Regarding Consents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, to the extent that the sale, conveyance, transfer, assignment or delivery or attempted sale, conveyance, transfer, assignment or delivery to Buyer of any Acquired Asset is prohibited by any applicable Law or would require any governmental or third-party authorizations, approvals, consents or waivers (other than authorizations, approvals, consents or waivers related to Third Party Intellectual Property, and other than required Regulatory Approvals and FCC Consents) (collectively, the "Third Party Consents") and such Third Party Consents shall not have been obtained prior to the Closing, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement to assign same if any of the foregoing would constitute a breach thereof or be unlawful. If any Third Party Consent shall not be obtained or if any attempted assignment would be ineffective or would impair Buyer's rights under the Acquired Asset in question so that Buyer would not acquire the benefit of all such rights, Seller, to the extent permitted by Law, shall act after the Closing as Buyer's agent in order to preserve and obtain for Buyer the benefits thereunder and shall cooperate, to the extent permitted by Law, with Buyer in any other commercially reasonable arrangement designed to provide such benefits to Buyer. For a period of ninety (90) days following the Closing, the parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts, and shall cooperate with each other, to obtain promptly such Third Party Consents; provided, however, that should any Third Party Consent from any railroad be conditioned on the payment of any consideration therefor (the "Consent Fees") other than filing, recordation or similar fees payable to any Governmental Authority, which filing fees shall be shared equally by Seller and Buyer, Seller and Buyer agree to share on an equal basis any Consent Fee to the extent such Consent Fee is in an amount not greater than $300; and provided, further, that Seller's aggregate obligation to share in the payment of Consent Fees shall not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).
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Samples: Asset Purchase Agreement (Centurytel Inc), Asset Purchase Agreement (Verizon South Inc)
Regarding Consents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, to (a) To the extent that the saleeither Seller’s rights under any contract, conveyancelease, transferagreement, assignment Authorization (defined in Section 2.1.2(b)) or delivery or attempted sale, conveyance, transfer, assignment or delivery other Asset to be assigned to Buyer hereunder may not be assigned without the consent of any Acquired Asset is prohibited by any applicable Law or would require any governmental or third-party authorizations, approvals, consents or waivers (other than authorizations, approvals, consents or waivers related to Third Party Intellectual Property, and other than required Regulatory Approvals and FCC Consents) (collectively, the "Third Party Consents") and such Third Party Consents shall Person which has not have been obtained prior to as of the Closing, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement to assign the same if any of the foregoing an attempted assignment would constitute a breach thereof or be void or unlawful, and if the Closing takes place the relevant Seller, at its expense, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any such required consent(s) as promptly as possible after the Closing, whereupon such Assets shall be assigned or otherwise transferred in accordance with such consent. If any Third Party Consent consent shall not be obtained (or until such time as it is obtained) or if any attempted assignment would be ineffective or would impair Buyer's ’s rights under the Acquired Asset in question so that Buyer would not in effect acquire the benefit of all such rights, the relevant Seller, to the maximum extent permitted by Lawpracticable under the circumstances, shall act after the Closing as Buyer's ’s agent in order to preserve and obtain for Buyer it the benefits thereunder thereunder, at Buyer’s expense, and shall cooperate, to the maximum extent permitted by Lawpracticable under the circumstances, with Buyer in any other commercially reasonable arrangement designed to provide such benefits to Buyer, at Buyer’s expense.
