Parent Material Contracts. (a) Except for this Agreement, the Parent Plans or as set forth in the Parent SEC Documents or in the Parent Disclosure Schedule, as of the date hereof, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any contract constituting a “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the SEC) or (i) any contract creating or relating to any material partnership, joint venture, alliance, or joint development agreement; (ii) any contract (other than a license agreement for Intellectual Property, to the extent that it relates to the rights granted with respect to such Intellectual Property) containing covenants binding upon Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that materially restrict the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (or that, following the consummation of the Merger could materially restrict the ability of the Surviving Company or its affiliates) to compete in any business that is material to Parent and its affiliates, taken as a whole, as of the date of this Agreement, or that restricts the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (or that, following the consummation of the Merger, would restrict the ability of the Surviving Company or its affiliates) to compete with any person or in any geographic area; or (iii) any contract constituting a collective bargaining agreement (all contracts of the type described in this Section 4.20 being referred to herein as “Parent Material Contracts”).
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Invitrogen Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Invitrogen Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Applera Corp)
