Common use of Filings; Consents Clause in Contracts

Filings; Consents. (a) Upon the terms and conditions hereof each of the parties hereto shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use its reasonable best efforts to obtain as promptly as practicable all material Consents of any Governmental Entity or any other person required in connection with, and waivers of any material breaches or material violations of any material Contracts, permits, licenses or other material agreements that may be caused by, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, by (i) filing, or causing to be filed, any Notification and Report Form and related material required under the HSR Act as soon as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement but, in any event, unless specifically agreed otherwise by the Company and Parent, no later than thirty (30) calendar days after the date of this Agreement, and by using its reasonable best efforts to be able to certify, and to certify, as soon as reasonably practicable, its substantial compliance with any such requests for additional information or documentary material that may be made under the HSR Act, unless Parent and the Company mutually determine that it is reasonable under the circumstances not to comply substantially with any requests for additional information and documentary material under the HSR Act, (ii) promptly making all other required filings or submissions to Governmental Entities, (iii) cooperating and consulting with one another in (A) determining whether any other filings are required, or are deemed advisable, to be made with, or Consents, permits, authorizations or approvals are required, or are deemed advisable, to be obtained from, any third party, the United States government or any other Governmental Entity in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and (B) timely making all such filings and timely seeking all such Consents, permits, authorizations, approvals or waivers and (iv) generally, taking, or causing to be taken, all other actions necessary to avoid or eliminate each and every impediment under any antitrust, competition or trade regulation law that may be asserted by any Governmental Entity with respect to the Merger so as to enable the Closing to occur as soon as reasonably possible, and in any event no later than the Extended Termination Date (as defined in Section 7.01(b)) or, if applicable, the Final Termination Date (as defined in Section 7.01(b)), provided that the Company shall not be required to obtain any Consent from any person other than Governmental Entities unless Parent reimburses the Company for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in obtaining such Consent; provided, however, that the Company shall not pay or agree to pay any fee or other similar charge to any such person in order to obtain its Consent without the prior written approval of Parent not to be unreasonably withheld. In furtherance of the foregoing, Parent shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, take all such actions, including, without limitation, (x) proposing, negotiating, committing to and effecting, by consent decree, hold separate order, or otherwise, the sale, divestiture or disposition of such assets or businesses of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or, after the Effective Time, of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries and (y) otherwise taking or committing to take actions that limit or would limit Parent's or its Subsidiaries' (including, after the Effective Time, the Company's and its Subsidiaries' as Subsidiaries of Parent) freedom of action with respect to, or its ability to retain, one or more of their respective businesses, product lines or assets, in each case as may be required in order to avoid the entry of any order, judgment, decree, injunction, temporary restraining order, or ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction or any Governmental Entity in any suit or proceeding, which would otherwise have the effect of preventing or materially delaying the Closing; provided further, however, that Parent shall not be required to take any such action, and the failure to do so shall not be deemed to be a failure to exercise its reasonable best efforts as required by this Section 5.04(a), if such actions, individually or in the aggregate, would require the sale, divestiture, licensing or other disposition in any form (collectively, a "DIVESTITURE") of any one or more businesses or assets, including without limitation, product lines, brands, or other particular types or groups of assets (collectively, the "SPECIFIED ASSETS") and: (A) in the case of one or more required Divestitures of Specified Assets of Parent or one or more of its Subsidiaries, and/or the Company and or one or more of its Subsidiaries, that are sold at wholesale, such Specified Assets accounted for more than $85 million in the worldwide consolidated net sales of Parent or the Company, as the case may be, to all customers, including the amount of the intercompany sales of such Specified Assets by each party to its own retail division or retail segment, as the case may be; or (B) without limiting the applicability of clause (A) above, in the case of one or more required Divestitures of Specified Assets of Parent or one or more of its Subsidiaries, and/or the Company and one or more of its Subsidiaries, that are not sold at wholesale, including, without limitation, Specified Assets consisting of retail assets, such Specified Assets accounted for more than $100 million in the worldwide consolidated net sales of Parent or the Company, as the case may be; with, in each such case, consolidated net sales to be determined for the four most recently completed consecutive fiscal quarters of Parent and/or the Company, as the case may be. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall propose, negotiate, or commit to any such sale, divestiture or disposition of any of its assets, businesses or product lines without Parent's prior written consent.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Oakley Inc)

