Tax Representation Letters. Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to deliver to Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxx LLP and Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel to Parent (collectively “Parent’s Counsel”), and Xxxxxxx & Holland LLP and Xxxxx Lord Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, LLP, counsel to the Company (collectively the “Company’s Counsel”), a “Tax Representation Letter,” dated as of the Closing Date (and, if requested, dated as of the date the Form S-4 shall have been declared effective by the SEC) and signed by an officer of Parent and Merger Sub, containing representations of Parent and Merger Sub, and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to deliver to Parent’s Counsel and the Company’s Counsel a “Tax Representation Letter,” dated as of the Closing Date (and, if requested, dated as of the date the Form S-4 shall have been declared effective by the SEC) and signed by an officer of the Company, containing representations of the Company, in each case (notwithstanding Section 3.24 and Section 4.23) as shall be reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable the Company’s Counsel to render the opinions described in Section 6.2(f) and Parent’s Counsel to render the opinions described in Section 6.2(e).
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Southern Union Co), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.)
Tax Representation Letters. Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to deliver to Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxx LLP and Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel to Parent (collectively “Parent’s Counsel”), and Xxxxxxx & Holland LLP and Xxxxx Lord Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, LLP, counsel to the Company (collectively the “Company’s Counsel”), a “Tax Representation Letter,” dated as of the Closing Date (and, if requested, dated as of the date the Form S-4 shall have been declared effective by the SEC) and signed by an officer of Parent and Merger Sub, containing representations of Parent and Merger Sub, and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to deliver to Parent’s Counsel and the Company’s Counsel a “Tax Representation Letter,” dated as of the Closing Date (and, if requested, dated as of the date the Form S-4 shall have been declared effective by the SEC) and signed by an officer of the Company, containing representations of the Company, in each case (notwithstanding Section 3.24 and Section 4.234.22) as shall be reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable the Company’s Counsel to render the opinions described in Section 6.2(f) and Parent’s Counsel to render the opinions described in Section 6.2(e).
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Southern Union Co)