7.6. Cooperation; Efforts to Consummate. (a) In addition to and without limiting the rights and obligations set forth in Section 7.1, Section 7.5, Section 7.7 and Section 7.8, and subject to the other terms and conditions of this Section 7.6) (including Section 7.6(d)) the Company and Parent shall cooperate with each other and use (and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to use) their respective commercially reasonable efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions necessary or advisable on its part under this Agreement and applicable Laws to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement and in any event prior to the Outside Date, including preparing and delivering or submitting documentation to (i) effect the   -66-


expirations of all statutory waiting periods under applicable Antitrust Law, and, if applicable, any contractual waiting periods under any timing agreements with a Governmental Entity applicable to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as promptly as practicable and (ii) make with and obtain from, any Governmental Entity all filings, notices, reports, consents, registrations, approvals, permits and authorizations, in each case, necessary or advisable in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Regulatory Approvals. (Pages 70-71)

7.6. Cooperation; Efforts to Consummate. <omitted> (c) In furtherance of and without limiting the provisions of Section 7.6(a), Parent shall, and shall cause its respective Subsidiaries, in order to avoid or eliminate each and every impediment under any applicable Law, to obtain from any Governmental Entity all filings, notices, reports, consents, registrations, approvals, permits and authorizations, in each case, necessary or advisable in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Regulatory Approvals, or to avoid any actual, anticipated, or threatened Order, lawsuit or other legal proceedings brought by any Governmental Entity, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or seeking to enjoin, restrain, prevent, prohibit, or make illegal the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and to permit the Closing to occur as promptly as reasonably practicable and in any event prior to the Outside Date:   -67-


(i) propose, negotiate, commit to, effect and agree to, by consent decree, hold separate order, or otherwise, the sale, divestiture, license, holding separate, and other disposition of the businesses, assets, properties, product lines, and equity or other business interests, of the Company, Parent, and their respective Subsidiaries, and take all actions necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the foregoing; (ii) create, amend, terminate, unwind, divest or assign, subcontract or otherwise secure substitute parties for relationships, ventures, and contractual or commercial rights or obligations of the Company, Parent, and their respective Subsidiaries; and (iii) take or commit to take any action that would limit or otherwise restrict Parent’s, the Company’s or any of their respective Subsidiaries’ freedom of action, including with respect to, or that would effect changes to the conduct of business of, any businesses, assets, properties, product lines, and equity or other business interests, relationships, ventures or contractual rights and obligations of the Company, Parent, and their (Pages 71-72)

Question: General Antitrust Efforts Standard-Answer
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: Commercially reasonable efforts