(b) Nothing in this Section 1.11 shall in any way diminish the obligation of each Seller hereunder to use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all consents and approvals and to take all such other actions prior to or at Closing as are necessary to enable Sellers to convey or assign valid title to all the Assets to Buyer. For a period of ninety (90Buyer may, at its option, elect to waive Sellers’ requirement to obtain any particular consent(s) days following the and/or approval(s) in order to proceed to Closing, the parties and such waiver shall use their commercially reasonable efforts, and shall cooperate with each other, to obtain promptly such Third Party Consents; provided, however, that should any Third Party Consent from any railroad be conditioned on the payment not constitute a waiver of any consideration therefor (the "Consent Fees"remedies or a release from indemnification obligations with respect to such consent(s) other than filing, recordation or similar fees payable to any Governmental Authority, which filing fees shall be shared equally by Seller and Buyer, Seller and Buyer agree to share on an equal basis any Consent Fee to the extent such Consent Fee is in an amount not greater than $300; and provided, further, that Seller's aggregate obligation to share in the payment of Consent Fees shall not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00and/or approval(s).
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Regarding Consents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, to the extent that the sale, conveyance, transfer, assignment or delivery or attempted sale, conveyance, transfer, assignment or delivery to Buyer of any Acquired Asset is prohibited by any applicable Law or would require any governmental or third-party authorizations, approvals, consents or waivers (other than authorizations, approvals, consents or waivers related to Third Party Intellectual Property, and other than required Regulatory Approvals and FCC Consents) (collectively, the "Third Party Consents") and such Third Party Consents shall not have been obtained prior to the Closing, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement to assign same if any of the foregoing would constitute a breach thereof or be unlawful. If any Third Party Consent shall not be obtained or if any attempted assignment would be ineffective or would impair Buyer's rights under the Acquired Asset in question so that Buyer would not acquire the benefit of all such rights, SellerSellers, to the extent permitted by Law, shall act after the Closing as Buyer's agent in order to preserve and obtain for Buyer the benefits thereunder and shall cooperate, to the extent permitted by Law, with Buyer in any other commercially reasonable arrangement designed to provide such benefits to Buyer. For a period of ninety (90) days following the Closing, the parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts, and shall cooperate with each otherone another, to obtain promptly such Third Party Consents; provided, however, that should any Third Party Consent from any railroad be conditioned on the payment of any consideration therefor (the "Consent Fees") other than filing, recordation or similar fees payable to any Governmental Authority, which filing fees shall be shared equally by Seller Sellers and Buyer, Seller Sellers and Buyer agree to share on an equal basis any Consent Fee to the extent such Consent Fee is in an amount not greater than $300; and provided, further, that Seller's Sellers' aggregate obligation to share in the payment of Consent Fees shall not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).
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Regarding Consents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, to the extent that the sale, conveyance, transfer, assignment or delivery or attempted sale, conveyance, transfer, assignment or delivery to Buyer of any Acquired Asset is prohibited by any applicable Law or would require any governmental or third-party authorizations, approvals, consents or waivers (other than authorizations, approvals, consents or waivers related to Third Party Intellectual Property, and other than required Regulatory Approvals and FCC Consents) (collectively, the "Third Party Consents") and such Third Party Consents shall not have been obtained prior to the Closing, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement to assign same if any of the foregoing would constitute a breach thereof or be unlawful. If any Third Party Consent shall not be obtained or if any attempted assignment would be ineffective or would impair Buyer's rights under the Acquired Asset in question so that Buyer would not acquire the benefit of all such rights, SellerSellers, to the extent permitted by Law, shall act after the Closing as Buyer's agent in order to preserve and obtain for Buyer the benefits thereunder and shall cooperate, to the extent permitted by Law, with Buyer in any other commercially reasonable arrangement designed to provide such benefits to Buyer. For a period of ninety (90) days following the Closing, the parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts, and shall cooperate with each otherone another, to obtain promptly such Third Party Consents; provided, however, that should any Third Party Consent from any railroad be conditioned on the payment of any consideration therefor (the "Consent Fees") other than filing, recordation or similar fees payable to any Governmental Authority, which filing fees shall be shared equally by Seller Sellers and Buyer, Seller Sellers and Buyer agree to share on an equal basis any Consent Fee to the extent such Consent Fee is in an amount not greater than $300; and provided, further, that Seller's Sellers' aggregate obligation to share in the payment of Consent Fees shall not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).
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