Termination by Yankees or Braves. This Agreement may be terminated by either Yankees or Braves at any time prior to the Effective Time: (a) if the Effective Time shall not have occurred by December 31, 2013 (such date, as it may be extended pursuant to the proviso below, the “Termination Date”), whether such date is before or after the date of the receipt of the Yankees Requisite Vote; provided, however, that each of Yankees and Braves shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to extend the Termination Date to March 31, 2014 (which date shall then be the “Termination Date”), if the only conditions set forth in Article V that have not been satisfied (other than those conditions that Yankees and Braves have mutually agreed to waive, if and to the extent that such waiver is permitted by applicable Law) are the conditions set forth in Section 5.1(b), Section 5.1(c), Section 5.1(d) or Section 5.1(f); and provided, further, that neither (x) the right to extend the Termination Date nor (y) the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 6.2(a) may be exercised by any Party whose failure or whose Subsidiary’s failure to perform any material covenant or obligation under this Agreement has been the cause of, or resulted in, the failure of any such closing condition to be satisfied on or before the Termination Date; (b) if the Yankees Requisite Vote shall not have been obtained after a vote of the Yankees stockholders has been taken and completed at the Yankees Stockholders Meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof; (c) if the Braves Requisite Vote shall not have been obtained after a vote of the Braves stockholders has been taken and completed at the Braves Stockholders Meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof; or (d) if any Governmental Entity which must grant a regulatory approval required under Section 5.1(c) has denied such grant in writing and such denial has become final, binding and non-appealable (or if such denial is subject to appeal, it will be impossible to complete such appeal prior to the Termination Date), or any order permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Merger shall become final and non-appealable (or if such order is subject to appeal, it will be impossible to complete such appeal); provided that the Party seeking to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 6.2(d) shall have used its reasonable best efforts to (x) prevent the denial of such grant and/or (y) prevent the entry of and to remove such order, as applicable.
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Samples: Merger Agreement, Merger Agreement (NYSE Euronext), Merger Agreement (Intercontinentalexchange Inc)
Termination by Yankees or Braves. This Agreement may be terminated by either Yankees or Braves at any time prior to the Yankees Effective Time:
(a) if the Effective Time Times shall not have occurred by December 31, 2013 (such date, as it may be extended pursuant to the proviso below, the “Termination Date”), whether such date is before or after the date of the receipt of the Yankees Requisite Vote; provided, however, that each of Yankees and Braves shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to extend the Termination Date to March 31, 2014 (which date shall then be the “Termination Date”), if the only conditions set forth in Article V that have not been satisfied (other than those conditions that Yankees and Braves have mutually agreed to waive, if and to the extent that such waiver is permitted by applicable Law) are the conditions set forth in Section 5.1(b), Section 5.1(c), Section 5.1(d) or Section 5.1(f); and provided, further, that neither (x) the right to extend the Termination Date nor (y) the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 6.2(a) may be exercised by any Party whose failure or whose Subsidiary’s failure to perform any material covenant or obligation under this Agreement has been the cause of, or resulted in, the failure of any such closing condition to be satisfied on or before the Termination Date;
(b) if the Yankees Requisite Vote shall not have been obtained after a vote of the Yankees stockholders has been taken and completed at the Yankees Stockholders Meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof;
(c) if the Braves Requisite Vote shall not have been obtained after a vote of the Braves stockholders has been taken and completed at the Braves Stockholders Meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof; or
(d) if any Governmental Entity which must grant a regulatory approval required under Section 5.1(c) has denied such grant in writing and such denial has become final, binding and non-appealable (or if such denial is subject to appeal, it will be impossible to complete such appeal on or prior to the Termination Date), or any order permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Yankees Merger or the Braves Merger shall become final and non-appealable (or if such order is subject to appeal, it will be impossible to complete such appealappeal on or prior to the Termination Date); provided that the Party seeking to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 6.2(d) shall have used its reasonable best efforts to (x) prevent the denial of such grant and/or (y) prevent the entry of and to remove such order, as applicable.
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