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Filings; Consents. (a) Upon the terms and conditions hereof hereof, each of the parties hereto shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use its reasonable best efforts to obtain as promptly as practicable all material Consents of any Governmental Entity or any other person required in connection with, and waivers of any material breaches or material violations of any material Contracts, permits, licenses or other material agreements that may be caused by, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, by (i) filing, or causing to be filed, any a Notification and Report Form and related material required under the HSR Act as soon as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement but, in any event, unless specifically agreed otherwise by the Company and Parent, no later than thirty (30) calendar days after the date of this Agreement, and by using its reasonable best efforts to be able to certify, and to certify, as soon as reasonably practicable, its substantial compliance with any such requests for additional information or documentary material that may be made under the HSR Act, unless Parent and the Company mutually determine that it is reasonable under the circumstances not to comply substantially with any requests for additional information and documentary material under the HSR Act, (ii) promptly making all other required filings or submissions to Governmental Entities, including, without limitation, filings under the Required Franchise Laws, (iii) cooperating and consulting with one another in (A) determining whether any other filings are required, or are deemed advisable, required to be made with, or Consents, permits, authorizations or approvals are required, or are deemed advisable, required to be obtained from, any third party, the United States government or any other Governmental Entity in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and (B) timely making all such filings and timely seeking all such Consents, permits, authorizationsauthorizations or approvals, approvals or waivers and (iv) generallyseeking to avoid the entry of, or seeking to have vacated or terminated, any decree, order, or judgment that would restrain, prevent or delay the Closing, including, without limitation, by defending through litigation on the merits any claim asserted in any court by any person and (v) taking, or causing to be taken, all other actions necessary to avoid or eliminate each and every impediment under any antitrust, competition or trade regulation law that may be asserted by any Governmental Entity with respect to the Merger so as to enable the Closing to occur as soon as reasonably possible, and in any event no later than the Extended Termination Date (as defined in Section 7.01(b)) or, if applicable, the Final Termination Date (as defined in Section 7.01(b)), provided that the Company shall not be required to obtain (x) any Consent from any person other than Governmental Entities unless Parent reimburses the Company for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in obtaining such ConsentConsent or (y) the Consent of the Company's senior lenders or of the holders of Xxxx National Group's 87/8% Senior Subordinated Notes or 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes; provided, however, further that the Company shall not pay or agree to pay any fee or other similar charge to any such person in order to obtain its Consent without the prior written approval of Parent not to be unreasonably withheld. In furtherance of the foregoing, Parent shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, take all such actions, including, without limitation, limitation (x) proposing, negotiating, committing to and effecting, by consent decree, hold separate order, or otherwise, the sale, divestiture or disposition of such assets or businesses of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or, after the Effective Time, of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries and (y) otherwise taking or committing to take actions that limit or would limit Parent's or its Subsidiaries' (including, after the Effective Time, the Company's and its Subsidiaries' as Subsidiaries of Parent) freedom of action with respect to, or its ability to retain, one or more of their respective businesses, product lines or assets, in each case as may be required in order to avoid the entry of of, or to effect the dissolution of, any order, judgment, decree, injunction, temporary restraining order, or ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction or any Governmental Entity other order in any suit or proceeding, which would otherwise have the effect of preventing or materially delaying the Closing; provided furtherprovided, however, that Parent shall not be required to take any such action, and the failure to do so shall not be deemed to be a failure to exercise its reasonable best efforts as required by this Section 5.04(a)the preceding sentence, if if: (i) such actions, individually or in the aggregate, action would require the sale, divestiture, licensing divestiture or other disposition in any form (collectively, a "DIVESTITURE") of any one or more businesses or assets, including without limitationbusinesses, product lines, brands, lines or other particular types or groups of assets (collectively, the "SPECIFIED ASSETS") and: (A) in the case of one or more required Divestitures of Specified Assets of Parent (whether alone or one together with businesses, product lines or more assets of its Subsidiaries, and/or the Company and or one or more of its Subsidiaries, Company) that are sold at wholesale, such Specified Assets accounted for more than $85 55 million in the worldwide consolidated net sales revenues of Parent, or (ii) subject to clause (i), such action would require the sale, divestiture or disposition of businesses, product lines or assets of the Company alone, or of the Company and Parent, that accounted for more than $110 million in consolidated net revenues of the Company alone, or of the Company and Parent in the aggregate, as the case may be, during, for each of clause (i) and (ii), the most recently completed period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Parent or the Company, as the case may be, to all customers, including the amount . The Company shall take such of the intercompany sales foregoing actions as Parent may request, provided that any such action is conditioned upon the consummation of such Specified Assets by each party to its own retail division or retail segment, as the case may be; or (B) without limiting the applicability of clause (A) above, in the case of one or more required Divestitures of Specified Assets of Parent or one or more of its Subsidiaries, and/or the Company and one or more of its Subsidiaries, that are not sold at wholesale, including, without limitation, Specified Assets consisting of retail assets, such Specified Assets accounted for more than $100 million in the worldwide consolidated net sales of Parent or the Company, as the case may be; with, in each such case, consolidated net sales to be determined for the four most recently completed consecutive fiscal quarters of Parent and/or the Company, as the case may beMerger. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall propose, negotiate, or commit to any such sale, divestiture or disposition of any of its assets, businesses or product lines without Parent's prior written consent.

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Samples: Ii Agreement and Plan of Merger (Luxottica Group Spa)

Filings; Consents. (a) Upon the terms and conditions hereof each of the parties hereto shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use its reasonable best efforts to obtain as promptly as practicable all material Consents of any Governmental Entity or any other person required in connection with, and waivers of any material breaches or material violations of any material Contracts, permits, licenses or other material agreements that may be caused by, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, by (i) filing, or causing to be filed, any Notification and Report Form and related material required under the HSR Act as soon as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement but, in any event, unless specifically agreed otherwise by the Company and Parent, no later than thirty (30) calendar days after the date of this Agreement, and by using its reasonable best efforts to be able to certify, and to certify, as soon as reasonably practicable, its substantial compliance with any such requests for additional information or documentary material that may be made under the HSR Act, unless Parent and the Company mutually determine that it is reasonable under the circumstances not to comply substantially with any requests for additional information and documentary material under the HSR Act, (ii) promptly making all other required filings or submissions to Governmental Entities, (iii) cooperating and consulting with one another in (A) determining whether any other filings are required, or are deemed advisable, to be made with, or Consents, permits, authorizations or approvals are required, or are deemed advisable, to be obtained from, any third party, the United States government or any other Governmental Entity in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and (B) timely making all such filings and timely seeking all such Consents, permits, authorizations, approvals or waivers and (iv) generally, taking, or causing to be taken, all other actions necessary to avoid or eliminate each and every impediment under any antitrust, competition or trade regulation law that may be asserted by any Governmental Entity with respect to the Merger so as to enable the Closing to occur as soon as reasonably possible, and in any event no later than the Extended Termination Date (as defined in Section 7.01(b)) or, if applicable, the Final Termination Date (as defined in Section 7.01(b)), provided that the Company shall not be required to obtain any Consent from any person other than Governmental Entities unless Parent reimburses the Company for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in obtaining such Consent; provided, however, that the Company shall not pay or agree to pay any fee or other similar charge to any such person in order to obtain its Consent without the prior written approval of Parent not to be unreasonably withheld. In furtherance of the foregoing, Parent shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, take all such actions, including, without limitation, (x) proposing, negotiating, committing to and effecting, by consent decree, hold separate order, or otherwise, the sale, divestiture or disposition of such assets or businesses of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or, after the Effective Time, of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries and (y) otherwise taking or committing to take actions that limit or would limit Parent's ’s or its Subsidiaries' (including, after the Effective Time, the Company's ’s and its Subsidiaries' as Subsidiaries of Parent) freedom of action with respect to, or its ability to retain, one or more of their respective businesses, product lines or assets, in each case as may be required in order to avoid the entry of any order, judgment, decree, injunction, temporary restraining order, or ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction or any Governmental Entity in any suit or proceeding, which would otherwise have the effect of preventing or materially delaying the Closing; provided further, however, that Parent shall not be required to take any such action, and the failure to do so shall not be deemed to be a failure to exercise its reasonable best efforts as required by this Section 5.04(a), if such actions, individually or in the aggregate, would require the sale, divestiture, licensing or other disposition in any form (collectively, a "DIVESTITURE"“Divestiture”) of any one or more businesses or assets, including without limitation, product lines, brands, or other particular types or groups of assets (collectively, the "SPECIFIED ASSETS"“Specified Assets”) and: (A) in the case of one or more required Divestitures of Specified Assets of Parent or one or more of its Subsidiaries, and/or the Company and or one or more of its Subsidiaries, that are sold at wholesale, such Specified Assets accounted for more than $85 million in the worldwide consolidated net sales of Parent or the Company, as the case may be, to all customers, including the amount of the intercompany sales of such Specified Assets by each party to its own retail division or retail segment, as the case may be; or (B) without limiting the applicability of clause (A) above, in the case of one or more required Divestitures of Specified Assets of Parent or one or more of its Subsidiaries, and/or the Company and one or more of its Subsidiaries, that are not sold at wholesale, including, without limitation, Specified Assets consisting of retail assets, such Specified Assets accounted for more than $100 million in the worldwide consolidated net sales of Parent or the Company, as the case may be; with, in each such case, consolidated net sales to be determined for the four most recently completed consecutive fiscal quarters of Parent and/or the Company, as the case may be. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall propose, negotiate, or commit to any such sale, divestiture or disposition of any of its assets, businesses or product lines without Parent's ’s prior written consent.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Luxottica Group Spa)

Filings; Consents. (a) Upon the terms and conditions hereof hereof, each of the parties hereto shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use its reasonable best efforts to obtain as promptly as practicable all material Consents of any Governmental Entity or any other person required in connection with, and waivers of any material breaches or material violations of any material Contracts, permits, licenses or other material agreements that may be caused by, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without limitation, by (i) filing, or causing to be filed, any a Notification and Report Form and related material required under the HSR Act as soon as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement but, in any event, unless specifically agreed otherwise by the Company and Parent, no later than thirty (30) calendar days after the date of this Agreement, and by using its reasonable best efforts to be able to certify, and to certify, as soon as reasonably practicable, its substantial compliance with any such requests for additional information or documentary material that may be made under the HSR Act, unless Parent and the Company mutually determine that it is reasonable under the circumstances not to comply substantially with any requests for additional information and documentary material under the HSR Act, (ii) promptly making all other required filings or submissions to Governmental Entities, including, without limitation, filings under the Required Franchise Laws, (iii) cooperating and consulting with one another in (A) determining whether any other filings are required, or are deemed advisable, required to be made with, or Consents, permits, authorizations or approvals are required, or are deemed advisable, required to be obtained from, any third party, the United States government or any other Governmental Entity in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and (B) timely making all such filings and timely seeking all such Consents, permits, authorizationsauthorizations or approvals, approvals or waivers and (iv) generallyseeking to avoid the entry of, or seeking to have vacated or terminated, any decree, order, or judgment that would restrain, prevent or delay the Closing, including, without limitation, by defending through litigation on the merits any claim asserted in any court by any person and (v) taking, or causing to be taken, all other actions necessary to avoid or eliminate each and every impediment under any antitrust, competition or trade regulation law that may be asserted by any Governmental Entity with respect to the Merger so as to enable the Closing to occur as soon as reasonably possible, and in any event no later than the Extended Termination Date (as defined in Section 7.01(b)) or, if applicable, the Final Termination Date (as defined in Section 7.01(b)), provided that the Company shall not be required to obtain (x) any Consent from any person other than Governmental Entities unless Parent reimburses the Company for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in obtaining such ConsentConsent or (y) the Consent of the Company's senior lenders or of the holders of Cole National Group's 8-7/8% Senior Subordinated Notes or 8-5/8% Sexxxx Subordinated Notes; provided, however, further that the Company shall not pay or agree to pay any fee or other similar charge to any such person in order to obtain its Consent without the prior written approval of Parent not to be unreasonably withheld. In furtherance of the foregoing, Parent shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, take all such actions, including, without limitation, limitation (x) proposing, negotiating, committing to and effecting, by consent decree, hold separate order, or otherwise, the sale, divestiture or disposition of such assets or businesses of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or, after the Effective Time, of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries and (y) otherwise taking or committing to take actions that limit or would limit Parent's or its Subsidiaries' (including, after the Effective Time, the Company's and its Subsidiaries' as Subsidiaries of Parent) freedom of action with respect to, or its ability to retain, one or more of their respective businesses, product lines or assets, in each case as may be required in order to avoid the entry of of, or to effect the dissolution of, any order, judgment, decree, injunction, temporary restraining order, or ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction or any Governmental Entity other order in any suit or proceeding, which would otherwise have the effect of preventing or materially delaying the Closing; provided furtherprovided, however, that Parent shall not be required to take any such action, and the failure to do so shall not be deemed to be a failure to exercise its reasonable best efforts as required by this Section 5.04(a)the preceding sentence, if if: (i) such actions, individually or in the aggregate, action would