Action or Proceeding. There shall be pending any suit, action or proceeding that has a reasonable likelihood of success brought by any Governmental Authority against Parent, Company or any of their respective subsidiaries (i) challenging or seeking to make illegal, materially delay or otherwise directly or indirectly restrain or prohibit the making of the Offer, the acceptance for payment of, or payment for, any shares of Company Common Stock by Merger Sub pursuant to the Offer or the consummation of the Merger, or seeking to obtain damages in connection with any such transactions that would result in a Material Adverse Effect on Company, (ii) seeking to prohibit or limit the ownership or operation by Company, Parent or any of their respective subsidiaries of all or any material portion of the business or assets of Company and its subsidiaries, Parent or any of its subsidiaries, or to compel Company, Parent or any of their respective subsidiaries to dispose of or hold separate all or any material portion of their respective business, as a result of the Offer, or the Merger; (iii) seeking to impose limitations on the ability of Parent, Merger Sub or any other affiliate of Parent to acquire or hold, or exercise effectively full rights of ownership of, any shares of Company Common Stock acquired by Merger Sub in the Offer or the Merger, including the right to vote any shares of Company Common Stock on matters properly presented to the stockholders of Company, including the approval and adoption of the Agreement, the plan of merger included in the Certificate of Merger, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated thereby; or (iv) seeking to prohibit Parent or any of its Subsidiaries from effectively controlling in any respect the business or operations of Company and each of the Company Subsidiaries.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Best Buy Co Inc), Merger Agreement (Musicland Stores Corp), Merger Agreement (Best Buy Co Inc)