Common use of Operating Functions Clause in Contracts

Operating Functions. CBTC shall cooperate with United in connection with planning for the efficient and orderly combination of the parties and the operation of United (including the former operations of CBTC) after the Merger, and in preparing for the consolidation of appropriate operating functions to be effective on the Effective Time or such later date as United may decide. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) United shall not under any circumstance be permitted to exercise control of CBTC prior to the Effective Time, (b) CBTC shall not be under any obligation to act in a manner that could reasonably be deemed to constitute anti-competitive behavior under federal or state antitrust laws and (c) CBTC shall not be required to agree to any material obligation that is not contingent upon the consummation of the Merger.