Commercially Reasonable Efforts. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the parties will use its commercially reasonable efforts in good faith to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or desirable, or advisable under applicable laws, so as to permit consummation of the Purchase as promptly as practicable and otherwise to enable consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the other party to that end.
Commercially Reasonable Efforts. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions that are necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including using commercially reasonable efforts to accomplish the following: (i) obtain all required consents, approvals or waivers from, or participation in other discussions or negotiations with, third parties, including as required under any Material Contract, (ii) obtain all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents, approvals, orders and authorizations from Governmental Entities, make all necessary registrations, declarations and filings and make all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid any Legal Proceeding by, any Governmental Entity, and (iii) execute and deliver any additional instruments necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and fully to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, except, that (x) none of Pivotal nor any of its Subsidiaries may commit to the payment of any fee, penalty or other consideration or make any other concession, waiver or amendment under any Contract in connection with obtaining any consent without the prior written consent of VMware (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or denied) and (y) none of VMware, Pivotal, or any of their Affiliates shall be required to sell, divest, license or otherwise dispose of any capital stock or other equity or voting interest, assets (whether tangible or intangible), rights, products or businesses to the extent that, individually or in the aggregate, such action would reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse impact on the reasonably expected benefits to VMware of completing the Merger. Each of the parties hereto shall furnish to each other party such necessary information and reasonable assistance as such other party may reasonably request in connection with the foregoing, subject to section 5.4.
Commercially Reasonable Efforts. Each party shall use commercially reasonable efforts timely to satisfy each of the conditions to be satisfied by it as provided in Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement.
Commercially Reasonable Efforts. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein provided, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each of the Parties hereto agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to take or cause to be taken all action, to do or cause to be done and to assist and cooperate with the other Party in doing all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to: (a) the satisfaction of the conditions precedent to the obligations of the Parties; (b) the obtaining of applicable Governmental Consents, and consents, waivers and approvals of any other third parties; (c) defending of any claim, action, suit, investigation or proceeding, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or the performance of the obligations hereunder; and (d) the execution and delivery of such instruments, and the taking of such other actions as the other Party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, under no circumstances will the Investor be required to disclose to the Company, the Company Subsidiaries or any third party any information the disclosure of which is prohibited by Law, nor shall it be required to agree to any restrictions, conditions or commitments imposed or otherwise required by any Government Entity that are determined by the Investor in its sole discretion to be unduly burdensome, other than customary passivity commitments, in order to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated hereby.
Commercially Reasonable Efforts. (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the parties hereto shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Law or pursuant to any Contract to consummate and make effective, as promptly as practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) taking all actions reasonably necessary to cause the conditions to the Closing set forth in Article III to be satisfied, (ii) taking all actions reasonably necessary to obtain all necessary waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Authorities or other Persons necessary in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Authorities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Authority or other Persons necessary in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Authority vacated or reversed, so as to enable the Closing to occur as soon as reasonably possible, and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement.
Commercially Reasonable Efforts. For purposes of this Agreement, "commercially reasonable efforts" shall not, with regard to obtaining any consent, approval or authorization, be deemed to require a party to undertake extraordinary measures, including the initiation or prosecution of legal proceedings or the payment of amounts in excess of normal and usual filing fees and processing fees, if any.
Commercially Reasonable Efforts. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, (i) the Company shall and shall cause its Affiliates to, use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, and assist and cooperate with the other parties hereto in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to ensure that the conditions set forth in Section 6 are satisfied, and to consummate the Transactions as promptly as practicable, and (ii) each Investor shall and shall cause its Affiliates to, use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, and assist and cooperate with the other parties hereto in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to ensure such Investor's conditions set forth in Section 7 are satisfied, and to consummate the Transactions as promptly as practicable, including, in each case, using commercially reasonable efforts to contest (i) any proceeding, judgement, injunction, order or decree of any Governmental Authority brought, or threatened to be brought, by any Governmental Authority seeking to enjoin, restrain, prevent, prohibit or make illegal the consummation of any of the Transactions at the Company's expense and (ii) any proceeding, judgement, injunction, order or decree of any Governmental Authority that enjoins, restrains, prevents, prohibits or makes illegal the consummation of any of the Transactions or imposes any terms or conditions in connection with the Transactions. Each party hereto shall execute and deliver after the Closing such further certificates, agreements and other documents and take such other actions as the other party or parties may reasonably request to consummate or implement the Transactions or to evidence such events or matters.
Commercially Reasonable Efforts. Subject to the terms and conditions herein provided and to applicable legal requirements, each of the parties hereto agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action, and to do, or cause to be done, and assist and cooperate with the other parties hereto in doing, as promptly as practicable, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to ensure that the conditions set forth in Article V hereof are satisfied.
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Commercially Reasonable Efforts. (a) Without in any way limiting any other respective obligation of the Company or any Commitment Party in this Agreement or the RSA, each Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably necessary, proper or advisable in order to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the RSA and the Plan, including using commercially reasonable efforts in:
