with this Section 6.03(e), to respond to any inquiries from CFIUS, any member agency of CFIUS or any other interested Governmental Entity in a timely fashion and to take all reasonable steps to cause CFIUS to conclude its review and, if undertaken, investigation, without referring the Merger to the President of the United States and (iv) each of Parent and the Company agrees to promptly notify the other of any communication from or with any of the Governmental Entities in connection with the review of the Merger under Exon-Xxxxxx listed in clause (iii), which notice will include copies of any written or electronic communication and the material content of any verbal communication, and to respond as promptly as practicable to any request for information from any of such Governmental Entities. (f) In connection with the foregoing, the Company shall submit within 15 days following the date of this Agreement to the Office of Defense Trade Controls a notification of the Transactions in substantially the form contemplated by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations of the U.S. Department of State (22 C.F.R. Part 122.4(b)) (“ITAR”). (g) Nothing in this Section 6.03 shall require Parent to (i) give any consent under Section 5.01 to any action or omission by the Company, except for such consents as Parent may be required to grant pursuant to Section 6.03(c) or 6.03(d), or (ii) agree to amend or waive any provision of this Agreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Photon Dynamics Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties hereto shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all reasonable actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, including including, when reasonable, seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent the Company and the Company Board shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or Transaction, this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement the Tender Agreements and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreementthe Tender Agreements, take all action necessary to ensure that the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require any party to waive any substantial rights or agree to any substantial limitation on its operations or to dispose of any significant asset or collection of assets. As promptly as practicable after the consummation of the Offer, the Company shall use all reasonable efforts to notify Parent of any actions or nonactions of, waivers, consents and approvals from, and registrations and filings with, Governmental Entities, and any consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, that would be required in connection with the consummation of the Merger in the event that Parent elects pursuant to Section 1.03 to merge the Company with and into Sub instead of merging Sub into the Company. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsAgreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (National Vision Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all its commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger Exchange and the other TransactionsTransactions (including the Financing) to which it or any of its subsidiaries is a party, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations registrations, reports and filings (filings, including registrations, reports and filings with Governmental EntitiesEntities (including complying with the filing, if anyreporting and approval requirements of the FERC, the PUCT or other state regulatory authorities) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction the Principal Shareholder Agreement or the consummation of the Merger Transactions to which it or other Transactionsany of its subsidiaries is a party, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger Transactions to which it or other Transactions any of its subsidiaries is a party and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreements to which it is a party. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent the Company and the Company Board shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction to which it is a party or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and the Principal Shareholder Agreement, (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction the Principal Shareholder Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Merger Exchange and the other Transactions to which it or any of its subsidiaries is a party may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement the Transaction Agreements and otherwise to minimize the effect of such statute or regulation on the Exchange and the Transaction Agreementsother Transactions to which it or any of its subsidiaries is a party and (iii) cooperate with Parent in the arrangements for obtaining the Financing. Nothing in this Section 6.03(a) shall be deemed to require any party to waive any substantial rights or agree to any substantial limitation on its operations or to dispose of any significant asset or collection of assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and its Representatives shall not be prohibited under this Section 6.03(a) from taking any action permitted by Section 5.02(b). (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect (disregarding in each case any provision limiting such representation or warranty to the date of this Agreement) or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement. (c) Nothing in Section 6.03(a) shall require Parent to dispose of any of its assets or to limit its freedom of action with respect to any of its businesses, to consent to any disposition of the assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or limits on the freedom of action of the Company or any Company Subsidiary with respect to any of their businesses, to accept any other substantial or burdensome condition, including any fundamental change to the operation, ownership or control of the transmission system, or to commit or agree to any of the foregoing, and nothing in Section 6.03(a) shall authorize the Company or any Company Subsidiary to commit or agree to any of the foregoing, to obtain any consents, approvals, permits, determinations, certificates or authorizations to remove any impediments to the Exchange relating to the Power Act or FERC rules and regulations thereunder, the Texas Utilities Code or any local ordinance relating to utility franchises, other than dispositions, limitations or consents, commitments or agreements that in each such case may be conditioned upon the consummation of the Exchange and that, in the reasonable judgment