Security Holder Litigation. Each Party shall provide the other Party prompt oral notice of any litigation brought by any stockholder or shareholder of that Party, as applicable, against such Party, any of its Subsidiaries and/or any of their respective directors relating to the Merger, this Agreement or any of the Transactions. Unless (i) in the case of such litigation with respect to the Company, the Company Board of Directors has made or is considering making a Company Change of Recommendation or (ii) in the case of such litigation with respect to Parent, the Parent Board of Directors has made or is considering making a Parent Change of Recommendation, each Party shall give the other Party the opportunity to participate (at such other Party’s expense) in the defense or settlement of any such litigation, and no such settlement shall be agreed to without the other Party’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, except that the other Party shall not be obligated to consent to any settlement which does not include a full release of such other Party and its affiliates or which imposes an injunction or other equitable relief after the Effective Time upon Parent or any of its affiliates. In the event of, and to the extent of, any conflict or overlap between the provisions of this Section 6.9 and Section 5.1, Section 5.2 or Section 6.2, the provisions of this Section 6.9 shall control.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Towers Watson & Co.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Willis Group Holdings PLC)
Security Holder Litigation. Each Party shall provide the other Party prompt oral notice of any litigation brought by any stockholder or shareholder of that Party, as applicable, against such Party, any of its Subsidiaries and/or any of their respective directors relating to the Merger, this Agreement or any of the Transactions. Unless (i) in the case of such litigation with respect to the Company, the Company Board of Directors has made or is considering making a Company Change of Recommendation or (ii) in the case of such litigation with respect to Parent, the Parent Board of Directors has made or is considering making a Parent Change of Recommendation, each Party shall give the other Party the opportunity to participate (at such other Party’s expense) in the defense or settlement of any such litigation, and no such settlement shall be agreed to without the other Party’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, except that the other Party shall not be obligated to consent to any settlement which does not include a full release of such other Party and its affiliates or which imposes an injunction or other equitable relief after the Effective Time upon Parent or any of its affiliates. In the event of, and to the extent of, any conflict or overlap between the provisions of this Section 6.9 and Section 5.1, Section 5.2 or Section 6.2, the provisions of this Section 6.9 shall control.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Waste Connections, Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.)
Security Holder Litigation. Each Party shall provide the other Party prompt oral notice of any litigation brought by any stockholder or shareholder of that Party, as applicable, Party against such Party, any of its Subsidiaries and/or any of their respective directors relating to the Merger, this Agreement or any of the Transactions. Unless (i) in the case of such litigation with respect to the Company, the Company Board of Directors has made or is considering making a Company Change of Recommendation or (ii) in the case of such litigation with respect to Parent, the Parent Board of Directors has made or is considering making a Parent Change of Recommendation, each Party shall give the other Party the opportunity to participate (at such other Party’s expense) in the defense or settlement of any such litigation, and no such settlement shall be agreed to without the other Party’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, except that the other Party shall not be obligated to consent to any settlement which does not include a full release of such other Party and its affiliates or which imposes an injunction or other equitable relief after the Effective Time upon Parent or any of its affiliates. In the event of, and to the extent of, any conflict or overlap between the provisions of this Section 6.9 and Section 5.1, Section 5.2 or Section 6.2, the provisions of this Section 6.9 shall control.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Mallinckrodt PLC), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc)
Security Holder Litigation. Each Party shall provide the other Party prompt oral notice of any litigation brought by any stockholder or shareholder of that Party, as applicable, Party against such Party, any of its Subsidiaries and/or any of their respective directors relating to the MergerOffer, the Mergers, this Agreement or any of the Transactions. Unless (i) in , and shall keep the case of such litigation other party informed on a prompt and timely basis with respect to the Company, the status thereof. The Company Board of Directors has made or is considering making a Company Change of Recommendation or (ii) in the case of such litigation with respect to Parent, the Parent Board of Directors has made or is considering making a Parent Change of Recommendation, each Party shall give the other Party Parent the opportunity to participate (at such other PartyParent’s expense) in the defense or settlement of any such litigation, and no such settlement shall be agreed to without the other PartyParent’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, except that the other Party Parent shall not be obligated to consent to any settlement which does not include a full release of such other Party Parent and its affiliates or which imposes an injunction or other equitable relief after the First Effective Time upon Parent or any of its affiliates. In the event of, and to the extent of, any conflict or overlap between the provisions of this Section 6.9 7.10 and Section 5.1, Section 5.2 6.1 or Section 6.27.2, the provisions of this Section 6.9 7.10 shall control.
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Security Holder Litigation. Each Party shall provide the other Party prompt oral notice of any litigation brought by any stockholder or shareholder of that Party, as applicable, against such Party, any of its Subsidiaries and/or any of their respective directors relating to the Merger, this Agreement or any of the Transactions. Unless (ia) in the case of such litigation with respect to the Company, the Company Board of Directors has made or is considering making a Company Change of Recommendation or (iib) in the case of such litigation with respect to Parent, the Parent Board of Directors has made or is considering making a Parent Change of Recommendation, each Party shall give the other Party the opportunity to participate (at such other Party’s expense) in the defense or settlement of any such litigation, and no such settlement shall be agreed to without the other Party’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld withheld, conditioned or delayed, except that the other Party shall not be obligated to consent to any settlement which does not include a full release of such other Party and its affiliates Affiliates or which imposes an injunction or other equitable relief after the Effective Time upon Parent or any of its affiliatesAffiliates. In the event of, and to the extent of, any conflict or overlap between the provisions of this Section 6.9 6.15 and Section 5.1, Section 5.2 or Section 6.2, the provisions of this Section 6.9 6.15 shall controlprevail.
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