Common use of Rights Agreements; Consequences if Rights Triggered Clause in Contracts

Rights Agreements; Consequences if Rights Triggered. (a) If any Distribution Date occurs under the Ashland Rights Agreement at any time during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Acquisition Merger Effective Time, Ashland and Marathon shall make such adjustment to Articles II, III and IV as Ashland and Marathon shall mutually agree so as to preserve the economic benefits that Ashland and Marathon each reasonably expected on the date of this Agreement to receive as a result of the consummation of the Transactions.