of Parent, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and are not reasonably likely to (i) have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, (ii) have a Company Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) materially impair the benefits or advantages that Parent expects to be realized from the Exchange and the Transactions. (d) Nothing in this Section 6.03 shall require Parent to (i) consent to any action or omission by the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would be inconsistent with Section 5.01 absent such consent, (ii) agree to amend or waive any provision of this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsDebt Commitment Letter or (iii) accept any term for the Financing that is adverse to Parent, the Company or Transmission Sub relative to the terms contemplated at the date of this Agreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Share Exchange Agreement (Cap Rock Energy Corp)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (including, in the case of Parent, making any reasonable accommodation, such as the granting of additional security or the issuance of a Parent guarantee, as may be reasonably requested by the Administrator of the Maritime Administration of the Department of Transportation in connection with obtaining the consent referred to in Section 7.02(g)), (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent the Company and the Company Board shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction the Transactions or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction the Transactions or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Transaction Agreement, the "reasonable efforts" of Parent shall not require Parent to agree to any prohibition, limitation or other requirement of the type set forth in Section 7.02(c). (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations obliga tions of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction Agreements.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Newport News Shipbuilding Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon Each of Parent and the terms Company shall (i) promptly prepare and subject make or cause to be made all filings required of such party or any of its subsidiaries and obtain all permits, consents, approvals, and authorizations of all third parties, regulatory authorities and Governmental Entities necessary to consummate the conditions set forth in transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each (ii) comply at the earliest practicable date with any request for additional information, documents, or other material received by such party or any of its subsidiaries from any regulatory authority or other Governmental Entity in respect of such filings or such transactions, and (iii) cooperate with the other party in connection with any such filing, and in connection with resolving any investigation or other inquiry of any such regulatory authority or other Governmental Entity. Each party shall promptly inform the other party of any communication with, and any proposed understanding, undertaking, or agreement with, any regulatory authority or Governmental Entity regarding any such filings or any such transaction. Neither party shall participate in any meeting, with any regulatory authority or Governmental Entity in respect of any such filings, investigation, or other inquiry without giving the other party notice of the meeting and, to the extent permitted by such regulatory authority or Governmental Entity, the opportunity to attend and participate. (b) Each of the parties shall agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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 Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from regulatory authorities or Governmental Entities and the making of all other necessary registrations and filings (including other filings with regulatory authorities or Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity), (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, and (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of of, this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and the Company shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. (bc) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub Each party shall give prompt notice to the Company, other party of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied compiled with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that except as otherwise provided in Section 10.1 or 10.2, no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement. (d) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of: (i) any notice or other communication from any person alleging that the consent of such person is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) any notice or other communication from any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (iii) any actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings commenced or, to the best of its knowledge threatened against, relating to or involving or otherwise affecting it or any of its subsidiaries which, if pending on the date of this Agreement would have been required to have been disclosed pursuant to Section 4.1(j), 4.1(k), 4.1(l), 4.1(m), 4.1(n) or 4.1(s) or Section 4.2(e) or which relate to the Transaction Agreementsconsummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Santa Barbara Restaurant Group Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, except to the extent otherwise required by United States regulatory considerations and otherwise provided in this Section 5.3, each of the parties shall agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger Merger, and the other Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactionstransactions contemplated hereby, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, each of the Company and Parent and the Company its respective Board of Directors shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and the Merger, (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreementthe Merger, take all action necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Merger and (iii) cooperate with each other in the arrangements for refinancing any indebtedness of, or obtaining any necessary new financing for, the Company and the Surviving Corporation. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, representations or warranties or covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties hereunder. (i) Each of the parties hereto (and, in the case of the Company, its ultimate controlling person, as necessary) shall file a premerger notification and report form under the HSR Act with respect to the Merger as promptly as reasonably possible following execution and delivery of this Agreement. Each of the parties (and, in the case of the Company, its ultimate controlling person, as necessary) agrees to use reasonable efforts to promptly respond to any request for additional information pursuant to Section (e)(1) of the HSR Act. (ii) Except as otherwise required by United States regulatory considerations, the Company will furnish to Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, counsel to Parent and Sub, copies of xxx corxxxxxxxxnce, filings or communications (or memoranda setting forth the substance thereof (collectively, "Company HSR Documents")) between the Company, or any of its respective representatives, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, or members of the staff of such agency or authority, on the other hand, with respect to this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsMerger; provided, however, that (x) with respect to documents and other materials filed by or on behalf of the Company with the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, or any state attorneys general that are available for review by Parent and Sub, copies will not be required to be provided to Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson and (y) with respect to any Company HSR Docxxxxxx (1) xxxx xxntain any information which, in the reasonable judgment of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., should not be furnished to Parent or Sub becxxxx xx antitrust considerations or (2) relating to a request for additional information pursuant to Section (e)(1) of the HSR Act, the obligation of the Company to furnish any such Company HSR Documents to Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson shall be satisfied by the delivery of such Xxxxxxx HSX Xxxxxents on a confidential basis to Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson pursuant to a confidentiality agreemxxx xx forx xxx substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent. Except as otherwise required by United States regulatory considerations, Parent and Sub will furnish to Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., counsel to the Company, copies of all corresxxxxxxxx, filings or communications (or memoranda setting forth the substance thereof (collectively, "Parent HSR Documents")) between Parent, Sub or any of their respective representatives, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, or member of the staff of such agency or authority, on the other hand, with respect to this Agreement or the Merger; provided, however, that (x) with respect to documents and other materials filed by or on behalf of Parent or Sub with the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, or any state attorneys general that are available for review by the Company, copies will not be required to be provided to Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. and (y) with respect to any Parent HSR Docuxxxxx (1) that contain information which, in the reasonable judgment of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, should not be furnished to the Company bxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxt considerations or (2) relating to a request for additional information pursuant to Section (e)(1) of the HSR Act, the obligation of Parent and Sub to furnish any such Parent HSR Documents to Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. shall be satisfied by the delivery of sxxx Xxxent HSR Documents on a confidential basis to Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. pursuant to a confidentiality agreement xx xxrm and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company. (iii) At the election of Parent, the Company and Parent shall use reasonable efforts to defend all litigation under the Federal or state antitrust laws of the United States which if adversely determined would, in the reasonable opinion of Parent (based on the advice of outside counsel), be likely to result in the failure of the condition set forth in Section 6.1(c) not being satisfied, and to appeal any order, judgment or decree, which if not reversed, would result in the failure of such condition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed so as to require Parent, Sub or the Company, or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, to sell, license, dispose of, or hold separate, or to operate in any specified manner, any assets or businesses of Parent, Sub, the Company or the Surviving Corporation (or to require Parent, Sub, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates to agree to any of the foregoing). The obligations of each party under Section 5.3(a) to use reasonable efforts with respect to antitrust matters shall be limited to compliance with the reporting provisions of the HSR Act and with its obligations under this Section 5.3(c).

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (El Paso Energy Corp/De)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, except to the extent otherwise required by applicable law and otherwise provided in this Section 5.3, each of the parties shall agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger Merger, and the other Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, and (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments (including any required supplemental indentures) necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsAgreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and each of the Company and Parent shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or the Merger, the Offer, this Agreement or any and the other Transaction Agreement and transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or the Merger, the Offer, this Agreement or any and the other Transaction transactions contemplated by this Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Merger Merger, the Offer and the other Transactions transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Merger, the Offer, this Agreement and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, representations or warranties or covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties hereunder. (i) Each of the parties hereto shall file a premerger notification and report form under the HSR Act (and any other applicable foreign antitrust law or regulation) with respect to the Merger as promptly as reasonably possible following execution and delivery of this Agreement. Each of the parties agrees to use reasonable efforts to promptly respond to any request