require the sale, divestiture, licensing divestiture or other disposition in any form (collectively, a "DIVESTITURE") of any one or more businesses or assets, including without limitationbusinesses, product lines, brands, lines or other particular types or groups of assets (collectively, the "SPECIFIED ASSETS") and: (A) in the case of one or more required Divestitures of Specified Assets of Parent (whether alone or one together with businesses, product lines or more assets of its Subsidiaries, and/or the Company and or one or more of its Subsidiaries, Company) that are sold at wholesale, such Specified Assets accounted for more than $85 55 million in the worldwide consolidated net sales revenues of Parent, or (ii) subject to clause (i), such action would require the sale, divestiture or disposition of businesses, product lines or assets of the Company alone, or of the Company and Parent, that accounted for more than $110 million in consolidated net revenues of the Company alone, or of the Company and Parent in the aggregate, as the case may be, during, for each of clause (i) and (ii), the most recently completed period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Parent or the Company, as the case may be, to all customers, including the amount . The Company shall take such of the intercompany sales foregoing actions as Parent may request, provided that any such action is conditioned upon the consummation of such Specified Assets by each party to its own retail division or retail segment, as the case may be; or (B) without limiting the applicability of clause (A) above, in the case of one or more required Divestitures of Specified Assets of Parent or one or more of its Subsidiaries, and/or the Company and one or more of its Subsidiaries, that are not sold at wholesale, including, without limitation, Specified Assets consisting of retail assets, such Specified Assets accounted for more than $100 million in the worldwide consolidated net sales of Parent or the Company, as the case may be; with, in each such case, consolidated net sales to be determined for the four most recently completed consecutive fiscal quarters of Parent and/or the Company, as the case may beMerger. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall propose, negotiate, or commit to any such sale, divestiture or disposition of any of its assets, businesses or product lines without Parent's prior written consent.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Cole National Corp /De/)

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Filings; Consents. (a) Upon Pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof Merger Agreement, each of the parties hereto shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain as promptly as practicable all material Consents consents of any Governmental Entity or governmental entity or, upon Parent's reasonable request, any other person required in connection with, and waivers of any material breaches or material violations of any material Contractscontracts, permits, licenses or other material agreements that may be caused by, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this the Offer and the Merger Agreement, includingPROVIDED, without limitationHOWEVER, by that the Company (y) need not use any effort to obtain the consent of the Company's senior lenders or the holders of the Company's 5 1/4% Convertible Notes and (z) need not expend funds to obtain consents from persons other than governmental entities unless Parent has agreed to reimburse the Company therefor. In addition, the Company and Parent shall (i) filingpromptly make their respective filings and thereafter make any other required submissions under the HSR Act, (ii) use reasonable efforts to cooperate with one another in (A) determining whether any filings are required to be made with, or causing consents, permits, authorizations or approvals are required to be filedobtained from, the United States government or any agencies, departments or instrumentalities thereof or other governmental or regulatory bodies or authorities of federal, state, local and foreign jurisdictions in connection with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, (B) timely making all such filings and timely seeking all such consents, permits, authorizations or approvals, and (C) taking or undertaking all such further action as may be necessary to resolve such objections, if any, as the Federal Trade Commission, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, state antitrust enforcement authorities or competition authorities of any other nation or other jurisdiction or any other person may assert under relevant antitrust or competition laws with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, (iii) shall provide promptly to the governmental entities with regulatory jurisdiction over enforcement of any applicable antitrust laws (each a, "Government Antitrust Entity") information and documents requested by such Government Antitrust Entity or necessary, or reasonably requested to permit consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (iv) file any Notification and Report Form and related material required under the HSR Act as soon as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement but, in any event, unless specifically agreed otherwise by the Company and Parent, no later than thirty (30) calendar days after the date of this Merger Agreement, and by using its thereafter use commercially reasonable best efforts to be able to certify, and to certify, certify as soon as reasonably practicable, its practicable substantial compliance with any such requests