Rights Agreements; Consequences if Rights Triggered. (a) The Company Board shall take all further actions (in addition to those referred to in Section 3.05(c)) requested in writing by Parent in order to render the Company Rights inapplicable to the Merger and the other Transactions. Except as approved in writing by Parent, the Company Board shall not (i) amend the Company Rights Agreement, (ii) redeem the Company Rights or (iii) take any action with respect to, or make any determination under, the Company Rights Agreement. If any Distribution Date or Share Acquisition Date occurs under the Company Rights Agreement at any time during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time, the Company and Parent shall make such adjustment to the Merger Consideration as the Company and Parent shall mutually agree so as to preserve the economic benefits that the Company and Parent each reasonably expected on the date of this Agreement to receive as a result of the consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions. (b) The Parent Board shall take all further actions (in addition to those referred to in Section 4.05(c)) requested in writing by the Company in order to render the Parent Rights inapplicable to the Merger and the other Transactions. Except as would not adversely affect the ability of Parent to consummate the Merger and the Transactions, unless approved in writing by the Company, the Parent Board shall not (i) amend the Parent Rights Agreement, (ii) redeem the Parent Rights or (iii) take any action with respect to, or make any determination under, the Parent Rights Agreement.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Whirlpool Corp /De/), Merger Agreement (Whirlpool Corp /De/), Merger Agreement (Maytag Corp)