for additional information that may be received from any Governmental Entity in connection with the HSR filing or any filings under applicable foreign antitrust laws and regulations. (ii) The Company will furnish to Parent and Sub copies of all correspondence, filings or communications (or memoranda setting forth the substance thereof (collectively, "Company HSR Documents")) between the Company, or any of its respective representatives, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, or members of the staff of such agency or authority, on the other hand, with respect to this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsMerger; provided, however, that (x) with respect to documents and other materials filed by or on behalf of the Company with the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, or any state attorneys general that are available for review by Parent and Sub, copies will not be required to be provided to Parent and Sub and (y) with respect to any Company HSR Documents (1) that contain any information which, in the reasonable judgment of Fulbright & Jawoxxxx X.X.P., should not be furnished to Parent or Sub because of antitrust considerations or (2) relating to a request for additional information pursuant to Section (e)(1) of the HSR Act, the obligation of the Company to furnish any such Company HSR Documents to Parent and Sub shall be satisfied by the delivery of such Company HSR Documents on a confidential basis to Davix Xxxx & Xardxxxx xxxsuant to a confidentiality agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent. Except as otherwise required by United States regulatory considerations, Parent and Sub will furnish to the Company copies of all correspondence, filings or communications (or memoranda setting forth the substance thereof (collectively, "Parent HSR Documents")) between Parent, Sub or any of their respective representatives, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, or member of the staff of such agency or authority, on the other hand, with respect to this Agreement or the Merger; provided, however, that (x) with respect to documents and other materials filed by or on behalf of Parent or Sub with the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, or any state attorneys general that are available for review by the Company, copies will not be required to be provided to the Company, and (y) with respect to any Parent HSR Documents (1) that contain information which, in the reasonable judgment of Davix Xxxx & Xardxxxx, xxould not be furnished to the Company because of antitrust considerations or (2) relating to a request for additional information pursuant to Section (e)(1) of the HSR Act, the obligation of Parent and Sub to furnish any such Parent HSR Documents to the Company shall be satisfied by the delivery of such Parent HSR Documents on a confidential basis to Fulbright & Jawoxxxx X.X.P. pursuant to a confidentiality agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company. (iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed so as to require Parent, Sub or the Company, or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates, to sell, license, dispose of, or hold separate, or to operate in any specified manner, any assets or businesses of Parent, Sub, the Company or the Surviving Corporation or to defend any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or to seek and to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed (or to require Parent, Sub, the Company or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates to agree to any of the foregoing). The obligations of each party under Section 5.3(a) to use reasonable efforts with respect to antitrust matters shall be limited to compliance with the reporting provisions of the HSR Act and with its obligations under this Section 5.3(c).

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Daniel Industries Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all its reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent the Company and the Company Board shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by the Transaction Agreements. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, if an HSR Filing is required by Law, each of Parent and the Company shall, as promptly as practicable after the date hereof (but in any event not later than the time the Offer shall have been commenced) file with the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) a Notification and Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act (the “HSR Filing”), and at the same time as making such HSR Filing shall request that the DOJ and the FTC grant “early termination” of the waiting period related to such HSR Filing and this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsTransactions. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction Agreements. (c) Nothing in Section 6.03(a) shall require Parent to dispose of any of its assets or to limit its freedom of action with respect to any of its businesses, or to consent to any Table of Contents disposition of any material portion of the Company’s assets or limits on the Company’s freedom of action with respect to any of its businesses, or to commit or agree to any of the foregoing, and nothing in Section 6.03(a) shall authorize the Company to commit or agree to any of the foregoing, to obtain any consents, approvals, permits or authorizations or to remove any impediments to the Offer or the Merger relating to the HSR Act, Foreign Antitrust Laws or other antitrust, competition or premerger notification, or trade regulation law, regulation or order (“Antitrust Laws”) or to avoid the entry of, or to effect the dissolution of, any injunction, temporary restraining order or other order in any suit or proceeding relating to Antitrust Laws. Parent, after consultation with the Company, shall be entitled to control all contact and negotiations with any Governmental Entity concerning Antitrust Law matters relevant to the Offer and the Merger. Parent, after consultation with the Company, shall also be responsible for determining all aspects of strategy associated with obtaining any approvals, consents or waivers necessary to consummate the Offer and the Merger as required under any Antitrust Law. The Company agrees not to participate in any meeting(s) with any Governmental Entity in respect of any submission, notification or investigation under any Antitrust Law unless the Company consults with Parent in advance and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity, gives Parent or Parent’s counsel a reasonable opportunity to attend and participate at such meeting(s).