for additional information or documentary material that may are required to be made under the HSR Act, unless Parent (v) keep each other informed of any material communication, and provide to the Company mutually determine that it is reasonable under the circumstances not to comply substantially with any requests for additional information and documentary material under the HSR Actother copies of all correspondence, (ii) promptly making all other required filings or submissions to Governmental Entities, (iii) cooperating and consulting with one another in (A) determining whether any other filings are required, or are deemed advisable, to be made with, or Consents, permits, authorizations or approvals are required, or are deemed advisable, to be obtained from, any third party, the United States government or any other Governmental Entity in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation between either of the transactions contemplated hereby parties and (B) timely making all such filings and timely seeking all such Consents, permits, authorizations, approvals or waivers and (iv) generally, taking, or causing to be taken, all other actions necessary to avoid or eliminate each and every impediment under any antitrust, competition or trade regulation law that may be asserted by any Governmental Government Antitrust Entity with respect relating to the Merger so as to enable Agreement or any of the Closing to occur as soon as reasonably possiblematters described in this paragraph, and in (vi) permit each other to review any event no later than the Extended Termination Date (as defined in Section 7.01(b)) or, if applicable, the Final Termination Date (as defined in Section 7.01(b)), provided that the Company shall not be required to obtain any Consent from any person other than Governmental Entities unless Parent reimburses the Company for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in obtaining such Consent; provided, however, that the Company shall not pay or agree to pay any fee or other similar charge to any such person in order to obtain its Consent without the prior written approval of Parent not material communication to be unreasonably withheld. In furtherance of the foregoing, Parent shallgiven by it to, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, take all such actions, including, without limitation, (x) proposing, negotiating, committing to and effecting, by consent decree, hold separate order, or otherwise, the sale, divestiture or disposition of such assets or businesses of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or, after the Effective Time, of the Company or consult with each other in advance of any of its Subsidiaries and (y) otherwise taking telephonic calls, meeting or committing to take actions that limit or would limit Parent's or its Subsidiaries' (includingconference with, after the Effective Time, the Company's and its Subsidiaries' as Subsidiaries of Parent) freedom of action with respect to, or its ability to retain, one or more of their respective businesses, product lines or assets, in each case as may be required in order to avoid the entry of any order, judgment, decree, injunction, temporary restraining order, or ruling of a court of competent jurisdiction or any Governmental Government Antitrust Entity in any suit or proceeding, which would otherwise have the effect of preventing or materially delaying the Closing; provided further, however, that Parent shall not be required to take any such action, and the failure to do so shall not be deemed to be a failure to exercise its reasonable best efforts as required by this Section 5.04(a), if such actions, individually or in the aggregate, would require the sale, divestiture, licensing or other disposition in any form (collectively, a "DIVESTITURE") of any one or more businesses or assets, including without limitation, product lines, brands, or other particular types or groups of assets (collectively, the "SPECIFIED ASSETS") and: (A) in the case of one or more required Divestitures of Specified Assets of Parent or one or more of its Subsidiaries, and/or the Company and or one or more of its Subsidiaries, that are sold at wholesale, such Specified Assets accounted for more than $85 million in the worldwide consolidated net sales of Parent or the Company, as the case may be, to all customersthe extent permitted, including give the amount of other party the intercompany sales of opportunity to attend and participate in such Specified Assets by each party to its own retail division or retail segmenttelephonic calls, as the case may be; or (B) without limiting the applicability of clause (A) above, in the case of one or more required Divestitures of Specified Assets of Parent or one or more of its Subsidiaries, and/or the Company meetings and one or more of its Subsidiaries, that are not sold at wholesale, including, without limitation, Specified Assets consisting of retail assets, such Specified Assets accounted for more than $100 million in the worldwide consolidated net sales of Parent or the Company, as the case may be; with, in each such case, consolidated net sales to be determined for the four most recently completed consecutive fiscal quarters of Parent and/or the Company, as the case may be. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall propose, negotiate, or commit to any such sale, divestiture or disposition of any of its assets, businesses or product lines without Parent's prior written consentconferences.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Luxottica Group Spa)

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