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Exar Corp)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other the Transaction Agreement Agreements or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Parent shall not be required to consent to any action described in paragraph (a) of Exhibit A to this Agreement. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent the Company and the Company Board shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other the Transaction Agreement and Agreements, (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any the Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction AgreementAgreements, take all action necessary to ensure that the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by the Transaction Agreements and otherwise to minimize the effect of such statute or regulation on the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions and (iii) cooperate with Parent and Sub in the arrangements for obtaining the Financing. Nothing in this Agreement and shall be deemed to require Parent to waive any substantial rights or agree to any substantial limitation on its operations or to dispose of any asset or collection of assets of the Transaction AgreementsCompany, Parent or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be prohibited under this Section 6.03(a) from taking any action permitted by Section 5.02. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction Agreement; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction Agreements.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Tripoint Global Communications Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall CalWest, Rooster Acquisition Corp., Cabot and Cabot LP agrees to use all its commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, actions and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to fulfill all conditions applicable to such party pursuant to this Agreement and to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactionstransactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary necessary, proper or advisable actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations necessary, proper or advisable registrations, filings and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) notices and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval approval, waiver or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, exemption from any Governmental Entity, ; (ii) the obtaining of all necessary necessary, proper or advisable consents, approvals approvals, waivers or waivers exemptions from non-governmental third parties, ; and (iii) the defending execution and delivery of any additional documents or instruments necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of the Transaction Documents. In addition, each of CalWest, Rooster Acquisition Corp., Cabot and Cabot LP agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to defend any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging the Merger, this Agreement or any other the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other TransactionsDocuments, including seeking to have any stay or stay, temporary restraining order, injunction, or restraining order or other order adversely affecting the ability of the parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of reversed. If, at any additional instruments necessary to consummate time after the Merger Effective Time, any further action is necessary or other Transactions and desirable to fully carry out the purposes purpose of this Agreement, the proper officers, directors or partners, of CalWest, Rooster Acquisition Corp., Cabot and Cabot LP shall take all such necessary action. From the date of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and the Company shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that through the Merger and Effective Time, Cabot shall timely file, or cause to be filed, with the other Transactions may SEC all Cabot SEC Documents required to be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Agreementsso filed. (b) The Company Cabot shall give prompt notice to Parent, CalWest and Parent or Sub CalWest and Rooster Acquisition Corp. shall give prompt notice to the CompanyCabot, of if (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming becomes untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming becomes untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it fails to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsAgreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Cabot Industrial Properties Lp)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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 Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, transactions contemplated by this Agreement including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed reversed, and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of, this Agreement; provided, however, that a party shall not be obligated to take any action pursuant to the foregoing if the taking of this Agreement and such action or the Transaction Agreementsobtaining of any waiver, consent, approval or exemption is reasonably likely to result in the imposition of a condition or restriction of the type referred to in clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) of Section 6.01(g). In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent and Parent, the Company and their respective Boards of Directors shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure so that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or the Merger, this Agreement or any other Transaction transaction contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or the Merger, this Agreement or any other Transaction transaction contemplated by this Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure so that the Merger and the other Transactions transactions contemplated by this Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it or contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsAgreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corp)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, The Merger Agreement provides that each of the parties shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all reasonable actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactionstransactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction the Merger Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger or other TransactionsAgreement, including including, when reasonable, seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger or other Transactions Agreement and to fully carry out the purposes of the Merger Agreement; PROVIDED that the obligations set forth on this Agreement and sentence shall not be deemed breached as a result of actions by the Transaction AgreementsCompany expressly permitted by the provisions described under "Takeover Proposals". In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent the Company and the Board of Directors of the Company shall have agreed to (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this the Merger Agreement or any other Transaction transaction contemplated by the Merger Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction the Merger Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this the Merger Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreements. (b) effect of such statute or regulation on the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Nothing in the Merger Agreement is deemed to require any party to waive any substantial rights or agree to any substantial limitation on its operations or to dispose of any significant asset or collection of assets. As promptly as practicable after the consummation of the Offer, the Company shall use all reasonable efforts to notify Parent of any actions or nonactions of, waivers, consents and approvals from, and registrations and filings with, Governmental Entities, and any consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, that would be required in connection with the consummation of the Merger in the event that Parent elects to merge the Company with and into the Purchaser instead of merging the Purchaser into the Company. The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub the Purchaser shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction the Merger Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction the Merger Agreement; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsMerger Agreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Offer to Purchase (Alcon Holdings Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all reasonable actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions, including (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactions, including including, when reasonable, seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Transaction Agreementsobligations set forth in this sentence shall not be deemed to have been breached as a result of actions by the Company expressly permitted under Section 5.02(b). In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent the Company and the Company Board shall (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the Offer, the Merger and the other Transactions. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require any party to waive any substantial rights or agree to any substantial limitation on its operations or to dispose of any significant asset or collection of assets. As promptly as practicable after the consummation of the Offer, the Company shall use all reasonable efforts to notify Parent of any actions or nonactions of, waivers, consents and approvals from, and registrations and filings with, Governmental Entities, and any consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, that would be required in connection with the consummation of the Merger in the event that Parent elects pursuant to Section 1.02 to merge the Company with and into Sub instead of merging Sub into the Company. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsAgreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Technisource Inc)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties shall use all its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all reasonable actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and the other Transactionstransactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation (i) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactionsnon-actions, waivers, consents and approvals from any and all Governmental Entities Entities, and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactionstransactions contemplated hereby, including including, when reasonable, seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed reversed, and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger or other Transactions transactions contemplated hereby and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement and Agreement; provided, however, that the Transaction Agreementsobligations set forth in this sentence shall not be deemed to have been breached as a result of actions by the Company expressly permitted under Section 5.02 or 8.02. In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, Parent the Company and the Company shall Board shall, at the request of Acquirer: (i) take all action within its power reasonably requested by Acquirer as necessary to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement the transactions contemplated hereby; and (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreementthe transactions contemplated hereby, take all action within its power reasonably requested by Acquirer as necessary to ensure that the Merger and the other Transactions transactions contemplated hereby may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to minimize the Transaction Agreementseffect of such statute or regulation on the transactions contemplated hereby. (b) The Company shall give prompt notice to ParentAcquirer, and Parent or Sub Acquirer and Acquisition Subsidiary shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect (without giving duplicative effect to any materiality qualifier), or (ii) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect (without giving duplicative effect to any materiality qualifier) any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or unless specifically agreed in writing to the Transaction Agreementscontrary. (c) For purposes of this Section 6.07, “Governmental Entity” shall not include the Acquirer Governing Body.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Pennichuck Corp)

Reasonable Efforts; Notification. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Voting Agreement, each of the parties shall agrees to use all reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other 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 Transactionstransactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Voting Agreement, including using reasonable efforts to accomplish the following: (i) the taking of all reasonable acts necessary to cause the conditions precedent set forth in Article VII to be satisfied, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents consents, approvals, orders and approvals authorizations from Governmental Entities and the making of all necessary registrations registrations, declarations and filings (including registrations, declarations and filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver fromavoid any suit, or to avoid an action claim, action, investigation or proceeding by, by any Governmental Entity, (iiiii) the obtaining of all necessary consents, approvals or waivers from third parties, (iiiiv) the defending of any lawsuits suits, claims, actions, investigations or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or any other Transaction the Voting Agreement or the consummation of the Merger or other Transactionstransactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed reversed, and (ivv) the execution and or delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Merger transactions contemplated by, and to carry out fully the purposes of, this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither Parent nor any of its affiliates shall be under any obligation to make proposals, execute or carry out agreements or submit to orders providing for the sale or other Transactions and to fully carry out disposition or holding separate (through the purposes establishment of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements. In connection with and without limiting the foregoinga trust or otherwise) of any assets or categories of assets of Parent, Parent and any of its affiliates or the Company shall or its Subsidiaries or the holding separate of the Shares (ior shares of stock of the Surviving Corporation) take all action necessary or imposing or seeking to ensure that no state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation is or becomes applicable to impose any Transaction or this Agreement limitation on the ability of Parent or any other Transaction Agreement and of its Subsidiaries or affiliates to conduct their business or own such assets or to acquire, hold or exercise full rights of ownership of the Shares (ii) if any state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to any Transaction or this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, take all action necessary to ensure that shares of stock of the Merger and the other Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction AgreementsSurviving Corporation). (b) Each of the Company and Parent will give prompt notice to the other of (i) any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any notice or other communication from any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, (iii) any litigation relating to, involving or otherwise affecting the Company, Parent or their respective Subsidiaries that relates to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent or Sub shall give prompt notice to the Company, of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in any Transaction this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect inaccurate, or any such representation failure of the Company or warranty that is not so qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or (ii) the failure by it of its stockholders to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under any Transaction this Agreement or the Voting Agreement; provided, however, that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement or the Transaction AgreementsVoting Agreement. Parent shall give prompt notice to the Company of any representation or warranty made by it or Merger Sub contained in this Agreement becoming untrue or inaccurate.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (McLaren Performance Technologies Inc)

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